Jackson Market is located on a hill, upward of Chinatown. Crazy steep walk on foot. All out of breath, I had to ask the cashier about the sweet beef jerky I was looking for. He had two sizes available the small and larger size. It was delicious and sticky to my fingers. That uphill climb was well worth the couple of bags I bought! I'd go back to bring some to my family~ now they are asking where their package of jerky is. read more

Jackson Market - One of the large bags I bought. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Fast friendly service and everything is prepackaged. Parked outside in the white zone. Got what I wanted and chatted with the couple at the counter and was on my way. My relatives love this stuff as they have fond memories of driving in from Salinas, making a trip to Chinatown and always a stop here to get beef jerky for their ride back! read more

Visited Jackson Market on 9/24 about 5p... guess dude hurt his right arm and was in obvious pain. He asked if I was in for jerky and I replied yes. Was ready to throw down for $1000 worth but, dude was so rude. Ended up with 12 large bags. $204. Dude just threw the jerky on the counter. My purchase seemingly annoyed the guy and i was giving him some slack with his injury. Had to ask for a plastic bag and he was more annoyed at me bagging my own jerky. I considered driving the guy to urgent care or hospital but, dude was not very pleasant to be around. Hope his arm isn't too damaged. Perhaps, dude could use the time off anyways. Polished a bag off at the Giant's game. Another on the drive back to LA. As good as we remembered when Jackson Market was in Chinatown. read more

Great spot for beef jerky, just remember to bring cash. They have a fee if you use a credit card. read more

Jackson Market - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

It's down right tough to find GOOD Chinese Beef Jerky anymore. It's actually almost impossible as Jimmy's Beef Jerky out of Vancouver Canada closed its doors back in 2005. This was a childhood favorite back in the 60's. New York City Chinatown has pretty good jerky but it's far to go although years ago I use to have it mailed to me by a friend. Trudging up Jackson Street to get to this market is worth it. The jerky is not as thin as Jimmy's but worth buying just the same. It's now $17 for 6.5 oz. Take a walk here is great exercise. It's a smallish corner store. read more

Jackson Market - Chinese Beef Jerky - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Got a bunch to deliver to Hawaii. The locals love it especially the spicy. Great jerky!

What I can only describe as the best beef jerky ever! I've enjoyed this beef jerky many times over the years but this was my first time inside Jackson Market. I'd highly recommend, it's the only beef jerky I like! read more

Jackson Market - Beef jerky - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Famous beef jerky made in a Chinese style. Always consistently good. Mail order service may be a bit slow. read more

Read the other reviews and look at the pics first before checking out this market. Don't go on a Wednesday because they're closed. The hours are wrong on yelp and google. Even though the hours posted on the door states 2-7pm, the employee/owner does not feel he needs to be there on time. I was there at 2 and waited 15 mins before leaving. Later, I called to see if the store was opened and an employee answered stating that he usually opens at 2:30 because he's coming from another location. I don't understand why he can't just change his hours to reflect the actual hours here's there. This happened to another individual before so this might be the norm. Today was my second attempt in coming to this location. Left empty handed and disappointed. However, after looking at some other reviewer's pics, maybe it was for the best. read more

Jackson Market - Hours of operation (kinda). Be prepared to wait. Doesn't open on time. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Just some of the NASTIEST beef jerky I ever tasted. After the first bite, I spit it out and threw the rest away. The only thing that was jerked was me! read more

Tasted their spicy beef jerky as a gift from a coworker and fell in love! The sweet glaze is so good. The jerky also has a nice crimson color, which was pretty to look at as I teared it into smaller pieces. Visited their store for the first time on a Wednesday around 2pm and parked in front of the store by the yellow curb marked 30 min parking. Inside the shop, they also sold other items which I didn't pay attention to. A girl came out from the room behind the register to greet me. Too bad they ran out of the spicy ones so I bought a large bag of the original ($15), which weighs about 6.5 oz. Yes, this was a bit pricey for beef jerky but hey, it makes me feel good to support a local business that is good at what they do. The original is a little too sweet but still tasty. Hopefully they will have the spicy ones in stock next time I visit ~ read more

Jackson Market - Original (Large; $15) Beef Jerky - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Alert! I just drove there to buy beef jerky. Yelp says " open". They are closed. Sign on door says 2-7 only. They need to update Yelp. That was a waste of expensive gas!! read more

