Jakeeno's is truly a hidden gem. This neighborhood pizza spot has great tasting pizza that Ive had for years. The service is fine and the owners are often helping out. It's also cozy. We often order a pepperoni and sausage pizza and it's one of the best pizzas out there. Order the antipasta salad, you won't regret it.

This is the second time I've been to Jakeeno's and I really have to recommend this family run restaurant a few blocks away from George Floyd Square. The restaurant has been open since 1975, so they have 50 years of experience. They have recently expanded and now have a beer and wine license. The fact that the two women owners are not Italian does not diminish the authenticity of this very southern Italian restaurant. My wife had the make-your-own thin crust pizza. She's from Iowa and I'm from New York, so our pizza tastes are different. However, she feels this was a well made and tasty version of Mid-west pizza, down to the square-cut pieces. I had the lasagna for the second time. It's is absolutely fantastic: 10 out of 10. It arrived to the table bubbling away at a temperature close to the surface of the sun. After it cooled a bit, I savored every bite. It comes with three pieces of very good garlic toast, so at $16.25, I feel this is a great value. If I can get my video of the bubbling lasagna to post, you can almost taste the deliciousness. The physical restaurant has a great ambiance. It's casual, yet would be a great place for a date. It has a private (but small) lot in the back, as well as plenty of on-street free parking. The owners and servers are friendly and competent. This is a place that I would love to be a bit closer to where I live, but it was well-worth the travel. If you live in this neighborhood, lucky you!

I really enjoy the food from Jakeeno's. Consistently good and delicious. BUT!? the "brownies" on the menu are not brownies...they taste like flat-cakes; they lack the texture and moist richness of a traditional chewy brownie...completely.

Nice mpls hometown pizza parlor and bar. Ordered wings and pizza. Wings were fairly good, I preferred the spicy garlic wings compared to the hot and dry rubs. I ordered the Margherita pizza and it tasted home made and decently flavorful for a local pizza shop. Friendly staff and waitress. If you're looking for a local pizza spot, it's a good place to check out.

This was my second visit to Jakeeno's in 1 week. Went to a YEE earlier in the week and decided to take my mom since she had good things to say about them and says she hasn't been here since my sister and I were younger [kids]. First thing, they have a smaller lot which I'm super grateful for. Easy parking. There's a lot of street parking as well. We decided to sit in the bar area and the waitress working greeted us and told us she was new. They have daily HH specials so we ordered wings, buy 6 get 6 free. We ordered 12 spicy garlic and 12 house dry rub with a side of hot sauce. There was mix up and they made 6 dry rub and 6 hot wings which was fine. We also ordered: * a large house salad (added onions for .50) *small cheese pizza w/ jalapenos & banana peppers *small margherita pizza *lasagna (w/ upgrade- garlic bread) *lavender lemon drop mocktail *strawberry melon thc canned drink Food was good! We asked for the wings to be fried hard & they were crispy, loved that. The spicy garlic was my favorite of the 3. Pizza was good! The salad was missing the onions which we were still charged for. The croutons on the salad were really good. Loved the music playing & generally chill atmosphere. Will have to come back to checkout some of the other daily specials & events going on. Congrats again on 50 years!

Loved Jakeeno's and I was actually craving for their Reuben pizza and then I got an email from them saying that their featured pizza hot spicy honey is going away on March 6th and so I had come try it so my husband and I made a late lunch date. It was unexpectedly good and very tasty. Would highly recommend it before it's gone. Since we came doing HH, we decided to also order spaghetti and chicken wings to share. Service was prompt and it was less busy in the dining room compare to the bright area of the bar with lots of windows and the sun shining through. Would highly recommend this place.

We came here on a Thursday, and took advantage of their "date night special" which included a half Antipasto salad order (enough for 2), choice of a 13 inch medium pizza (enough to bring leftovers home) or two servings of pasta, a bottle of wine (choice of Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc), and a dessert (choice of brownie or salted caramel cheesecake) for $60. In the current marketplace, I think this is a great deal! The pizza and salad were perfect; it included cheese, pepperoni, tomato, onion, bell pepper, olives, and mushrooms. The pizza is my favorite type of pizza: thin crust, with toppings to the edge, and square cut. We opted for the house special pizza which was sausage, pepperoni, and mushroom. I like the sauce a lot, and I notice they sell the sauce if you want to take it home for an at home meal. We added an order of the garlic cheese toast and chocolate mocha layer cake, because each of those options are nearly required here (trust me, they are that good)! The garlic cheese bread is made with provolone cheese and includes a zesty dipping sauce. The chocolate cake is surprisingly light and not too sweet, with a hint of coffee. I love that chocolate cake, because when someone mentions chocolate cake to me, I imagine something dense and this cake is decidedly not so; it has a layer of whipped cream between each layer of cake and is a great ending to an otherwise heavy-ish meal. We were able to score street parking in the front of the restaurant, although they do have a very small parking lot; I'd recommend snagging street side parking when you get near the location if you see an opening. The establishment is broken into two halves: one side is a restaurant with tables and chairs, and the other half is a bar with many high top tables. I noticed that the bar area has happy hour specials I'd like to check out on a future visit, as well as fun things like trivia, karaoke, and a meat raffle. There are other daily specials I plan to take advantage of on a future visit, too, such as all you can eat spaghetti (Monday), bottomless mimosas (weekend), and a large pizza with wings + 50% off bottle of wine (Sunday). We came here late afternoon, and the server wasn't very attentive; I'm going to give her a pass on this because it wasn't peak dining time and it looked like she was serving both the bar and restaurant area. Overall, this was a good dining experience and I'll be sure to add this to my rotation of pizza/pasta restaurants and/or happy hour specials.

Talk about a true neighborhood gem. We stumbled across this super cute, cozy Pizza and Pasta spot in South Minneapolis. This sister run spot has been around for 49 years! Always family owned and operated. It was a Monday evening and they run an all you can eat spaghetti deal for $10. Yeah. $10!!! What a steal. On top of that pints are $4 on Mondays. This spaghetti was phenomenal. I was truly blown away by the perfect cook on the noodles and the delicious, meaty red sauce. It brought all the feels and childhood memories from eating spaghetti growing up. Except my mom's was never this good (don't tell her). Service was also awesome. Our server was fast and friendly and the owner even came over to say hello and ask if everything was good. I am super excited to come back for pizza. I was drooling at every pie I saw coming from the kitchen. You have to check this place out! IG: danny_runsforbeer

Ordered a pepperoni pizza to pick up and it was ready when promised and really good. Sauce had nice flavor, plenty of toppings and cooked to perfection. The servers were friendly on the phone and welcomed me with a smile when I got there. Ample seating with both high tops and tables had I chose to eat in. Also looked like a good wine and beer selection.