Parkside Donut

Good for those early morning or late night grub to keep you going. They deliver quick and have pretty good prices. Wish they were on seamless. I usually get the breakfast sandwiches or the the platters and in the evening, the fried chicken is great with fries!

These clowns are rude, incompetent and gross. They will ignore you when there is no one in the store, preferring to either talk smack to each other or talk to a random friend whose hanging out in there possibly because said friend is a sadomasochist and enjoys the abuse that these @ssclowns are dishing out.
If they do happen to deem you worthy enough of their horrifying service your order will be often be incomplete but strike you down if you say anything, well, you wouldn’t say anything anyway because you don’t have that much time to waste plus I would be surprised if any one of them had the brains to be able to process a complaint.
Shame really because the breakfast food is pretty good but quite frankly the thought of giving money to these hapless, offensive idiots is just to much to bear.

Unsightly décor but gave it a try. Terrible food that caused stomach pain.
Avoid.

I don’t usually go travelling around these parts of Brooklyn, but I’m glad I did. You can never judge a book by it’s cover. From outside, Kennedy’s may not be attractive but the food inside is great. If you are a fried chicken addict, this place will suffice. The thing that attracted me was how the fried chicken seemed «old school,» meaning that it’s homemade-​style. You won’t find this at chain restaurants. Needless to say, it’s delicious and tastes different then what most Americans are used to.
On top of that, this place serves a plethora of other things such as Salvadorean pupusas. From what I’ve heard, these pupusas taste right out of El Salvador. I’m not sure how they taste back in the home country but I loved them. I highly recommend this place.
The only bad thing about this place is that it’s visited by shady-​looking clientele. But then I can’t fault the business for that.

This place is the epitome of unprofessional. I’ve ordered from there a couple of time before but this last time took the cake. I called on a Sunday morning to order food and was on hold for 5 minutes which normally wouldn’t be the worst but then I kept getting interrupted and had to wait again because the guy was taking 30 orders at once. After finally placing my order I realize an hour has passed and still no food. Again I wasn’t upset and just assumed it was a busy Sunday and they were slammed. I call to get an update on my order and after waiting for another 5 minutes and finally getting someone who understood English I had to repeat my address and order so they can get an update and all the guy said was «you gotta wait», wait what! No apology or anything and then hangs up the phone!!! While I’m in the middle of asking a question no less! Never in my life have I had anyone in the service industry speak to me or act in that manner. No restaurants food is that good to accept that kind of treatment. I will never spend my money here ever again and will dissuade anyone I know from going there either.

This place was just remodeled recently and it’s actually called Parkside Donut and Kennedy Fried Chicken. Or maybe it’s just Kennedy Fried Chicken now… I’m not sure.
I have only been here once, but my review is heavily swayed by the fact that I live in the building that shares walls with the kitchen of this establishment and their vents send fried chicken smells into my bathroom and kitchen windows ²⁴⁄₇. Can you imagine taking a shower and getting out to smell fried chicken? It’s weird. Seriously weird.
I would give this place 4 stars for their homefries alone. They use surprising good potatoes, green peppers, onion, black pepper, and salt for their homefries. I didn’t actually GET any green peppers in my breakfast platter that I ordered, but I could definitely taste that they were there at some point. I haven’t tried anything else besides the breakfast combo and horchata here. And originally being from a heavily Spanish populated neighborhood (and growing up there) I can say that this horchata is not the best, it’s quite watery. Their horchata gets 2 stars.

Recently moved to this area and stopped in around 11AM on a Saturday for a bacon, egg, and cheese. I was amazed the staff managed to keep everyone’s orders straight, and with a smile: People sitting at the bar kept asking for more stuff and the line kept growing.
Crispiest bacon ever. I’ll definitely be back the morning after a night of dancing. You could seriously come here for every meal of the day. They serve breakfast all day, have a Kennedy’s, pizza, coffee, and even salad.
PS: This place just redid their storefront. There’s a red awning and it now reads «Parkside coffee shop.»

This is my regular breakfast-​meat-​egg-​and-​cheese-​on-​a-​bread-​product en route to the train spot. Their coffee sucks… I drink it anyway. The service is surly in general, but almost always amusing. There is always a cast of characters for the gawking.
They are expanding into the short-​lived pizza joint next door so they can offer more seating, etc. I’m kindof excited about this — it will likely be a bit more diner-​y.
On the non-​breakfast food choices — I’ve never had the pupusas, though they look delish. I have had the tamales and THEY are delish. The fried chicken is… meh. The macaroni and cheese is a glutenous, orange disaster.
I hope this place never goes away!

I stopped by because this was the closest donut shop to the apartment. I plopped down on a seat at the counter and ordered a hot chocolate with a croissant, which they will gladly warm up. My hot chocolate tasted kinda off and in the span of 15 minutes, I overheard 10 different arguments going back and forth between staff and customers and a lot of trash talking from people with heavy accents. I sat there quietly and waited for someone to shut up so I can pay and be on my way. Well, good morning to you too…

Parkside Donut and Kennedy Fried Chicken
I’m happy to have a Salvadoran staff around that I can practice my Salvi slang with and eat their $ 2 cheese pupusas with curtido, the only vegetarian pupusa here. It’s not a huge draw, but the horchata and tamarindo sure hit the spot on a hot Brooklyn day.
Also, it’s always fun when there are a lot of Salvadorans who work in a place together and have opposing political views. Their country’s politics are very interesting and the major parties are on the far left and the far right, and to see folks working together and enjoying each others’ company that have such polarized allegiances is fun and refreshing. One of the guys liked talking to me so much he always wants me to eat in. Maybe on a rainy or otherwise crappy day he’ll get his wish.

This has happened in the past. I order food and they forget something. I had had enough of it, I ordered delivery, i tipped the guy alot because I know jobs like that suck — went in to eat my food and the order was incomplete. I called to tell them they forgot it and the guy yelled at me saying he saw the order go out and it was complete and he hung up on me. I get a buzz at the doorbell so I thought the guy had a change of heart and was bringing the rest of my food– NOPE, he was going to give me my money back only if I gave the food back. I was like ya, hold on while I barf. Then the guy gets the yelling guy on the phone and he says he knows I ate the food and I just want to cause problems. Meanwhile the delivery guy hands over the tip money i gave him. I felt bad for him because he has to work for such a jerk. Im never ordering from there again.

The name of this place is actually Parkside Donut and Kennedy Fried Chicken, lest the donut thing discourage you, but in all honesty, it should be Parkside Donut and Kennedy Fried Chicken and Breakfast All Day and Salvadorian Food. Whew!
Located across the street from the Q station (Parkside, no doubt), this place is great for some late-​night beer sponge before heading home. I’ve had the pupusas a couple times, and for the uninitiated, they’re a Salvadorian fritter or pancake with ground chicken and who knows what else, served with ketchup and slaw. No, it’s actually good. Otherwise, the french toasts are good. There’s always some weird drama going on too, but if you need a place to sit down and scarf something greasy, this is the late night spot.