What do you give friends from Hawaii when they come or you visit them? Look no further... BEEF JERKY! Once a dark, dingy neighborhood grocery store, this Nob Hill institution makes no bones about what they're know for. They sell 5 oz. and 1/2 lb. packages of their homemade beef jerky, vacuum packed in their new modernized plastic wrap (a huge improvement from their former stapled plastic bag with a paper label on top). Best times for beef jerky: a) watching that riveting movie or TV series b) riding on a long car ride out of town c) chewing during those idle, boring moments at home The jerky, unlike the Asian made versions, tend to be a bit harder with just enough sweetness. Like that they don't have a heavy MSG hand. If you're heading to the 808 and can't think of any gifts, stop here and bring a few packs back. You'll get a definite "Aloha" smile! read more

Jackson Market - new packaging - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Chinese beef jerky is delicious...I swear the texture has changed over the years from the days my parents used to get it back in the 80s (chopped meat and re-formed into sheets vs thinly sliced meat...but i could be wrong!) but the flavor seems to be consistently good and the way i remember...slightly tastes like korean bulgogi...sweet, salty with soy. Yum! Fortunately, my "sis" surprises me every Christmas with this addictive treat and i make sure to ration it until at least the end of January! Its that good! read more

I've been buying this jerky for over 30 years... I haven't been able to buy any since Covid till now. I don't know if this was a bad batch or if they changed the recipe? It's not like the old days. The flavor is rather bland instead of that old sugary savory flavor. I'll try it again and hope it's like the old days... if not it will sadly be my last time purchasing it. read more

Excellent beef jerky, as fellow Yelpers wrote, it transports me back to my youth - let's not mention how many years ago that was! These are addicting, they cut the beef thin like the Mongolian BBQs. Great service. It's a family owned, local business, open since 1960. The beef jerky is made of U.S.D.A. choice beef and is preservative and MSG free. It's a good value at $7 for 5oz and $10 for 1/2 pound. read more

Jackson Market - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Should've bought more than 2 bags... Frankly, Jackson Market doesn't look like much from the outside. It's a hole-in-the-wall joint so if you blink (while wizzing down Jackson St) you may miss it. Who would've guessed this non-descript mini-market makes the tastiest beef jerky? They only make 1 flavor and sell 2 different sizes (1/2 lb $10.50 and 5 oz $7.50). It's thinly sliced, slightly sweet, sticky, beefy, chewy, goodness. The owner is very nice, cheerful, and will give you a sample. Next time I visit SF, I'm stocking up! read more

Jackson Market - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

Classic San Francisco Chinese beef jerky. My grandparents bought this terrific beef jerky from them when I was growing up. Still there! read more

Jackson Grocery & Delicatessen, aka, Jackson Market. This place has the world's best beef jerkey!! I've been coming here for about 35 years to get my Chinese Style Beef Jerkey! The taste and quality hasn't changed a bit in years! You walk into the store, and you are welcomed by grocery items (Wesson Oil, ketchup, paper towels) that are sparsely scattered throughout the shelves. Then a Chinese lady pops out from behind the counter and asks how she can help you. I inquired about the beef jerkey and she pointed me towards a small 8.5x11 sign with the prices - 1/2 lb $10.50 and 5 oz $7.50. You place your order, and the Chinese lady dissapears behind a big wooden door. I peeked inside and noticed it was a kitchen area with several large boxes of beef jerkey. She returns with my order. I pay cash (ONLY) for my order. Even as a kid, I used to think that this place is run by the Chinese maffia, given the way that they hide their products and they are very skeptical when you walk in the store... Glad I got another round of this yummy beef jerkey unscathed... read more

It's true, what everyone says about the beef jerky. It's really, really good! Sweet, savory, ideal chewy-to-tender ratio. Best part, though, is that it actually tastes like MEAT. Other jerky and jerky-like products tend to taste more like the seasonings therein than actual meat, but not this jerky. Totally worth the occasional splurge of $11 per half-pound package. This stuff will spoil you for Slim Jims...if you're into that sort of thing. read more

