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| - 5 STARS bc of its cause/mission/message, otherwise it would be an extremely strong 4 star if based solely on food and atmosphere. i had been wanting to go here for a while after hearing and reading about it. i love jim nobles roosters, loved nobles and had an opportunity to get a great living social coupon to kings kitchen so i bought one. we went in last night and never in a million years would i say it tasted like my moms or grandmothers cooking bc that is saying A LOT and very cliche. (side note: my mom grew up in the kitchen and in deeply southern fam and produced perfectly prepared southern classics, then she became a schooled gourmet chef in her spare time bc she wanted to broaden her art) anyway, the mac'n'cheese tasted exactly like my aunts, which is my favorite on earth, simple, classic...perfect. the creamed potatoes w/ white gravy and black eyed peas freaked me out b/c they were EXACTLY like my moms, yes, i know one of the reason why is bc they use bacon fat in a lot of the veggies....GOOD that stuff is what dreams are made of and these two veggies blew me away... and finally the skillet fried chicken, thick crispy crust, perfectly cooked, lightly seasoned, pretty sure the use peanut oil to fry their chicken and it tasted EXACTLY and I mean EXACTLY like my grandmothers which isnt the best friend chicken i have ever had but it was phenomenal. i think there can be different types of friend chicken and if you want good old classically prepared fried chicken this is the best in charlotte, followed closely by myers park cc and then probably prices. they brought us some perfect biscuits and delicious cornbread to start, she got the flounder and was blown away by it and the collards (which they brought out with the proper side cars in both types of vinegars) we also got a really good rose to drink. we had a perfect server, dylan who we knew had recently started working there and he treated us perfectly and he knows his stuff. i was really really impressed by the place and will def be back many many times in the future. hats off to jim noble once again, this guy knows what he is doing and is doing it for the greater good which is to be commended.
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