Kennedy's Bar-B-Que

Ordered delivery due to family illness. The relish was not accompanied by the ham sandwiches, which was a deal breaker for sure. Cole slaw helped to make up for that. The Mac and cheese with pulled pork was hot and filling. Get the delivery corrected and it would be a constant rotation.

First - this is a darling little diner - originally opened in 1922. Inside there are, maybe 4 booths, and 8 seats at a counter. The menu was amazingly simple. So, I had a cup of bean soup and a pork sandwich. The pork was a generous serving on a standard hamburger bun. No bbq sauce, mayo, mustard, etc. -- just meat and bread. I got some relish on the side but it didn't do much for me. The beans in my little cup were not soft...additional ham was nice. My wife got a potato and ham cup of soup and a cornbread muffin. Both were small and unremarkable - just OK. The server was personable, attentive and near perfect. Unfortunately the food wasnt. Too bad - what a cool little place!

This place is an institution. If you love bean soup, Amish pies this is the place. Fast service AND DONT skip the pickle relish

Small cute little place.I had brisket, coleslaw, and a wonderful Cornbread muffin with Ice-T.Good flavor for the brisket

Stopped here for lunch after a trip to the Canton Car Museum. It's a small diner in a neighborhood by the stadium park. I got daily special. BBQ sandwich, cup of bean soup and a drink. $8.50. It hit the spot. Not fancy but good. Just what I was looking for.

This was meh for me. We had gotten a buy one, get one half-off coupon from the nearby McKinley Presidential Library. I got a beef brisket sandwich and a pulled pork sandwich to-go with all the toppings. Both sandwiches' contents were cold and didn't have enough BBQ sauce. Their famous relish was super vinegary and didn't have a lot of flavor. Wouldn't recommend it, but the total was only $7.50 for two sandwiches.

Kennedy's bbq has gone DOWNHILL!!So sad really. So today I went in at 2:00, the guy serving was also the sandwich maker, and no he never washed his hands. I ordered soup and a ham sandwich. He was flying all over the place, he looked overwhelmed. I should've walked out. But instead i received my food and went directly to the monument to eat. First my soup. I put a spoonful in my mouth, IT WAS FREEZING COLD. Disgusting to say the least. My crackers were even stale. Ughhh. So next my sandwich I open it up to put the relish and bbq sauce on it and i barely see any meat, so unlike them also. My meat was mostly fat and chunky at that. GROSS!! I know its in a suspect neighborhood but they don't have to stoop so low. Id rather eat Two fat guys in Perry or Hog heaven on Cleveland ave. Ill never ever go back!!! I'm the saddest person in Canton.

Once again Yelp saves the day (or at least a boring few hours in Canton, Ohio). Flew into Ohio a few weeks ago to meet with a customer and had literally hours to kill so I headed to downtown Canton to see if I could find anything to do. After a few minutes on my handy Yelp app this little BBQ joint kept popping up on the search results; sold. The location was outside of downtown and almost looked a little bit in the middle of nowhere; I never would have known to come here without Yelp.This was the best lunch I had the entire trip. The pulled pork sandwich was pretty good although nothing to rave about, but (1) the helping was huge and (2) their relish is awesome. I've never had anything quite like that and I wish I could have bought some to take home (they do sell it in jars to-go but relish setting in a car for hours didn't sound like a sanitary decision). It looked almost like mustard seed as the main ingredient (cabbage?) was chopped super-fine; it wasn't more of a vinegar taste then sweet or spciy, but Idon't think there was vinegar in it. Basically no one knows the recipe and it's a family secret. Their sweet BBQ sauce was also some of the best I've ever had; perfect balance of tanginess. So the sauce and relish seem to just elevate the meat from good to great.I also decided to try their 'famous' bean soup with chunks of ham in it. It seemed that the ham sandwich is their specialty, but if you want to try a little bit (correction, a LOT bit) of everything then the white bean soup with the pork sandwich offers a good sampling of their menu.And since I was in no rush I hung around for a bit and then tried a slice of homemade black raspberry pie, sans the ice cream. Was pretty good but I think it was just canned fruit and I doubt the dough was scratch made.So if you find yourself near or in Canton and looking for a bit to eat just off the highway (or are visiting the NFL Hall of Fame right nearby) then skip the regular roadside chains and venture over to Kenndey's. As a bonus if it's a nice day you can grab some food to go and picnic across the street in McKinley Memorial Park.

Will not go here again. I ordered the brisket sandwich. Instead of slicing the meat against the grain, they pulled it with the grain as in pulled pork. I could not take a bite without taking the strand of meat. Almost impossible to chew. The new take home menu has already hit the trash.

The bbq was good.I got the pulled pork,macaroni salad. My hubby got the brisket with Mac and cheese. the Mac and cheese was nasty. The experience was great the servicer was kind of rude .