So all I could recall was that I grew up eating some sweet, juicy, beef jerky from somewhere in SF (that was like twenty something years ago). I think I tried to find this place once, maybe seven or eight years ago and basically had no luck. The night before our most recent trip to the Bay Area this stuff reemerged from the vast regions of my brain's gray matter passing slowly to the forefront of my consciousness. So I figured why not, and set out to find the location of this seemingly mythical spot (when it comes to my memories reality is always in question). I thought it might take while, it was 3 am (a team of monkeys is usually sharper than me at that time), but thanks to google and the yelp community....only a half minute later...my long search came to a swift conclusion and I found out I'm really not crazy (at least in regards to this beef jerky thing. When you go here, just walk up to the counter and buy beef jerky...the rest of the store isn't even worth a glance or quick walk through. So was it all worth it? Memories are often tough to live up to, but this stuff was retarded good. As tasty and moist if not better than I remembered it being. We bought, I think ten bags (omiyage for friends and family back home) and finished a few before while rolling through wine country. Nothing like wine, cheese, and beef jerky (yup, we're classy like that). A silly side note is that we bought this stuff right after lunch and ended up having to lug it around for the rest of the day (even taking it on a impromptu bike ride from fisherman's wharf over the Golden Gate to Sausalito)...anyway the moral of the story is that if you're planning on buying a lot, buy it after you do your sight seeing. read more

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Made the mistake of walking up to this market from Chinatown...I should have driven!!! The beef jerky is pretty good- it may seem $$$ but you have to consider it takes a lot of beef to get that amount of jerky. You can also see workers in the back packing each bag by hand. Thank goodness they sold ice cold water here too!- walking down the hill was no easy feat either. read more

This place is so good and the employees are so nice! They also have little fish to look at in a tank. I definitely recommend going here.

Yummy if you like beef jerky. They only sell beef, not other types of meat. $15 for 1/2 lb bag or $10 for 5 oz. Heard about this place via the old timers on Chowhound. It's a SF institution. read more

Jackson Market - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

First time buying beef jerky in many years, I remember it being more flavorful and more tender, not much flavor and way too tough. I'll pass on this from now on. read more

Their homemade beef jerky is outstanding. I know I can get these anytime in most Asian markets, but damn! these are fresh! I friend of mine brought me some a few years ago and I kept wanting to go and get some on my own, but can never find it (so I haven't been looking too hard, but still ...) Finally came across it on YELP and it did not disappoint. Minus one star as the rest of the store's not anything to write home about AND the really sucky parking situation. BUT it is right on the cablecar line. read more

I think it's quite overrated. I am originally from Taiwan, but I live in Honolulu where there is NO fresh beef jerky available on the market. (If there is, please tell me!) This place is not hard to find as long as you got the address. The store is like a small grocery store, with the friendly owner originally from Hong Kong making it in her home kitchen in the back. I was pleased to see her little operation actually can generate such products and was quite inspired! OK, so I bought several packs but the beef jerky was so dry...I don't think that I enjoy it so much. Yes, if you are trying to avoid sugar stuff, this might be an option. They only have beef jerky. No pork jerky. read more

New vacuum packed packaging for the 1/2 lb bags of beef jerky! CLARIFICATION: Jenny S. mentioned that they sell it at Costco now but I confirmed with the store and they do NOT. They said they wished they did... cha-ching! Still worth the drive for this tasty delight. read more

Jackson Market - New Vacuum Packaging!!! - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

New owner. Better beef jerky. The Chinese style recipe is executed just like it was years ago by the previous owner. The jerky is moist and tasty, again. I had stopped coming for awhile. The quality had gone downhill. I'm glad I decided to try it, again. Happy!,Happy! read more

Best beef jerky in the bay area. My family and i have been eating/gifting this beef jerky since i can remember. It tastes so good while watching tv ... we can kill an entire bag in one sitting lol Some pieces are better/easier to eat than others... but when u get that perfect piece that u bite off, n melts in ur mouth ... No other beef jerky can beat it... Great thing about this place is you can call ahead of time of u have a big order! Or just go by n pick up a bag of ur passing by, providing there's a space lol read more

My beef jerky had mold between the two slices. I just opened the package, ripped off one piece (tasted ok) then went to rip off second piece, when in between the slices was mold! So gross! See my picture. read more

Jackson Market - Mold between the slices! Be careful when you eat. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - San Francisco, California

