Here, regulars ask for it by name. The rest of the menu earns its own praise too: mustard and turnip greens done the way they're supposed to be, chicken tips tender enough that it's clearly not a rushed fryer job, mac n cheese that shows up on most people's short list of what to order. Worth being straightforward about something, though: recent reviews describe a real dip in food quality alongside a management change, and a newer emphasis on live DJ nights that some longtime customers feel has pulled focus away from the kitchen.
That's not a reason to write the place off — the cake and the greens built a real reputation over real time — but it is a reason to go in with reasonably calibrated expectations rather than assuming the older reviews still reflect exactly where things stand today. Closed Mondays; limited hours the rest of the week.
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