"1"^^ . "5"^^ . "I'm rarely impressed by a restaurant - particularly when there is rather sporadic (and sometimes mediocre) table service.\n\nWith that out of the way - this place is amazing. A longtime visitor of the south, I love soul food and get really irritated when people claim something is southern just because they deep fried it.\n\nThis is my fifth time here and every experience has involved wonderful food. Today we had a group of 6 people and our meals ranged from the Alabama Slammer (a hot dog with pulled pork and slaw), chicken and waffles, fried chicken meal, pulled pork sandwich, and huge wings. Everyone enjoyed their meals and several people ordered a takeout meal for later in the day.\n\nWe enjoyed fried green tomatoes for an appetizer - the serving was large for the nominal price (somewhere under $3 for 5-7 slices) and they were freshly breaded and fried today - I actually saw them cutting the tomatoes and breading them. The breading wasn't too heavy (a common mistake) and the spices were just right. The sauce served with it had a definite spicy kick but the owner warned us that she had a heavy hand with the spices when she was making it this morning.\n\nI had chicken and waffles and the owner (who has come out every time I have been there to chat) noticed I wasn't eating the waffles and chicken together - she provided a recommendation of waffles with butter, hot sauce, and maple syrup. I thought it was great before - after her recommendation it became phenomenal.\n\nThe only caveat: the service can be slow, which I think comes from a combination of their staff (many of whom are family members), but also because they make so many things by hand when they are ordered. They had a quick turnaround on the fried green tomatoes but things that required more cooking (like the chicken) took longer, which is to be expected.\n\nIf you are willing to commit to a longer meal time and you like soul food, this is hands down the best place I've found in the Ohio area (and better than most places I've tried in the south). As a life-long skeptic of most things, it's rare I recommend a place to someone but I think I and all the dining companions I've brought here, have really enjoyed the food and the experience."^^ . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . . . . "2010-05-23T00:00:00"^^ .