Good eats

[Sheldon Wolowizard]

I'm coming home to see my family soon and really miss true southern cooking. Anyone have any recommendations for real home cooking restaurants similar to loopy's? Much appreciated.

[Donald LaFell]

My parents go to lupie's a lot. She's a very nice lady. She's made my parents pound cake several times for being good customers.

Im sure there are plenty of soul food restaraunts around.

[Niner National]

The Diamond used to have it. Not sure if they do now though since it was taken over by the former Penguin owners.

[Chimera]

Meh. Good luck with that. Most "southern cookin" restaurants are now the New York version of southern cooking. Might wanna tell the family what you'd like and have a nice dinner at home.

[Cat]

Jake's Good Eats on Albermarle Rd. (this place was on the food network)

Sunrise Restaurant on Albermarle Rd., old and in the ghetto but the meat and two veg is really good

Dish in plaza midwood is pretty good

Merts Soul Food downtown was good the last time I went years ago

Cracker Barrell, I know it's a chain but their veggies are delish imo

[Guest]

Jake's Good Eats on Albermarle Rd. (this place was on the food network)

Sunrise Restaurant on Albermarle Rd., old and in the ghetto but the meat and two veg is really good

Dish in plaza midwood is pretty good

Merts Soul Food downtown was good the last time I went years ago

Cracker Barrell, I know it's a chain but their veggies are delish imo

Great place, at least the last time I was there (year or so)

La Wan's Soul Food, S. Tryon Street, near Arrowood.

[Mvp2014]

The Diamond used to have it. Not sure if they do now though since it was taken over by the former Penguin owners.

I think it's owned by the guy that owns Jackelope Jack's.

[Mvp2014]

Cajun Queen off 7th street is pretty soulful. Great for Sunday brunch

[Niner National]

I think it's owned by the guy that owns Jackelope Jack's.

Their menu is pretty much identical to the old Penguin menu (even has the same names for burgers), so I'm pretty sure it is the former Penguin owner that was forced out. I know most of the Penguin staff left to go work there.

[Niner National]

Jake's Good Eats on Albermarle Rd. (this place was on the food network)

Sunrise Restaurant on Albermarle Rd., old and in the ghetto but the meat and two veg is really good

Dish in plaza midwood is pretty good

Merts Soul Food downtown was good the last time I went years ago

Cracker Barrell, I know it's a chain but their veggies are delish imo

The food at Dish is great, but everytime I've eaten there, I've gotten terrible diarrhea, so I'll never go back. I'll excuse a place if it happens once because they'll always be situations where the food was contaminated and you didn't know it, but when it happens THREE times, you must be doing something wrong.

[cookinwithgas]

United House of Prayer just south of the stadium (1019 South Mint Street) has a cafeteria with amazing southern cooking. The turkey wings are especially good as is the mac and cheese.

[Zcustom]

McBonies on Monroe Rd, not too far from Lupies actually.

There's an awesome restaurant on Graham st called The Village, and just a few blocks down is Tatsis. Both are greek owned but man they have some good ole southern food

[GSQUARED]

Lola's downtown

[cookinwithgas]

We went to United House of Prayer today and it was soooo good - turkey wings, mac and cheese, and limas with some pumpkin pie. I could not stop eating....