Hal & Mal's Concerts 2025

While on vacation from Wisconsin, we were looking for a southern dining experience, and this hit all the marks. We went for Tuesday jazz night. The music and atmosphere were fantastic. Our server was great. The food was outstanding. We especially loved the Red Beans 'Ann White' Rice and the fried okra. The kids weren't as thrilled about the place as we were but the kitchen kindly modified their spaghetti to put the meatballs and sauce on the side, and the kids said that was good :)

What an amazing surprise! A random Wednesday in Jackson? Want amazing music, great food and gorgeous atmosphere? Hal & Mal's is the place! Staff and the band playing were so gentle and wonderful. Not to miss if you're in Jackson!

My first time here, traveling from out of state. Several locals recommended this place so I had to stop in. Late lunch. While I was waiting for my Togo order the owner/manager saw me wandering around the dining room looking at all the cool memorabilia and asked if it was my first time here. He gave me the grand tour! It was awesome; this place is rich with history. As for the food, I took the staff suggestion and ordered a seafood Poboy and the red beans and rice with sausage. Both were very very good! I’ll be back

Going through Jackson heading back to New Orleans from Arkansas and wanted to try a restaurant we had never been to. My wife saw this one on google maps. When we walked in nobody greeted us. A waitress walked right by us. Went to the next room and saw a guy walking with plates and asked do we sit ourselves and he said yes. We sat and an older guy that was cleaning tables took our drink order! Later the waiter came and took our order! I had hamburger steak, greens, mash potatoes, & carrots! My wife had a fish poboy with fried okra. Food came and I had no greens but I got green beans. The waiter took care of it. My wife’s poboy wasn’t very good. Tasted like it was watered down. My hamburger steak tasted funny and halfway through eating it I noticed it wasn’t cooked all the way through. The greens had lots of big stems and were hard. The cornbread didn’t taste like cornbread. The green beans tasted funny. The carrots was the only thing I liked!! We weren’t very happy with the meal, so I found the waiter, who never checked on us after we started eating and asked for the check so we could leave and get back on the road. I will never stop in Jackson to eat again!

What a unique experience. Located in an old train station this place has such a great atmosphere. With a funky rock n roll vibe it looks like a place that should just be a barand yet as we sat for brunch we recieved outstanding service and the food was great. The tamale nochos were so good. It was out fast and all tasted great. I highly recommend you try this place out.