Johnny Kaks

Was just told Johnny Kaks is closed for good!!

I heard review that food was good so I thought It would try it. Went in and even though there is scaffolding over the building ( been up for 8 years) it may have somewhat slowed business. I tried a turkey wing Mac & cheese & collards and as they rang me up after the fact they stated their CC machine was done. Ran next door to get cash. I went home to try and was very disappointed. The turkey wing was undercooked, m&c was overcooked noodles and burnt cheese, and greens was over season which took our pressure way up. My friend called immediately to give his opinion. The rep wanted to rectify the problem. When went back within an hour and on the house we had bbq wingettes, fresh Mac & cheese and cabbage. I like the cabbage, m&c was now too loose and didn't try wings. He purchased a plate for his son with same except he got jerk wings which he liked. I want to rate them better especially since they lost lease to building which is being sold last day March 30. If they cover the food it may not dry out so fast as it was sitting. I did taste pumpkin pie, was good crust looked pasty. The way good looks is how you first want to eat it and I wanted to support black owned business. Maybe when they relocate and re-establish themselves I will give them one more try but I

2 sides and a meat

No frill stall, served the best lamb chop !! So tender and juicy! Big portion too. The yellow cabbage is one hot favourite. Must come n try!

Excellent by any standard, (no weighting the curve to get 5-star)

This was not good fried chicken. I just moved in around the block and wanted to try some real Harlem soul food. The fried chicken was mushy….you can tell it was really bad, old, or frozen chicken. It was also poorly fried, the skin had no coating. I took a few bites and tossed it. I love fried chicken, so I think this was the 1st piece I’ve ever thrown away in my life TBH. The Mac and cheese was also below average. Service was also a bit unprofessional, as the cashier person was sitting down on her phone, and had to be called to ring the order up….she was annoyed she had to help a customer. The credit card machine also had an issue taking my card, I had to tell her it says there’s a network error, for her to fix it, then they could complete my order.