Southern
Southern
Alligator Pear
Plan your next team dinner at this big Creole restaurant in Midtown, and get several orders of blue crab beignets to share.
C as in Charlie
This restaurant serves unique Korean-Southern small plates in a compact room in Noho with a lively crowd.
Melba’s
Melba’s is a spot in Harlem with some great fried chicken, catfish, and waffles. Try it for a casual meal, and get a side of mac and cheese.
Bird Dog
Bird Dog is an Italian-Southern restaurant in the West Village with a room that feels like an NYC studio apartment.
Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
This Upper West Side outpost of the popular spot that started in Harlem will satisfy your soul food craving whenever it hits.
Peaches Hothouse
Peaches Hothouse is a casual restaurant in Bed-Stuy where you can find some good Nashville-style hot fried chicken.
Bobwhite Counter
Bobwhite’s ain’t fancy, but The Counter gets the job done right. The eat-in dining experience is not ideal, so it’s best to just call these guys and order your weight in fried chicken to go.
The Boil
The boil is fine if you're looking for a night of eating seafood with your hands, but don't expect a real New Orleans experience. Expect butter and Old Bay and that's about it.
Jacob Restaurant
Jacob Restaurant is a buffet in Harlem where you can fill a styrofoam container with some very solid soul food and Caribbean food.
Pies ‘n’ Thighs
The new Pies ‘n’ Thighs has opened its doors, and Williamsburg’s most influential hipsters are rejoicing. This new, larger location is still turning out amazing fried chicken and comfort food classics.
Tipsy Parson
Tipsy Parson has done a perfect job of creating a place that looks and feels like a Southern restaurant, but at the cost of under-delivering on the food. Look elsewhere to satisfy your comfort food cravings.
Peaches
Peaches is a family-friendly restaurant in Bed-Stuy with a popular brunch and good Southern dishes like blackened catfish, fried chicken, and lots of things with grits.
Red Rooster
Few restaurants in this city feel as alive as Red Rooster in Harlem - the atmosphere is incredible.
Popina
Popina is a tiny, casual restaurant on the Brooklyn waterfront. The food is a mix of Southern and Italian, and they do some great chicken and pasta.
Sweet Chick
Chicken, waffles, an unpretentious vibe, and communal atmosphere are the things that make us love Sweet Chick.
Hill Country Chicken
With so many incredible fried chicken options around these days, this isn’t one to go out of your way for.
Sylvia’s Restaurant
Before you start eating at all the trendy new spots in Harlem, filling your belly with soul food at Sylvia’s needs to happen first.
Chick Chick
Chick Chick on the UWS serves an entire menu dedicated to Korean fried chicken, and you should (in turn) dedicate yourself to their entire menu.
The Commodore
The Commodore is bad. Bad because merely looking at the food here will jack up your cholesterol thirty points, and worse because everything is so good that you’ll crave it all the time.
Cadence
Cadence is a vegan soul food restaurant in the East Village that’s perfect for a special occasion date night.
The Soul Spot
The Soul Spot serves Southern and Caribbean food in a small counter-service space near Borough Hall in Brooklyn.
Black Nile
Black Nile is a halal soul spot in Crown Heights with great fried chicken and Cajun seafood.