If you’re a fan of Jon Bon Jovi, this might make you “Have A Nice Day.”
It was October 19 in 2011, a Wednesday, when Jersey-born rocker Jon Bon Jovi together with his wife Dorothea opened JB’s Soul Kitchen in Red Bank. It’s been easy to “Keep The Faith” for a great cause ever since.
The concept is simple. No set prices on the menu, only suggested donations that goes towards the Soul Foundation. That’s Jon’s non-profit organization since 2006 that helps fight community hunger.
At the time JB’s Soul Kitchen opened Jon said,
At a time when one in five households are living at or below the poverty level, and at a time when one out of six Americans are food insecure, this is a restaurant whose time has come. This is a place based on and built on community – by and for the community.
This New Jersey gem even expanded last year to Jersey City inside New Jersey City University’s Gilligan Student Union. It opened on Valentine’s Day and has been helping even more people “Livin’ On A Prayer.” Those who can’t afford any donation to eat at the Soul Kitchen can always eat for free in exchange for a little volunteering.
All this altruism has resulted in JB's Soul Kitchen being rated the number one celebrity owned restaurant, not just in New Jersey but in the entire nation.
QR Code Generator analyzed Google reviews of celebrity owned restaurants around the nation. The results weren’t even close. JB’s Soul Kitchen was #1 with 91.62% excellent reviews. The nearest, in second place, was “The Walking Dead”’s Norman Reedus and Greg Nicotero’s Nic and Norman’s restaurant in Georgia with 79.80% excellent reviews.
If that were a political election it would be called a landslide.
3rd place went to Robert DeNiro’s Nobu in La Vegas with a 78.78%.
4th place is RPM Steak in Chicago owned by Giuliana and Bill Rancic. (Bill Rancic was the guy who won the very first “Apprentice” if you don't recall. RPM got 78.61%.
5th place is Ryan Gosling’s Tagine, a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills, with 77.77%.
He's not number one like Bon Jovi, but he’s Kenough.
Gallery Credit: Stacker
Gallery Credit: Stacker
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