Cheap drinks!! and great music

If your looking to just have a blast and not break the bank for a few drinks, then this is a good place to enjoy a trip down memory lane with 80's music.

We went to Johnny Jackson to use our Poutine Passport from Joylister. We were supposed to get a poutine the Gilles which comes with bacon but didn't realise until we got home that it was a regular poutine. So that's sort of a bait and switch and leaves a bad impression. The fries in the poutine weren't properly cooked, there were chunks of the fries that were raw. Not cold, just raw. They might... more

This place gets 5 stars because it creates a positive vibe where people can indulge in modern and retro hip hop and r&b in an upscale setting, in a good part of town.

The drinks are reasonably priced. Some nights there is cover, other nights none. The clientele is made up mostly of people who intended to come here for friends, associates, or to be part of the club scene.

The DJs who play here... more

Okay - I knew I was going to like this place from the name alone. I am sometimes called 'Johnny' (among other things) and I was born and raised on a Jackson St. You know how people have that "porn star name" formula -- where you combine your first pet's name and the street you grew up on? Well - as much I would love to have the moniker, I simply do not deserve the nom de guerre of "Onyx... more

Johnny Jackson is the latest addition to College Street West. Right in center of Little Italy, this place is new and has yet to develop it's own personal style. Nonetheless, the place is already popular and packed with business at night. The place is another dinner-drinks lounge. After 10, the place becomes packed with the typical party-drinks crowd, a DJ to set the mood and the lights get... more