Restaurant & Ice Cream · South East Seneca

Johnny's Kitchen

Your place for lunch, dinner, brunch on Sundays, and ice cream in the summer — simple modern American food on Route 414 in Lodi.

Lodi, NY
Open Wed–Sun
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Ice Cream Shoppe
GF · Veg · Vegan Options
Dine In · Take Out · Sunday Brunch

Johnny's Kitchen

Johnny's Kitchen is a restaurant and ice cream shoppe on Route 414 in Lodi, a few minutes off the east shore of Seneca Lake. Owners Johnny and Regan both grew up in Central New York and spent years working in hospitality before opening a place of their own — and the food shows it: simple modern American cooking with a real emphasis on local food producers.

The menu leans into things done properly rather than things done fancy. Smash burgers on house-made brioche, sandwiches on house focaccia, a whole page of Zweigle's hot dogs done seven different ways, tacos, mezze, a cornmeal-breaded cod fish fry, and salads that hold their own. Sundays are brunch only, 8 AM to 2 PM. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are marked right on the menu — gluten-free bread is a $1.50 sub — and there's a kids menu, so it's an easy stop for a mixed group.

Out front, under the giant soft-serve cone on the roof, the ice cream window is the other half of the operation — soft serve, hard ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes, and flurries through the warm months. It's the kind of place where you can have a proper dinner or just pull over for a cone on the way back from a tasting, which on the Wine Trail is exactly what you want.

Our Story

Johnny's Kitchen is the rare spot that works for both halves of a Finger Lakes day. There's a giant soft-serve cone on the roof and a red-and-white building that reads pure roadside ice cream stand — and then the menu turns out to have baba ghanoush, a bun cha smash burger, and an elote hot dog on it.

That's the whole charm. Johnny and Regan built this out of years in hospitality and a long-held plan to run their own place, and the care shows in the small things: bread baked in house, local beef, sauces made from scratch, half portions of every side. Come for dinner, stay for a cone at the window.

— South East Seneca

What to Expect

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Smash Burgers

Five ounces of local ground beef on house-made brioche, five ways — from the OG to the andouille-stacked Big Easy.

Ice Cream Shoppe

Soft serve, hard ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes, and flurries from the window under the giant rooftop cone.

Fish Fry Wed–Sat

Cornmeal-breaded fresh cod with fries, coleslaw, tartar, and lemon — and it's gluten free.

Everyone Eats

Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free items marked across the menu, GF bread on request, plus a full kids menu.

Sunday Brunch

A dedicated brunch menu on Sundays from 8 AM to 2 PM — the early start is rare out here.

On the Wine Trail

Right on Route 414 between the Lodi and Hector tasting rooms — an easy break between stops.

Tips for Visitors

  • Closed Monday and Tuesday. Hours shift with the season — call ahead or check Instagram, especially off-season.
  • Sunday is brunch only, 8 AM – 2 PM, on a separate menu — don't show up Sunday evening expecting dinner.
  • The fish fry runs Wednesday through Saturday. Fridays are the busiest, so go early.
  • The ice cream window keeps its own hours and runs seasonally — Sundays it's open later than the kitchen.
  • GF, vegetarian, and vegan items are marked on the menu; gluten-free bread is a $1.50 sub — just ask.
  • Sides come in half portions and there's a kids menu, which makes it an easy stop with children.
  • Look for the giant soft-serve cone on the roof — it's the easiest landmark on Route 414 in Lodi. Parking on site.

Specials & Happenings

Wed – Sat

Fish Fry Basket

Cornmeal-breaded fresh cod with french fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce, and lemon — gluten free, four days a week.

Weekly

Sundays

Sunday Brunch

A separate brunch menu served 8 AM to 2 PM — the only day the kitchen opens in the morning.

Weekly

Seasonal

Ice Cream Window

Soft serve, hard ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes, and flurries from the shoppe under the rooftop cone.

Summer

Rotating

Menu Changes

Burgers, sammys, dogs, and sides rotate through the season around what local producers have on hand — follow along on Instagram.

Ongoing

Your Next Stop

More great food and drink up and down Route 414.