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|cuisine=upscale Upscale French/American

|opened=|owner=[[Barry PhillipsMarch 12]] & , [[Irv Miller1999]]<br/>|owner=[[Brian SpencerGreat Southern Restaurant Group]] (building)

|cheftitle=Executive&nbsp;chef

'''Jackson'sSteakhouse''' is a restaurant located at 400 South [[Palafox Street]], at the southeast corner of the [[Zaragoza Street]] intersection. The restaurant is named for [[Andrew Jackson]] and faces onto [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]], where he accepted the transfer of Florida from Spain in [[1821]].

==History==The brick building that houses the restaurant Jackson's was built opened in [[18801999]] for by [[Henry PfeifferBarry Phillips]]'s grocery store.<ref name="pfeiffer">and [[http://www.jacksonsrestaurant.com/index.cfm?id=42569&fuseaction=browse&pageid=31 The Pfeiffer Building's New Face.Irv Miller]] ''Florida Sun'', August 11who served as general manager and executive chef, 2000.</ref> It changed hands many times in subsequent yearsrespectively. After the closing of In March [[Peaden's Office Supply2008]] in August [[2000]], the building restaurant was purchased by architect [[Brian SpencerCollier Merrill]] and Dr. 's [[Roger OrthGreat Southern Restaurant Group]]. They orchestrated the extensive renovations, which included removing the stucco veneer, adding floor-to-ceiling windows and doors (to "bring Plaza Ferdinand into the restaurant"<ref name="pfeiffer"/>), and restoring the second floor as two apartments, which they occupied with their families.

==Building==Jackson’s Steakhouse occupies the ground floor of the revitalized 1860s-era building that originally housed H. Pfeiffer & Company Mercantile. The building overlooks Plaza Ferdinand—where, in July 1821, General Andrew Jackson accepted the transfer of Florida from Spain to the United States and raised the American flag in Pensacola for the first time. He served briefly as governor of Florida and then returned to Tennessee with his wife Rachel. In 1828, Jackson was elected seventh president of the United States. In 1935, to commemorate this historic event, a bust of Jackson was commissioned and placed in Plaza Ferdinand. In 1998, a group of like-minded entrepreneurs were inspired to renovate the old building and open a restaurant in honor of this American hero. The name of the restaurant would be Jackson’s, with a re-creation of his signature serving as the logo and theme of the establishment. In keeping with this idea, since the restaurant opened on [[March 12]]overlooks the plaza where this moment in history occurred and where the bust of Jackson stands, [[1999]]they decided to create an atmosphere—from the handcrafted tree-branch light fixtures to the mural behind the bar—that would virtually put patrons in the park.

Jackson's offers lunch service Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Jackson's opens at 5:00 for cocktail service and begins dinner service at 5:30 Monday through Saturdayp.m.. A "prelude menu" featuring a discounted ''[[Wikipedia:Table d'hôte|table d'hôte]]'' selection is available until 6:00. Jackson’s Steakhouse procures only Midwestern grain-fed beef from the heartland of America. The Proprietor’s Cut and fresh, local seafood are hand-selected and artistically prepared to perfection. Our great steak cuts stand tall with the superb flavor of wet-aged beef that is like no other. Over the past decade, Jackson’s Steakhouse has earned the Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator eight times. Also, as an eight-time consecutive recipient of Florida Trend magazine’s Golden Spoon Award, Jackson’s Steakhouse is considered one of Florida’s top 25 restaurants and is placed by the Distinguished Restaurants of North America in the top two percent of all fine dining restaurants in the country.

*[http://www.jacksonsrestaurant.com/ www.jacksonsrestaurant.com] - Official site]*:*[http://www.jacksonsrestaurant.com/index.cfm?id=42569&fuseaction=browse&pageid=38 Dinner menu]*:*[http://www.jacksonsrestaurant.com/index.cfm?id=42569&fuseaction=browse&pageid=22 Wine lists] ==References=={{reflist}}