Johnnie Mae's Johnnie Mae's Creole Kitchen
114 Washington Ave, Highwood, IL
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SEAFOOD BOIL
Summer ONLY for those who really wanna get down! Build your own seafood boil. Base includes 1 corn, 2 boiled eggs, 5 potatoes, 6 andouille slices. Boil is tossed in crack butter, mild to med heat.$20.00SuperGoode Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with blackened shrimp or fried shrimp, hand-sliced Select ribeye, cooper’s sharp cheese, grilled onions, lettuce, and remoulade sauce. Served with Cajun fries.$27.00Creamy Shrimp & Andouille
Delicious creamy roux-based sauce topped with jumbo shrimps and andouille sausage. Served over bed of rice.$25.00
Johnnie Mae's Po'Boys
Fried Lobster Tail Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with a 5 oz hand-battered Cajun fried lobster tail, lettuce, pickles, tomato, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$35.00Lobster n Steak Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with a 6 oz hand-battered Cajun fried lobster tail, 6 oz select grade hand-sliced ribeye, lettuce, pickles, tomato relish, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$45.00SuperGoode Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with blackened shrimp or fried shrimp, hand-sliced Select ribeye, cooper’s sharp cheese, grilled onions, lettuce, and remoulade sauce. Served with Cajun fries.$27.00Cajun Cheesesteak Po'Boy
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with hand-sliced ribeye, sautéed mushroom, peppers, and onion, Cooper’s Sharp Cheese, lettuce, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$21.00Fried Chicken Tenders Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with jumbo hand-battered fried chicken tenders, lettuce, pickles, tomato, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries. Tenders can be tossed in sauce!$18.00Crispy Chicken Caesar Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with jumbo hand-battered fried chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato, caesar dressing, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$18.00Blackened Chicken Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with chicken blackened in our house seasoning, lettuce, pickles, tomato, cheese, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$18.00Fried Shrimp Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with hand-battered Cajun-fried large shrimps, lettuce, pickles, tomato, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$19.00Blackened Shrimp Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with shrimp blackened in our house seasoning, lettuce, pickles, tomato, cheese, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$19.00Fried Catfish Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with a colossal hand-battered Cajun fried catfish filet, lettuce, pickles, tomato, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$20.00Blackened Catfish Po'Boy
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with a colossal catfish filet blackened in our house seasoning, lettuce, pickles, tomato, cheese, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$20.00Fried Green Tomato Po'Boy w/ Fries
6-inch toasted sub sandwich with five slices of hand-battered fried green tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, tomato, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$18.00
Wings & Fries
Fried Chicken & Seafood
Fried Chicken Tenders Plate w/ Fries
5 chicken tenders hand-battered and fried to golden brown perfection. Served with Cajun fries, coleslaw, and a house dip.$18.00Quarter White w/ Fries
Bone-in chicken breast and wing soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy. Served with Cajun fries, coleslaw, house dip, and a slice of white bread.$17.00Quarter Dark w/ Fries
Bone-in chicken thigh and drumstick soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy. Served with Cajun fries, coleslaw, house dip, and a slice of white bread.$17.00Fried Shrimp Plate w/ Fries
8 large shrimps hand-battered and fried to golden brown perfection. Served with Cajun fries, house dip, and Cajun slaw.$19.00Sautéed Shrimp Plate w/ Fries
