Jaybird Tavern

Jaybird Tavern is a restaurant and bar in Roanoke, VA. It serves crispy tavern-style pizza, smoked wings, sandwiches, small plates, beer, wine and cocktails, with patio seating available. The crispy thin pizzas run about 13 inches, and the menu recommends sharing a pizza and another item or two between two people. The smoked wings come in boneless and jumbo bone-in orders, with sauces including Nashville, African Bird Pepper, BBQ, Buffalo, Hot Honey and Gochujang. Small plates include marinated olives with rosemary, citrus and balsamic, crispy Brussels topped with bacon, pecorino and hot honey, bar meatballs made with Seven Hills Virginia pasture-raised beef, smoked trout dip with North Carolina rainbow trout, horseradish and capers, hand-breaded Rhode Island clam strips, and hand-cut seasoned potato wedges. Salads include the Jaybird Chopped and a Caesar, and the tavern pizza list includes a double mozzarella and pecorino pie and a ratatouille pie with eggplant, mushrooms, artichokes and capers. Gluten-free crust and vegan cheese are available. The tavern opens Tuesday through Sunday at 11:00am, closes at 10:00pm Sunday through Thursday and 11:00pm Friday and Saturday, and is closed Monday. It is closed on Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Jaybird Tavern sits on Luck Avenue SW in downtown Roanoke, a short distance from Franklin Road Southwest and 2nd Street Southwest. The Downtown Roanoke Post Office is about 0.1 miles away, as are the United States Bankruptcy Court, Henrietta Lacks Plaza and Campbell Avenue Southwest. The restaurant holds a rating of 4.70 from the customers who have reviewed it.