Chef Diana Davila-Boldin

Diana’s first job in a kitchen was when she was merely 11 years old at her parent’s Mexican restaurant, Jalapenos. Though it was only filling salsa cups, washing dishes and hand pulling chicken, it was enough for her to fall in love. Every Saturday morning she would wake up early and accompany her father to pick all the produce and meat for the restaurant at all the markets in Chicago. They would feast all over the city making pit stops for all the “best of” snacks. Decided that she would become a chef, she enrolled in the culinary program at Joliet Junior College. The classroom was not a good fit for her and she found herself spending more and more time at Courtright’s, an American contemporary fine dining restaurant very well known for its cuisine and amazing wine selection, where she worked her way up to the position of sous chef. In 2002 her ambitious parents opened Hacienda Jalapenos, an upscale Mexican restaurant and named their daughter the executive chef. An enormous job to fill for a young, aspiring chef but nonetheless she received fabulous reviews by Chicago’s food critics, Pat Bruno and Phill Phettel. Hacienda Jalapenos closed its doors in 2005 and left Diana ready to work with chefs whom she admired. She would land her jobs by knocking on the back door of the restaurant in the alley, ask for the chef and convince them to hire her. She worked under prestigious chefs Ryan Poli at Butter and Guiseppe Tentori at Boka. In 2008 Diana and her husband moved to the DC area and joined Jackie’s in late April of 2010 where she creates seasonal food that is whimsical yet elegant and always delicious. Says Diana, “My favorite thing to do is cook…the sight, smells and sounds. I love food in all that it is and how it can transform, so if home is where the heart is, the kitchen is easily my home.”

Modern American cuisine emphasizing seasonal, organic ingredients from local farms.

Happy Hour menu
Tuesday - Friday, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, Bar & Lounge only

Dinner menu | Dessert menu
Tuesday – Thursday, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Sunday, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Friday and Saturday, 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Brunch menu:
Sunday, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Cafe menu:
Monday, 5:30 pm-9:00 pm

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