Lillian C.
Yelp
Had an unfortunate experience here. I want to start by saying that I fully understand that any bartender can refuse to serve anyone for any reason.
I was asked what year I graduated highschool. I answered that I did not. He followed up with "what year WOULD you have finished highschool?" I was feeling nervous about being grilled about my schooling in front of everyone and told him I didn't know because I was homeschooled and then got my GED much later.
He then asked what year it was when I was 18. I tried to do quick math since obviously I don't have a major association with the age (no "Class Of 20XX" or life milestone) and so when I started counting backward for 9 years ago, he cut me off with his refusal to serve.
He proceeded to tell me that "This was a Florida team bar," that a lot of FL IDs come through, and that mine looked fake. (Yiiikes!) He berated me with a "nice try" and then treated me suspiciously the rest of my time there.
I understand they have rights to reject, but I came to have a good time with friends and I had the details of my education brought up in front of the whole bar, followed by further public badgering about mathematics. I felt as if it was not appropriate to treat me with such disdain and suspicion.
It also reeks of instigation to mention that my real Florida ID looks fake and that he's an authority on the matter due to seeing a lot of them. It's a real ID, and forging identification is a serious accusation!
Jackson's is ugly, scary, uninviting, aggressive, and overall not very fun.. :( Very much like Florida itself though, I'll give them that!
It gave the people with me a good laugh, but ultimately it was an experience I would not recommend to others.