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2712 Blodgett Houston, TX 77004

713-521-2920

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Best Soul Food
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Soul Food

Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm

Price: $
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Attire: Casual

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Catering, Order Online, Kid Friendly
Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Monumental platefuls of braised oxtails, stalwart meat loaf, simple cabbage and clove-scented yams still work their restorative powers on a democratic array of regulars.

2008 | Best Soul Food

Family-owned since its beginning, This Is It Soul Food is all about big, hefty servings of done-right down-home cooking. Back when it opened in 1959, a meal cost 89 cents. It's a bit more these days, but still more than reasonable. Now $10 will get you a plateful of fried catfish, smothered pork chops, barbecue ribs or oxtails and more (specials change daily). You'll also get three heaping servings of greens, mac and cheese, white rice, yams, green beans or chitterlings and hot cornbread.... More »
2001 | Best Comfort Food

When you're sad and lonely and nothing seems to be going right, you want to eat something that satisfies more than the emptiness inside. Comfort foods have a connection to warmth and safety and days when you had nothing to worry about. Fifth grade, when you came home from school and you could smell Mom's meat loaf in the oven and knew it'd be served up soon with thick mashed potatoes. Sunday dinner, when Grandmother fried up a chicken and a heaping plate of greens. If you need a lot of... More »

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Five Stellar (Plain) Mac and Cheeses

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This Is It

2712 Blodgett Houston, TX 77004

713-521-2920

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2008 | Best Soul Food

2001 | Best Comfort Food

Happy Hour Scene: Hendricks Pub & Eatery

By Glenn Livet | Fri, July 29, 2011

Five Stellar (Plain) Mac and Cheeses

By Joanna O'Leary | Mon, May 9, 2011

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