Jake’s Place Bar & Grill in Shawnee, KS

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Telephone:	+1 913-962-5253
Website:	jakesplacebarandgrill.com
Address:	12001 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS, 66203
Categories:	Bars American (Traditional) Karaoke

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Takes Reservations	No
Delivery	No
Take-out	Yes
Accepts Credit Cards	Yes
Parking	Private Lot
Bike Parking	No
Wheelchair Accessible	Yes
Good for Kids	No
Good for Groups	Yes
Attire	Casual
Ambience	Divey
Noise Level	Average
Music	DJ, Live, Juke Box, Background, Karaoke

Good For Dancing	Yes
Alcohol	Full Bar
Happy Hour	Yes
Best Nights	Thu, Fri, Sat
Coat Check	No
Smoking	Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Outdoor Seating	Yes
Wi-Fi	Free
Has TV	Yes
Waiter Service	Yes
Caters	No
Has Pool Table	Yes

Today

Today	11:00 am – 1:30 am Closed now
Local time (Shawnee)	08:18 Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Business hours

Monday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Tuesday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Wednesday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Thursday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Friday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Saturday	11:00 am – 1:30 am
Sunday	11:00 am – 1:30 am

Description

Specialties

We are a neighborhood Bar and Grill. We offer a full menu with Daily Specials. Family Friendly atmosphere. We have Karaōke on Wednesday nights„ DJ on Friday nights with our celebrated Steak and Shrimp Dinner Specials, Live Bands on Saturday Nights with 95 cent Taco’s until 5pm, A favorite for most. Sundays are always our Funday with crazy Happy Hours and FREE pool. Voted Shawnee’s 2^nd place for Best STEAKS.

Our Drink prices are always reasonable with great deals on Happy Hours. Our crowd is variable as we cater to all. Many family’s frequent for our awesome Burger and Taco Specials.

We are frequently referred to as Shawnee’s Cheers. We opened our doors in September of 1998 and we are proud to be a part of our Shawnee Community.

History

Established in 1998.

Originally opened by Bob Scott and Roger Madl. The Name Jake’s Place was a common name between the 2 original Partners. I, Janine, purchased 50% of the bar in 2004 after being employed for 3 years. In 2008 I became the sole owner with no desire to change the name.

Meet the Business Owner

Janine L.

Business Owner

I purchased the bar in 2004 with absolutely NO clue on how to operate it. Through self help books, bad decisions, good decisions and lots of memorable experiences, I have learned a few tricks.

One, there is no such thing as a customer, they are Friends. I have many bosses to answer to, I am always up for suggestions, ideas and constructive criticisms. Its not my bar, but their bar.

I am very active in the community with a drive to help whenever possible. I have earned many nick names, my favorite; Rotten lil bleep, I earned this nick name 12 years ago after decorating an unsupervised vehicle. Hehe. I am known to play a few pranks (which always get returned 3 fold).

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14 reviews of Jake’s Place Bar & Grill

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Steve D.

Place rating: 4
Overland Park, KS

Jake’s Place has some nice lunch specials. The taco Monday $ 0.95 beef hard shell tacos were very good. There were good amounts of tasty ground beef, fresh lettuce, and shredded cheese. The service was friendly, attentive, fast, and appreciative. Very nice for the price!

Todd W.

Place rating: 4
Ojai, CA

Pretty darn good local bar. No it’s not fancy but it’s comfortable and it’s got a nice warm atmosphere. Very good, friendly service. Good drinks etc. Also they have some good bands if you like live music and dancing on occasion.

Eva R.

Place rating: 1
Shawnee, KS

This is probably one of the worst places I’ve been to as far as cleanliness goes. I’m certain I got an upset stomach from the one and only drink I had there. The cleanest place to sit was on the patio. My husband and I wanted to play pool but they didn’t have enough sticks for two tables to play (two people were already playing at the other table). And the pool table was missing a ball. I won’t be coming back, sad it’s walking distance from the house.

Mike T.

Place rating: 5
Kansas City, MO

Really enjoyed the food here. Had a great cheeseburger and also some Hot Wings. I’ve tried wings everywhere and these were fantastic. Perfect crisp but still tender.

Beth P.

Place rating: 3
Margate, FL

Definitely a-ok. Standard drinks, but $ 3.50 well vodkas were hard to pass up. Great burger and ham & cheese. Service was friendly enough and crowd of locals was having themselves a boisterous good time.
Not someplace that would ever become a destination, but could very easily become the neighborhood dive bar of choice.

