If you think Hatchet Hall is just another gut-busting, deep-fried Southern joint - think again.

The great, lively BBQ joint that the Valley desperately needed.

Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles has 100% earned its fame. Your stomach, wallet, and friends will all thank you.

Manuela is a modern Southern restaurant inside an Arts District gallery.

The Hart and the Hunter, the all-day restaurant at the PaliHotel on Melrose, serves some very good Southern food. Go for a hangover-curing brunch.

Yardbird in the Beverly Center specializes in chicken and waffles.

Hot N Juicy Crawfish is a weird, eat-seafood-out-of-a-bag chain restaurant and where you go when life has dealt you the hardest of hands.

Alta is a very good Southern spot in West Adams that has cornbread you’ll want to take home by the loaf.

Rye Fox is an overpriced Southern restaurant near the Grove that’s not very good unless you’re in the mood to go clubbing for dinner.

Hilltop is a very good daytime cafe in View Park-Windsor Hills that serves excellent coffee and grain bowls.

Lucky Bird is a fried chicken stall in Downtown LA’s Grand Central Market with easy seating, and very solid fried chicken.

Post & Beam is a pizza and Southern food spot in Baldwin Hills.

Harold and Belles is a creole spot serving great Cajun seafood in Jefferson Park.