soul food
noun
: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans
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Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Tasty Flavors co-owner Tangela Johnson wants to bring an atmosphere of comfort for local youth to the space along with the soul food recipes that have been passed down through her family for generations.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Johnson, 52, left corporate America 16 years ago to open a soul food restaurant in Jackson Ward, a historic Black neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, expanding his mother's catering business into a physical location.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Tasty Flavors co-owner Tangela Johnson wants to bring an atmosphere of comfort for local youth to the space along with the soul food recipes that have been passed down through her family for generations.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Johnson, 52, left corporate America 16 years ago to open a soul food restaurant in Jackson Ward, a historic Black neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, expanding his mother's catering business into a physical location.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Soul food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul%20food. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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