This place is aweful. Overrated! Avoid! YUCK! Nasty! Shhhh.. I'll take 5 bags to go! Just don't tell my girlfriend. I'd give up my gold, my car, and my girl before I'd share my Jackson Market beef jerky. read more

my cousin went here and she said she had to wait in line just to bring us all back some good BEEF JERKY!!.. if you are in the area and craving some.. i'd definitely recommend this little market its basically asian style with soy sauce and oyster sauce.. and other fixins!.. and its yum.. so tender and almost juicy (EVEN THOUGH THAT TOTALLY CONTRADICTS THE MEANING OF BEEF JERKY) what i mean is its not gonna be a dry piece of leather.. but a tender delectable snack!! all my aunts and uncles were taklin' about this place like it was the sh*t.. and it must have been around for a while because they aren't exactly the youngest crowd *wink* EDIT 4/16/10 I GUESS YOU DONT HAVE TO GO TO SF TO GET THIS ANYMORE. MY BROTHER INFORMED ME THEY HAVE IT AT COSTCO read more

Unless you already know about this place you probably wouldn't expect to find tasty homemade beef jerky inside this unassuming market on a quiet corner in Nob Hill. I used to get beef jerky from here as a kid. Most of the time it was to bring back home to family in Hawaii, but I just recently rediscovered it. Slightly sweet, spicy and salty all at the same time and also really quite good. If you are a fan of beef jerky you may want to check it out if you're in the neighborhood. read more

Jackson Market instantly went from a 5-star experience to 2-stars when I discovered something DISGUSTING in my small bag of beef jerky. I found...a clipped finger nail amongst my slabs of jerky. Yes, a freaking FINGER NAIL. I couldn't believe my eyes as I stayed in confusion. At first, I thought someone's nail was torn off, but upon closer inspection, the clean edges told me that some careless fool had dropped some of their DNA into my semi-pricey bag of jerky. OK, I will admit it...I still wanted to eat the jerky afterward. I had first tried some of JM's world famous jerky in high school. I never forgot about how wonderful it was and spent years (before I discovered Yelp) searching up and down Chinatown looking for this place. Well, this summer I finally found it in Nob Hill (I was totally off the mark). Now I don't know if I ever want to return again. Such sanitation issues kind of creep me out. EDIT: I was just informed by another SF Yelper that their friend found a DEAD FLY in their jerky bag. That's it...good bye, JACKSON MARKET! read more

Hmm, did I just let out this secret spot to a whole new audience and potential fans? One of my brother-in-laws loves the jerky here and he was the one who got me hooked. I've been having cravings for this for months and finally made it in to pick up some. It was as good as I remembered, sweet and sticky with a nice beef flavor. This is a great snack to go with a cold beer and that's exactly what we did. 50+ years, you know it's good - make that damn good! read more

Attention fellow people from the 808! Whether you are a SF transplant or visiting from Hawaii, this is a GREAT place to buy beef jerkey for yourself or to pick up your omiyage to bring back when you go home! Their beef jerkey is delicious - a mix between salty & sweet - and your friends & family back home will love you for bringing this back! Now days when its easy to purchase Ghirardelli chocolates in Longs & Walgreens, this is something especially unique to SF! Before you decide to make the trip to Nob Hill, please note that Jackson Market accepts cash or checks only. Also, the 1/2 lb. bag ($10.50) is now vacuum sealed while the 5 oz. bag ($7.50) is not. read more

Came here to pick up their famous beef jerky and unfortunately the jerky was overly sweet and marinated in soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce and starch which makes it taste exactly like Korean Kalbi - just cold. I guess it really depends in preference but it was drenched in the sugary mix and it wasn't enjoyable. read more

Love this place for its beef jerky. I'd hate for this place to lose any business, which is why I'm writing. Today I've been calling the store all morning to find out when they opened, but no answer. I finally, got in the car and drove over. They were open. When I asked the counter lady what she opened, in Chinese, she answered 9:30am. When I told her I've been calling, she told me she doesn't speak English so didn't want to answer the phone. So, don't bother calling, just go! read more

Good gawd. To my own detriment this place is WAY too close to what I call home. I don't often catch it open much at all since I work in SOMA and they close at 6 usually... but sometimes I leave work early enough to walk back in time to buy a few bags of their beef jerky. I don't normally care for beef jerky that much, but since it's so close to me and yummy, I've taken to eating a whole bag in a sitting. I buy the scraps since they seem like a better deal and I don't like big pieces anyway :) The lady is nice here. I haven't tried or bought anything else here but their beef jerky. read more