Photo Courtesy of Sweet Auburn Curb Market The Sweet Auburn Curb Market was originally established in 1918 on land cleared by the Great Atlanta fire of 1917. The market, set up in a huge tent, was an immediate success, bringing urban consumers direct access to farmers and their products. Wishing to give the curb market [...]
Soul food disappearing in Chicago as Blacks leave
Duct tape covers a large crack in the premier booth at Hard Time Josephine’s Cooking, where waitresses still call you “sweetie” and customers come for the steaming shrimp bisque and homemade peach cobbler with just a hint of cinnamon. Not so long ago, an eyesore like this at one of Chicago’s top soul food restaurants [...]
Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles, Chicago, IL
The menu selection offers generous portions of fried chicken, southern fried catfish and grits, omelletes, grilled salmon, lemon pepper grilled catfish, peach cobbler, sweet potato pie and of course, our famous waffles, just to name a few. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served all day and you can even BYOB from 5pm to 9pm ($10 [...]
Macarthur’s | Chicago, IL
Chicago’s Finest Soul Food Macarthur’s is the tastiest soul food you can get outside of your grandmother’s kitchen! The staff is friendly, the flavors are savory and robust, the meat juicy and the cobbler made to perfection. In his 2006 book “The Audacity of Hope,” President Obama describes MacArthur’s as “one of my favorite restaurants [...]
Army & Lou’s Restaurant | Chicago, IL
One of the oldest black-owned restaurants in the Midwest, Army & Lou’s Restaurant has been a Chicago institution for decades. Since 1945, this establishment as maintained quality service, food, and its original award-winning recipes. Old school dining ambiance with real tablecloths and very simple decor. Sit in some of the same booths Dr. King, Jesse [...]
Amy Ruth’s Restaurant | New York, NY
Amy Ruth’s has been feeding locals, tourists and celebrities the best soul food North of Mason Dixon line for years. No trip to New York would be complete without a visit to this famous Harlem Southern cuisine hub. Named after owner Carl S. Redding’s grandmother, Amy Ruth Moore Bass, this Manhattan soul food spot brings [...]
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