Sammy D.

Place rating: 5
Albuquerque, NM

I went on Thursday, cheap burger\beer night. .stayed way too late for a school night.
Weird mix of people, friendly crowd, cold cheap beer… local dive.
Be certain to have a DD or a cabbies phone #, you will stay for one too many

Brian C.

Place rating: 1
Overland Park, KS

We had lunch there and while the service was fine the food was terrible. The pork tenderloin may have been the worst I have ever had. The rest of the food was subpar, even for a bar.

Sharon M.

Place rating: 5
Edwardsville, KS

First time I’ve been to Jakes. We had a surprise 50^th birthday party there last Saturday night. We had the ‘pool room’ reserved for the party, plenty of seating for everyone, and they had a taco bar for the guests. Everyone loved the tacos! Great food and reasonably priced drinks.
Our waitress was great! she took care of the room (probably about 30 people +), and never missed a beat. She rans tabs for some of us, and had no problem remembering who ordered what. Excellent service.
I had no idea what to expect when I arrived, and was pleasantly surprised! Great food, good music, I thought they all did an outstanding job! And everyone had a great time.
What a great place for a party or get-together! : —

Jerry H.

Place rating: 4
Merriam, KS

we just go for food /usually lunch /food is very good /tenderlion and totes are fantastic /chicken strips are good too.

Paul W.

Place rating: 2
Livingston, TX

We’ve been to Jake’s a few times in the past and I was never impressed with anything about it. But it’s very close to «home» and they’ve got a great deal on burgers Thursday nights.
So, last night our group of six headed over to Jake’s and were received with a very unenthusiastic welcome. Actually, it wasn’t until we started moving chairs around to make room for everyone at one table that anyone noticed us at all. A server finally wandered over with menus and let us know that Big Jake burgers were $ 3.75 and domestic bottles were two bucks. That was a good as it got on the service. Three of us sat for ten minutes in the middle of our meal with empty beers until we flagged her down to bring more. Maybe that’s one reason the place was mostly empty on a night with a pretty good burger special.
The burgers were better than I remembered and that’s the only thing that salvaged our visit. Fries were just so-so. Jake’s serves its burgers bare but has a table off in the corner that’s supposed to be a condiment bar. I like being able to serve myself as much pickle and onion as I want but last night the table was a mess and didn’t offer any tomatoes at all-I gotta have tomatoes.

Steve W.

Place rating: 1
Kansas City, KS

Just gotta love a waitress that is on the phone the whole time ur in the place. gotta go to the bar for a refill. bartender was friendly.

Dave L.

Place rating: 3
Kansas City, MO

A very typical, semi-divey north Johnson county bar and grill. The crowd is almost exclusively middle aged and probably middle class. It’s popular with local motorcycle enthusiasts too. There seem to be a lot of regulars but everyone was pretty friendly to me.
Not much in the way of drink selection but the prices are very reasonable. Well drinks were on special my last visit and the tab was six dollars and change for three drinks.
I didn’t try the food but the menu was classic bar and grill fare, with several kinds of burgers, chicken fingers, tacos and the like at reasonable prices.

Tresha G.

Place rating: 4
Olathe, KS

I agree with CL on the chairs. Not the best. However, my waitress was. Very friendly. We came because of they were in the Shawnee Dispatch daily lunch specials with 75 cent tacos. We were in a hurry and out and about and hungry. Seemed like a reasonable way to go.
I am usually one for the crunchy shell. However I would opt for the soft shells here. Also, not thrilled with the salsa, but it is doable. The meat was seasoned great with great dressing of lettuce and cheese. These by far are no mini tacos either. I would come back for tacos and friendly service.

C L.

Place rating: 3
Olathe, KS

Tonight was my first visit. This won’t be the most informative review you’ve ever read, but then again, I only came here for a couple drinks and to get some girl-time gab in.
Like most bars, they had loud music (pop, think 93.3), but not so loud that I had to yell at my tablemate — it was reasonable. They had some weird seating. We chose a lower table, but it was kinda high for the odd, high-backed chairs that sat rather low. Two of our four chairs’ plastic-y cushions were cracked, and the other two were badly worn. Ironically enough, my friend referred to the seats as «thrones» for their «fancy» shape… ehhh, but they weren’t quite chairs for royalty.
But like any bar, the most important details are the drinks and service. Our server was friendly, and the drinks were strong enough. Three cocktails ran $ 10.50. That’s a good night in my book. I’d visit again.

Jake’s Place Bar & Grill

Shawnee, United States