The liquor license placard for Miss Toya’s Southern Cajun Kitchen says:
“The Establishment will be a full-service restaurant offering Creole-style food. Total Occupancy
Load is 100 with seating for 60 inside premises. The licensee is also requesting an Entertainment
Endorsement to provide live entertainment.”
Their website says they’ll be opening in 2022.
“Chef Jeffeary Miskiri is Founder & Owner of a unique collective of Black, family and woman-owned products and restaurants in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area with a proven commitment of excellence to the communities they serve. Chef Miskiri’s wife, Shatorya Miskiri, is the brainchild behind the brands and is Co-Founder of Creole on 14th, Miss Toya’s Soul Juice, Miss Toya’s Southern Cajun Kitchen, Miss Toya’s Creole House and Suga & Spice.
The Miskiris products and restaurants include Po Boy Jim located at 709 H Street NE in the bustling Atlas District, Creole on 14th at 3345 14th Street NW at the Tivoli Square project–home to the historic Tivoli Theater in Columbia Heights, as well as, Miss Toya’s Soul Juice, Miss Toya’s Southern Cajun Kitchen, Miss Toya’s Creole House and Suga & Spice its newest concepts.
Chef Jeffeary Miskiri has over 15 years of hospitality experience. Chef Miskiri was raised in Takoma Park, MD and attended Blair High School. He began cooking at the age of 8 and by 17 he worked at McDonald’s with his mother and her siblings where they operated eight Washington, DC area locations. He also worked at his family’s Caribbean restaurant where he received an introduction to becoming a restaurateur. These early hospitality experiences with family contributed to his love for cooking, people and hard work.
After high school, Chef Miskiri earned his Associate’s Degree in Business Management. While in college, he wrote his first business plan for a Caribbean and Southern cuisine restaurant–a plan that won first place in a competition and a $10,000 grant to help further his dream. His next stop was Crescent City and after a two year stay in New Orleans, LA with his great grandfather, Chef Miskiri became well versed in the heritage, culture and style of Louisiana’s Creole and Cajun cuisine. He committed to launch a restaurant in Washington, DC to honor his family’s roots.
In 2012, that dream became a reality when he opened Po Boy Jim. He furthered this vision in 2020 by launching a new contemporary concept, Creole on 14th. Chef Miskiri’s restaurants have quickly become popular DC staples. Most recently, Chef Miskiri was appointed to the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) Board of Directors.”
Stay tuned for an exact opening date.