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Restaurant Construction Hollywood

Previewing Soul with Yealang Smith in Hollywood

  • Food
  • October 12, 2008
Yealang Smith invited me and my girlfriend to preview Soul, and based on the seven-dish meal she prepared, her upcoming soul food restaurant will be a welcome (and distinctive) addition to the Hollywood dining...
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Restaurant Hollywood

Yealang Smith Plans to Bring Soul to Hollywood

  • Food
  • September 29, 2008
For the past six years, Chef Yealang Smith has been working to find a wider audience for her soul food. Now she’s only five months away from delivering Soul to the Hollywood Professional Building,...
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Restaurant Los Angeles

Larkin’s Expansion Update [CLOSED]

  • Food
  • September 3, 2008
On August 21, Larkin’s weekly e-mail blast announced that the Eagle Rock soul food spot is “still battling the city for our B&W license.” Larkin’s struggle with the city to open in 2007 was...
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Charles’ Southern Style Kitchen – Harlem, NY [CLOSED]

Every three months, I bring a different group of Type A health fanatic med students from Columbia to Charles’ Southern Style Kitchen in Harlem. They love it, but they’re horrified people eat like that....
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Restaurant Los Angeles

Larkin’s: Craftsman Cottage with Stylish Soul Food in Eagle Rock [CLOSED]

It’s been over a year since my last Larkin’s review, and now that Larkin Mackey and Joshua McBride’s “joint” is running full throttle, it’s only fair to post an update, especially since the last...
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Restaurant Sign Charleston

Kitty’s Fine Foods: Classic Charleston Soul Food [CLOSED]

A faded Coca-Cola sign greeted us at Kitty’s Fine Foods on an industrial stretch of town, across from the International Longshoremen’s Association and down the street from the Port of Charleston. Feline figurines and...
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