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| - We have picked up to go orders from Soul Food Cafe a few times and tonight was the first time we dined in. It was pretty busy when we arrived at 5 pm on a Saturday, lots of people coming in and out picking up orders. We sat down and was waited on by a very cheerful waitress. Our drinks came out pretty quick, and then we waited...and waited...I noticed a lot of people coming in to pick up orders and they were also waiting for quite a while. Seems they only have two people cooking in the open air kitchen and three people taking orders/waiting tables. Lots of confusion among the waitresses as there were a lot of people calling and picking up and there was quite a bit of wrong orders going out.
We finally get our cornbread pancake first- warm, large and sweet, they were the size of a small plate and were fluffy and quite good.
Next came our sides and a few minutes later our entrees. The sides were all very tasty, collard greens were not over cooked, potato salad was flavorful with what seems like relish, mac and cheese was good and yams were overly sweet (but the mister liked them). I had the fried chicken, they were perfectly seasoned and the skin (my favorite part) was crispy. The mister had the smothered chicken and thoroughly enjoyed his meal.
I also ordered a small order of chitterlings for $7 and it was horrendous. I've had chitterlings once before in another soul food place in San Francisco and it wasn't bad so I wanted to try theirs. Let me start by saying that I am an adventurous eater, I eat just about everything and anything. I grew up eating innards (intestines, tripe, heart, kidneys, liver, pork/chicken/duck blood..I even LOVE balut!) so for me intestines is nothing new BUT good god, the chitterlings here were just awful..I took the first bite and nearly gagged. I put some hot sauce on it and tried again, thinking maybe I just had a bad piece, nope, second bite was just as bad. Two bites and that was enough for me, they just did not taste clean at all!
If it wasn't for their fried chicken and great sides as a saving grace, this review would probably be pretty bad. I wanted to try their oxtails too but the table next to us ordered it and the woman sent it back....I know some of the items on their menu is actually pretty good (chicken and fried fish) so I'll be back again and hope to update my review as I really like to support local mom and pop places. Plus, they have Niner logos everywhere so you know I gotta give them props for that :)
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