8 large shrimps sautéed in creole butter. Served with Cajun fries and a house dip$19.00Fried Catfish Plate w/ Fries
Whole catfish filet hand-battered and fried to golden brown perfection. Served with Cajun fries, white bread, house dip, and cajun slaw.$20.00
Classics & Specialties
SEAFOOD BOIL
Summer ONLY for those who really wanna get down! Build your own seafood boil. Base includes 1 corn, 2 boiled eggs, 5 potatoes, 6 andouille slices. Boil is tossed in crack butter, mild to med heat.$20.00Seafood Gumbo
Nawlins house gumbo made with chef’s chicken and seafood stock. Filled with andouille, chicken, and bay shrimp.$29.00Cajun Sauce Jambalaya
Perfectly steamed rice stewed in our house seafood stock and tomato sauce. Filled with veggie trio, andouille, tasso, chicken and baby scallops.$29.00Shrimp Étouffée
Traditional étouffée made with chef’s chicken and seafood stock. Filled with crawfish and topped with shrimp and a fried chicken tender.$29.00Catfish Creole
The ONLY way to eat your fried catfish in our chef's opinion! Fried Catfish filet served over a bed of rice and topped with our cream-based creole sauce.$28.00Cajun Seared Lamb Chops
Delicate Australian-bred lamb hand sliced and seared to juicy, flavorful perfection. Served on a bed of blackened mash potatoes with a side salad.$45.00Dirrrrty Rice w/ Blackened Catfish
Traditional dirty rice filled with ground beef, andouille, and all the perfect dirty flavors. Topped with a catfish filet blackened in our house black seasons.$29.88Pontchartrain Blackened Catfish
Blackened catfish filet over dirty rice cover in crawfish Pontchartrain sauce.$38.00Chicken & Waffles (Tenders)
24-hour marinated tenders, fried til crispy and laid atop a Belgian waffle. Drizzled with our house sugar butter.$22.00Chicken & Waffles (Bone-In)
Bone-in chicken breast soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy. Served atop a Belgian waffle.$22.00Creamy Shrimp & Andouille
Delicious creamy roux-based sauce topped with jumbo shrimps and andouille sausage. Served over bed of rice.$25.00Lump Crab Cake
Jumbo crab cake served over a bed of rice, topped with fried green tomatoes and large shrimps smothered in our house creamy creole and remoulade sauce.$36.00The Yvonne
House special sweet and creamy grits topped with sharp cheddar, a fried egg, a southern fried catflish filet and drenched in creole butter.$29.00Shrimp & Grits
Our house special sweet and creamy grits topped with cheese, sliced andouille and large shrimps.$24.00Creole Pasta
Creole seasoned, creamy roux filled with sautéed onions, mushrooms red peppers, green peppers, and your choice of meats over fettucini noodles. OMG!$18.00
VooDoo Cheeseburger
A burger the OG cali way - special sauce, double handmade patties, cheese slices, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and carmelized onion. Served with cajun fries and side of spread.$21.00OUT OF STOCKCodfish Sandwich
The iconic beer-battered cod sandwich with none of the yucky preservatives! Hand batterd cod filet, house made tartar sauce, American cheese slice and bread and butter pickles on a fresh brioche bun. Served with cajun fries and dipping sauce.$25.00Dirrrrtyy Rice (solo)
16 oz traditional dirty rice filled with ground beef, andouille, and all the perfect dirty flavors.$16.00Fried Catfish & Spaghetti
Spaghetti with meat sauce topped with a southern fried catfish and a piece of house corn bread.$30.00Salad with Blackened Chicken
$16.00Salad with Blackened Shrimps
$17.00Jamaican Curry Chicken over Rice
Stewed Jamaican curry chicken with potatoes and carrots served over rice. Absolutely delicious!$20.00OUT OF STOCKMy Dad's Lunch
Texas toast grilled cheese with hand shredded gouda, gruyere, and sharp. Three hand battered buffalo tenders and cajun fries toasted in between the cheeses. Served with choice of dipping sauce.$22.00Jamaican Oxtails
Slow-simmered oxtails that are fall of the bone tender and packed with traditional Jamaican flavors! Served over rice.$29.15OUT OF STOCKBaked Lemon Pepper Salmon
24-hour marinated salmon filet baked and served atop saffron spiced yellow rice.$29.95OUT OF STOCK
Starters & Sweets
Fried Green Tomatoes
