Johnna's Cafe

Soul food restaurant · Lawndale

Johnna's Cafe

Soul food restaurant · Lawndale

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520 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

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A laid-back spot in Tri-Taylor serving hearty, home-cooked Black cuisine with generous portions, good vibes, and a welcoming patio.  

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520 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 Get directions

+1 312 733 8460

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Chicago’s Best Soul Food Restaurants

"Tri-Taylor isn’t the first neighborhood you’d think of when wanting to check out some of the best home-cooked meals in Chicago. Surprisingly though, it’s worth making the trip to the area if you’re in need of mac and cheese with fried chicken and greens. This is exactly the way you’d expect any auntie would unleash at a family gathering." - Ashok Selvam

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Dana Williams

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Food was very good steak was cooked perfect medium rare. The hash browns are more like home fries but still very good and seasoned. No complaints will be going back again. Very good customer service. Keep it up 👍🏽

Kee Woo

Google
Man it smell so good in here. I think this is the owner is very nice. Good music with good food you can’t beat that. Man come support black owned spot.

Demeta

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I just ordered from Grubhub. I can’t get in touch with the restaurant with any of the numbers provided. The food was amazing until I started choking on a piece of metal wiring or something that was in my macaroni 😩. So disappointing.

Tommy Tom

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Brotha feedin the brothas. Just happened to walk by, omw to get a car, needed breakfast, and as soon as I walked in, hearing the snap, crackle, pop of hot food on da stove. Ate breakfast inside, AND ordered the pot roast to go!

jim jones

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It was nice, had a chance to eat on the patio and enjoy some music but had to get home to prepare for the Bear's game. The food was delicious...

R.J. Robinson

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This place was horrible in every aspect except the man taking and preparing the food. Does Chicago not require restaurant ratings or code standards? The place is dirty, a wasp nest inside the building (my husband and I dodging wasps), the condiments old... just bad. So the food pork chops cooked perfectly, but way too much salt, macaroni and cheese (box) nasty, mustard greens (too many bones from the meat that was used to season with) tasted ok. My husband had the fish, and he said it was ok. Would not recommend it at all.

Happy

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Awe I love this place it also has an outdoor patio it's never crowded and he puts a lot of food on your plate I love the beef short ribs and the prices are very reasonable parking is ok but you can also park on the Northside of the building it's also BYOB and the patio is for rent and it also has a VIP section. My friend had her birthday party there and it was a blast I highly recommend this establishment And the owner John makes you feel like family

Aguilera Web Design

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I enjoy eating at mom and pop places over chains. Check out my meal.