jojo Bistro & Wine Bar

Jo jo is always good. The pizza is excellent as well as all the food. Staff is friendly and Scott is a terrific bartender. Love it!

Food was very nice. Atmosphere was lovely but service was way too slow. Some of the help must have called in sick I guess.

Scott was great. Gave us some awesome recommendations. Food was excellent.

'Generic Upscale Directionless' is how I might characterize this place. Good wine, steep prices, tables decorated with wood-burned outlines of screws and nails (?), some solid cocktails for $12, sides of fries and Mac and cheese, wood-fired pizzas, salty food. Little emphasis on seasonal or local ingredients (although my friend did get a delicious smudge of sweet pea puree with her $26 salmon), but that's not the point here.  

On a Saturday night I joined my group at a large table; we were a few above our reservation count and for some inexplicable reason the restaurant didn't have extra chairs for us, so I sat tightly between two friends sharing their chairs. 

Our server was totally a dear, he kept track of 17 different checks and corralled our many plates with grace. Service was amazing.

The space was so loud that I wore earplugs to spare myself the hearing loss. We hollered at each other across our table, but any meaningful conversations were relegated to nearest neighbors only. But I suppose this is how standard places are on a busy Saturday night.

I had the roasted beets salad, for $9, deciding to forgo the shrimp add-on (all three of them) for a whopping additional $6. The beets were plentiful and delicious, but with a teaspoon of blue cheese and probably no more than 20 leaves of spinach, I was left to share the flat salty piece of chicken my neighbor didn't want to eat all of. It was jerk-style chicken, and was pleasingly spicy, but tasted smartly of fake smoke flavoring. 

Obviously this place is popular, and would be a good fit for folks who care not about their wallets, who enjoy wood-fired pizza (perhaps the only sizeable item and looked delicious on other tables served on platter-risers), and who like shouting.

Went on a Tuesday night. Seated right away. Staff very pleasant. Meal was excellent. Cost was mid to high but excellent.