Whole Canada-grown green tomato freshly sliced, hand battered and drizzled with remoulade. Add lump crab +$9$14.00Cajun Eggrolls
Rolled in house and filled with jambalaya or étouffée. Served with side of creole butter.$12.00Bahamian Fritters
$18.00Red Beans n Rice
Red beans slowed stewed in chef's chicken and seafood stock, veggie trio, ham hocks, and filled with andouille.$17.00OUT OF STOCKHouse Gumbo Half
$16.00Jambalaya Half
$16.00Étouffée Half
$16.00Single Crab Cake
Served over small portion of rice.$15.008oz House Gumbo
$8.00Cajun Fries
Crinkle cut fries dusted with Cajun seasonings and deep fried in pure beef tallow.$5.00House Salad w/ Creamy Cajun Dressing
Iceberg lettuce with shredded carrots, tomato, cucumbers, croutons, and our house-made creamy cajun salad dressing.$5.00Grits
Side of creamy, sweet and cheesy grits.$9.00Candied Yams
$7.00OUT OF STOCKCollard Greens
$8.00OUT OF STOCKBelgian Waffle
$12.00Cornbread Slice
$3.50White Bread Slice
Sliced white bread.$1.00Coleslaw
$1.25White Rice
Long grain steamed rice.$4.00Beignets (3)
Dusted with powdered sugar.$10.00Rum Cake Slice
Bahamian rum cake drenched in a house made real-rum sauce.$9.00OUT OF STOCKGoombay Smash Slushiee
$7.00Caramel Cake Slice
For everyone who asked for house made caramel cake - even the salted caramel sauce is made on the stove!$8.00OUT OF STOCKPeach Cobbler
Cake-y cobbler slice filled with sliced peaches.$8.00OUT OF STOCKKing Cobbler Milkshake
Freshly blended milkshake topped with a cobbler slice.$18.00Diet Coke, Can
$2.75Brisk Iced Tea, Can
$3.00Champagne Cola, Glass Bottle
$4.00
Sprite, Can
Classic, cool, crisp lemon-lime flavored taste that's caffeine free$2.75OUT OF STOCKButtermilk Ranch Cup
House-made buttermilk dill ranch dipping sauce.$1.50Remoulade Cup
House-made dipping sauce - family secret recipe!$1.50Honey Mustard Cup
House-made dipping sauce with French's mustard and real honey.$1.50Mug Root Beer, Can
$2.75Honey BBQ Cup
Sweet Baby Ray's Honey BBQ sauce.$1.50Hot Buffalo Cup
House-made buffalo sauce.$1.50Creole Butter Cup
Family secret recipe.$1.50Lemon Pepper Cup
Our house-made lemon pepper sauce.$1.50Hot Honey Cup
$1.50Garlic Parm Cup
$1.50Creamy Cajun Dressing Cup
$1.50Caesar Dressing Cup
$1.50Teriyaki Cup
$1.50Jerk Sauce Cup
$1.56Melted Butter
$1.50Maple Syrup Cup
$1.50
Kids Menu
Kids Chicken Tenders & Fries
Tenders hand-battered and fried to golden brown perfection. Served with fries.$9.00Kids Fried Chicken & Fries
Drumstick soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy. Served with fries.$9.00Kids Mini Fried Tender Po'Boy
3-inch sub sandwich with a hand-battered fried chicken tender, lettuce, pickles, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$9.00Kids Mini Fried Shrimp Po'Boy
3-inch sub sandwich with hand-battered Cajun-fried large shrimps, lettuce, pickles, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$10.00Kids Mini Cheesesteak Po'Boy
3-inch sub sandwich with hand-sliced Choice ribeye, sautéed mushroom, peppers, and onion, Cooper’s Sharp Cheese, lettuce, homemade remoulade, and Cajun fries.$11.00
Meats À La Carte
Fried Chicken Tender
A jumbo hand-battered fried chicken tender.$3.896 oz Blackened Chicken
$7.88Fried Chicken Breast
Skin-on chicken breast soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy.$8.99OUT OF STOCKFried Chicken Thigh
Skin-on chicken thigh soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy.$6.99OUT OF STOCKFried Drumstick
Skin-on drumstick soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy.$4.99OUT OF STOCKFried Whole Wing
Skin-on whole wing soaked in our house special 24-hour marinade and fried til crispy.$3.89OUT OF STOCKFried Catfish Filet
A colossal hand-battered Cajun fried catfish filet.$12.00Blackened Catfish Filet
$13.546 pc Fried Shrimp
Large shrimps hand-battered and fried to golden brown perfection.$9.986 pc Blackened Shrimp
$9.986 pc Sautéed Shrimp
Large shrimps sautéed in blackened seasoning.$7.998 PC Buffalo Wing
Wings only no sauce or fries.$10.906 slices andouille sausage
$4.99
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Baked Lemon Pepper Salmon
$29.95
24-hour marinated salmon filet baked and served atop saffron spiced yellow rice.
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