Just Turkey

While taking the long way to Calumet Fisheries, driving on I believe 127th street, we drove past a little shack called Just Turkey. The awning proclaimed a great turkey burger and "home of the bbqd turkey ribs" What in tarnation are they talking about? Has anyone had the "Just Turkey" experience? I tried to Google and found references to multiple locations but no website (not surprised by that). Love to hear some 1st hand comments.

Tailgate on 95th consisted of Extra-large fried shrimp,clam strips, frog legs, oysters and smelts. the little fish and the big shrimp were outstanding. Clams, commercial but still sweet and tasty. Oysters not so great, i think they also were not hand breaded. the Frog legs way to large fro my taste, like a giant chicken drummette at Chucks, but still a good bite. They will let you take sheets of butcher paper which we laid out in the back of an SUV for a pregame tailgate before the Caravan destroyed LT at Gately Stadium.

Babaluch

babaluch wrote:While taking the long way to Calumet Fisheries, driving on I believe 127th street, we drove past a little shack called Just Turkey. The awning proclaimed a great turkey burger and "home of the bbqd turkey ribs" What in tarnation are they talking about? Has anyone had the "Just Turkey" experience? I tried to Google and found references to multiple locations but no website (not surprised by that). Love to hear some 1st hand comments.

I believe the Just Turkey on 127th is the original. It was called Jive Turkey in its early days but apparently that name was taken already. I stopped at the one on Stony Island six months ago, not long after it opened. I was going to try the turkey ribs but for some reason decided against it (maybe they only come pre-sauced?).





The turkey burger (whole wheat bun only!) I had instead was decent but I prefer the bigger, tastier, cheaper version from That's-A-Burger. I was amused to see what appeared to be a photocopy of a Dolinsky headshot (inscribed to Jive Turkey) hanging on the wall of the Stony shop.

I don't recall exactly what they told me turkey ribs are (they're not ribs) but it seems Kuck Farms in Georgia markets Turkey Ribs, "patent-protected pre-cooked cuts of whole white meat turkey on bone."

Just Turkey
1746 W 127th St
Calumet Park IL
708-396-0131
http://www.justturkeyrestaurant.com/

other locations:

8301 S Stony Island Av
Chicago
773-768-7427

4353 S Cottage Grove Av
Chicago
773-924-0000

That’s-A-Burger
2134 E 71st St
Chicago
773-493-2080