JoJo

Location

60 North Main Street, Pittsford, NY 14534

Hours (as of May 2009)

Daily: 4:30PM to Close

Phone

585 385 3108

Website

http://www.RestaurantJoJo.com

JoJo describes itself as an "American Bistro". The menu (really upscale) is heavy on grilled steaks and fresh seafood, along with a selection of pizzas cooked in their wood-fired oven.

Physically, JoJo's has an open layout, with a few booths and a lot of tables, a concrete floor, and exposed brick walls. The large bar has flat-screen televisions tuned to sports channels. The background music is generally older hits (e.g., the Jackson 5).

JoJo's is housed just north of Schoen Place in Pittsford, in a small strip plaza immediately before the railroad overpass. This plaza also houses the Pittsford Pub. The JoJo's space was once occuped by Ciao's, an Italian restaurant, which explains the presence of the wood-fired oven.

The website menu is not updated regularly, but some of the items still remain on the current menu.

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2008-02-02 15:47:30   Love the Jojo. And yes, I did meet my match.com date (now wife) there. And yes, she did look like she did in the picture. Jojo's is defiantly Pittsford, but if your from the East Side..... you don't have a lot to choose from to begin with. The atmosphere may be a bit stuffy but it's got a cozy intimate feeling that is conducive to relaxing and conversing. Just my $.02

Cliff —CliffBaitsholts

2008-03-05 22:20:18   Good food, nice ambiance. Very friendly staff. Trendy for Rochester. Worth trying out. —LorenzoServantes

2008-03-07 16:13:25   My wife and I have eaten here several times. The last time we took some friends there as a celebratory dinner. The service was pretty good, although just a little overbearing. The food was excellent, as was the calamari appetizer. The guys had steaks which were cooked just as ordered. Overall, great food, nice cozy atmosphere. We'll continue to go back. —GusWeber

2008-06-02 01:31:23   I had a really good meal here last year. Strange but very tasty hot hummus as an appetizer; can't remember the entrees we had but they were both delicious. Hot bread. They need more beer on draft, though, which usually tends to be an issue in these types of establishments. Sever was warmer and more approachable than I'd expected. —MariahBetz

2008-10-18 20:22:39   Went there for dinner tonight - early Saturday dinner. OK, it's definitely a town and country crowd. Nothing at all like Park Avenue or Alexander Street. We both liked the place a lot, and much more than its sister restaurant Black and Blue. Great menu, solid and friendly service, very good food. The wine list is nice also; you can get a decent inexpensive bottle and there are some bigger ones for bigger coin. I had the filet - a very nice 8 oz with great flavor on mashed potatoes and spinach. The wife got the 1/2 chicken and brussels sprouts. It was so good that I took a couple of bites of each. I'm from Chicago and she's from NYC. We agreed that Jojo's could have a place in either - not something a lot of Rochester restaurants can claim. —wdrazek

2009-03-25 11:40:57   I had a very unusual sunday night at jojo. I was there with my husband and another couple. It was not a busy night and the food took over a half an hour. The strange part was that the chef was sitting down at the table next to us. I had ordered the Sea Bass special. I am 7 months pregnant. My fish came out completely raw. Barely even seared. I'm not sure how someone who knows how to cook could send a piece of fish out like that. It then took an additional 15 minutes to re-cook my entree while everyone around me was eating their food. Meanwhile there is still a chef sitting at the table next to mine. The manager apologized and took care of my entree, she was very nice. But I'm concerned that just because it is a sunday that the chef didn't care. I know it probably is not the busiest night of the week, but it is no reason to become negligent. —MDelphinki

2009-03-25 11:48:05   Is a 30 minute wait for food a long time? Id say no, unless your at a fast food place. —MrRochester

2009-03-26 15:49:50   You seem to have missed my point. Let me explain it for you. I had an appetizer, after the appetizer was cleared we then waited 30 minutes for our entrees. The irony I was pointing out was that in 30 minutes one would assume a piece of fish could be cooked. The wait probably wouldn't have concerned me as much had my piece of sea bass not been Completely RAW. But in their defense, I am a very hungry/hormonal pregnant woman! —MDelphinki

2009-04-04 11:11:02   I had the most embarrassing experience at jojo this week. I had a client in from New York. I though jojo would be the perfect hip place to take him and his wife. We sat down to dinner at a dirty table. My wife and my client's wife went to the ladies room only to return referring to it as a "disaster". We then proceeded to ask our waitress a few questions about some menu items that we were interested in. Every questions was proceeded by a 4-5 minute wait while she went to figure out what it was we were asking about. We did enjoy the food, but the experience soon went south again when my client's wife saw a cockroach on the wall... My attempt to wine and dine them did not go how I would have preferred. —P.Andrews

2009-09-25 14:57:47   Perhaps in need of a freshening up now. Feeling a little old and faded. I do notice JoJo, like Black and Blue, is very variable in quality. Be that quality of food or service. It really can be a lottery to eat there. Last week two bar staff arguing..... not what you want to see at a place like this. Their Pizza is always outstanding. Good wine selection but staff not too knowledgeable on portions. —sieats