What a disappointment! My first day in Charlotte and I had checked Yelp reviews to plan my meals. The only good thing I can say is service was friendly and the cornbread was good.
However, that wasn't enough to even warrant a second star because the rest of my food was so unpleasant. I started with the soul rolls, but thought the mixture of flavors and textures did not harmonize well. It seemed to be a fried app just for the sake of being fried. But without the pleasing crunch I expected.
But the real let down was my shrimp and grits. What they served me was a bowl of lumpy grits (one particular lump was too big for my spoon to handle) swimming in a truly awful brown mess. The color made me think the sauce might be rich, but it was the opposite. I could probably recreate the flavor with water, thickener and food color - that is just how tasteless it was. The shrimp had a strange texture that made me think it came from a can. Then someone had chopped raw green onion and stirred it in. That was it. No seasoning. No flavor.