soul food

noun

: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans

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Her husband, a chef from a more affluent background, is opening an upscale soul food restaurant in the midtown area. —

Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 The menu includes a chicken and waffle combo, shrimp and grits, gumbo, oxtails with sweet brown gravy, and other traditional soul food dishes. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024 In July, Vice President Harris made a trip to Paschal’s, a nearly 80-year-old Atlanta soul food restaurant whose patrons have included Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dr. Martin Luther King. —

Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 Here’s a great piece from this week: Saturdays are usually busy days for Alma’s Place, a soul food restaurant in Compton across from the city’s courthouse. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soul food