Huda Food

Huda Food is a Middle Eastern halal grocery at 3239 Independence Ave in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast, run by an owner known locally as Jamal (“JoJo”).¹² It stocks Middle Eastern groceries — spices, teas, candies — plus fresh baked goods, and offers catering.¹²

Description

Huda Food is a Middle Eastern grocery on Independence Avenue in the Historic Northeast, singled out by Northeast News as “a unique Iraqi influence on the Avenue.”¹ Alongside packaged staples — spices, teas, candies — the store bakes fresh goods on site and takes catering orders.¹² The owner is known in the neighborhood as Jamal, or “JoJo,” and is noted for personalized service and deep ties to the neighborhood.¹ It sits on the same Independence Avenue corridor as the district’s cluster of Somali, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern markets.

Ownership and history

The store’s owner goes by Jamal (“JoJo”).¹ Huda Food is listed as a member of the Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and appears in refugee- and immigrant-business resource guides for the neighborhood.³⁴ Single location, owner-operated; no chain affiliation found.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Source: Northeast News halal-market guide¹; Yelp² · Confidence: Medium (grocery/bakery, not a menu; item list from reporting)

Middle Eastern grocery and bakery — not a sit-down menu.

Grocery:¹

• Middle Eastern groceries
• Spices
• Teas
• Candies

Bakery:¹

• Fresh baked goods

Services:²

• Catering

Middle Eastern grocery and bakery on Independence Ave — spices, teas, candies, and fresh-baked goods, run by Jamal (“JoJo”).

Links

• Phone: (816) 231-3101²⁵

Sources

Footnotes

1. Northeast News — “A Guide to Independence Avenue’s Halal Markets.” https://northeastnews.net/pages/a-guide-to-independence-avenues-halal-markets/ — asserts: Huda Food at 3239 Independence Ave, “a unique Iraqi influence on the Avenue,” owner Jamal (“JoJo”) known for personalized service and neighborhood ties; sells Middle Eastern groceries, spices, teas, candies, and fresh baked goods. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Yelp — Huda Food, 3243 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO (listing updated April 2026, categorized Grocery). https://www.yelp.com/biz/huda-food-kansas-city — asserts: Independence Ave address (3243 per Yelp); grocery; open as of 2026; phone (816) 231-3101; catering; hours roughly 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce — Grocery category directory. https://nekcchamber.com/single-category/grocery/ — asserts: Huda Food is a member grocery business in the Historic Northeast. ↩

4. RefugeKC — Groceries resource guide. https://www.refugekc.org/groceries.html — asserts: Huda Food listed among immigrant/refugee-serving grocery stores in the Historic Northeast. ↩

5. Loc8NearMe — Huda Food, 3239 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO 64124. https://www.loc8nearme.com/missouri/kansas-city/huda-food/2442094/ — asserts: address 3239 Independence Ave; phone (816) 231-3101; hours 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Monday–Sunday; halal Arabic groceries; catering; accepts cards/Apple Pay. ↩