A casual, inexpensive option for home-cooked food, Miss Maude’s features all the classics.
Despite a sparse red and white interior, this corner joint serves heaping portions of Southern comfort food, be it fluffy pancakes or pork chops, as well as cheap dishes such as eggs on wheat bread.
The food is truly global (as expected from a chef whose own background encompasses several continents), from Swedish meatballs and Ethiopian injera bread to Southern-style fried chicken and oxtails.
What more do you need to know except that Amy Ruth's menu contains a special called the Rev. Al Sharpton? (That's a chicken-and-waffles combo.)
This Southern-style eatery offers great BBQ dishes such as pulled pork ($12) and a catfish sandwich ($10). Vegetarians, try the beet salad with navel oranges, arugula and lemon-herb goat cheese.
From cornbread and collard greens to chicken smothered in gravy, Z’Novia serves up comfort food Southern-style. There’s something going on every night, including evenings of classic R&B and jazz.
For coming on 50 years, Sylvia's Restaurant has been the locus of Harlem's soul food scene. The weekend brunches — jazz on Saturdays, gospel on Sundays — are especially popular.
Melba's opened in 2005 and quickly earned a dedicated following for its rewarding updates of Southern classics served in a pretty and sophisticated room.
