If you love soul food – deep from the depths, bodacious soul food – it’s tough to beat the victuals served up in Atlanta. Here, courtesy of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, are some of the city’s best soul food restaurants:
– Half-a-century of feeding folks is all you need to know about Busy Bee Café. Located at 810 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Busy Bee is precisely that – packed with people who know where to go for a good meal. The fare is fresh and home-cooked.
– Lithonia is where R&B diva Gladys Knight and gospel performer Ron Winans have set up the aptly-named Gladys Knight and Ron Winans’ Chicken & Waffles. The idea here is to fashion soul food with a decided nouvelle kick to it. The idea works wondrously. It may be a cliché, but you really should leave room for desert here – specifically the sweet potato cheesecake. You’ll find this savvy, succulent eatery at 7301 Stonecrest Concourse, Suite 123 in Lithonia.
– Here’s another one of those Atlanta institutions, Paschal’s Restaurant. Southern staples reign supreme at Pashchal’s, especially the fried chicken. You just think you’ve tasted the real stuff until you’ve eaten here. Ask for fried green tomatoes on the side, top it off with Peach Cobbler and wash the whole meal down with plenty of sweet tea. Paschal’s puts it all on the table at 180-B Northside Drive SW in Atlanta.
– Among legendary Atlanta eateries it’s hard to top the instant name recognition of Pittypat’s Porch. Pittypat’s lays claim to being the city’s oldest downtown restaurant. The cuisine is quintessentially Southern, the clientele devoted. When airline crews first started overnighting in Atlanta ‘twixt flights it’s here they’ve traditionally headed. You’ll find it at 25 Andrew Young International Blvd.
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