Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern is the kind of place that makes a casual meal feel like joining a decades-long neighborhood tradition. 🍻
Family-owned since 1997, this lively Herndon gathering spot combines Buffalo-inspired favorites, pub classics, hearty entrées, and a famously welcoming attitude.
Come for dinner, linger over a game or conversation, and expect the menu to deliver plenty of personality.
How Jimmy’s Old Tavern won Henderson’s hearts
Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern began with a historic building and a family willing to give it new life.
The building, believed to date to 1897, originally served as both a tavern and general store before housing businesses ranging from a grocery store to a butcher shop.
Jimmy, Maureen, and Kelsey Cirrito opened the tavern on May 29, 1997, after planning and renovating the downtown Herndon space.
The result was more than another bar and restaurant—it was a revival of a local landmark.
The menu brings a major piece of Buffalo, New York, to Northern Virginia.
Jimmy’s is known for Buffalo-style cooking, including wings made with Frank & Teressa’s Buffalo Wing Sauce, as well as regional classics such as beef on weck, poutine, and pierogies.
That Buffalo connection gives the tavern a distinct flavor identity: it is not generic pub food, but a menu influenced by the family’s hometown traditions.
The menu moves from the signature Buffalo Platter and hearty pierogies to rib-eye steak, grilled salmon, Chicken Parmesan, juicy burgers, and a Saturday-night prime rib dinner.
Jimmy’s succeeds because it turns reliable food into a communal experience. Sports fill the schedule, trivia and open-mic nights add energy, and special events keep the room active beyond regular lunch and dinner service.
The tavern is open daily from 11 AM to 2 AM, and its kitchen serves nightly until 1:30 AM—an unusually useful schedule for late dinners, game nights, and post-event meals.
Jimmy’s greatest strength is letting a table order wildly different dishes while still feeling part of the same spirited meal.
The restaurant’s ongoing local role is clear in its 29-year message of serving lunch, dinner, cocktails, and community gatherings.
Food Highlights
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Buffalo Platter: Jimmy’s signature Beef-on-Weck comes with five wings, pierogies, kielbasa, coleslaw, pickle, celery, and bleu cheese.🍗
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Rib-Eye Steak: A seasoned 14-ounce rib-eye is grilled to the guest’s preferred temperature and served with chef’s vegetables, baked potato, and soup or salad. 🥩
- Beef-on-Weck: Thinly sliced roast beef is served on a kummelweck roll, a Buffalo classic topped with caraway seeds and coarse salt.
- Grilled Salmon: Salmon is marinated in soy-ginger sauce and paired with chef’s vegetables, rice, and soup or salad. 🐟
- Philly Cheesesteak: Thinly sliced steak and fried onions are piled into a fresh Amoroso roll, with a choice of Cheese Whiz, provolone, or white American cheese.
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Chicken Parmesan: Fried chicken breast is covered with provolone and marinara, then served with pasta, vegetables, garlic bread, and soup or salad.
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Pierogies and Kielbasa: Six potato-and-Cheddar pierogies are sautéed with butter and onions, then served with kielbasa, sour cream, and coleslaw.
- Saturday Night Prime Rib: Prime rib is served with au jus, a baked potato, chef’s vegetables, horseradish sauce, and soup or salad.
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Classic Buffalo Wings: Buffalo-style wings are coated in Frank & Teressa’s Buffalo Wing Sauce and paired with bleu cheese dressing and celery.🌶️
Atmosphere
Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern blends historic tavern charm with the upbeat buzz of a longtime neighborhood hangout.
Oak, brass, antiques, and the building’s old-time character give the room an established tavern atmosphere, while the restaurant’s outdoor beer garden adds an all-season social space.
It is a welcoming Old Town Herndon restaurant where newcomers can quickly feel like regulars.
Bottom Line
Visit for Buffalo-style favorites, late-night kitchen hours, historic Old Town character, prime rib, wings, and a menu made for groups. Jimmy’s delivers a family-owned tavern experience where local history and hearty comfort food meet. ✨
Address:
697 Spring St., Herndon, VA 20170
📞 (703) 435-5467
🕔 Open daily, 11 AM–2 AM; kitchen open nightly until 1:30 AM