food truck & patio; serving "genuine family recipes from the Nile Valley in southern Egypt & presenting them w/ a restaurant craft honed in Cairo & New York" (from its website); guest appearance: country musician John Rich
est. 1982; won James Beard award ("America's Classics"); cafeteria-style Southern favorites & innovative desserts; "meats and three" (meat entree & 3 vegetable sides)
Cheese Plate homemade farmer cheese on a bed of cucumbers, tomatoes and olives topped with fresh herbs and drizzled with olive oil; served w/ pita bread
Filet Mignon Kabobs marinated medallion-sized filet mignon, skewered & cooked on a Himalayan salt block; served w/ baked fresh daily pita bread, homemade yogurt sauce & a Mediterranean salad; looks good
Lamb Korma top seller; spiced lamb in tomato-based sauce; looks good
Broken Rice Bowl choice of protein (Guy got chopped steak), Jasmine rice, farm greens, pickled veggies, herbs, fried shallots, roasted peanuts, spicy fish sauce; looks good
The No. 1 (Banh Mi) classic cold cut combo: ham hock terrine, pate, smoked Gifford bologna, fried shallot mayo, pickled veggies, cilantro cucumber, jalapeños, maggi on 18" baguette; "that's just legendary...probably some of the best banh mi I've had" -Guy Fieri; looks good
Chik'n-Bacon-Ranch Club fried tofu chik'n, seitan bacon (vegan), vegan ranch, spinach, tomato, carrots, & pickles; served on toasted sourdough; side of choice, available as a wrap
Chorizo Burrito seitan chorizo (vegan), cashew cheese, roasted potatoes, pico, spinach & vegan sour cream, wrapped & grilled in a flour tortilla; "it's giving me goosebumps. I'm not kidding...it's that kind of revelation!" -Guy Fieri; looks good
Fried Chicken looks good; get the original (hot & spicy); classified recipe has been w/ family since 1953 (not even wife knows!); secret is liquid batter; looks good; suggest dipping in ranch dressing; looks good; spicy chicken
Hot Fried Chicken double-dipped batter & deep-fried in soy bean oil; offered in 5 degrees of spiciness (mild, medium, hot, "Damn Hot!" & "Shut the Cluck Up!"); looks good
Corn Sticks corn bread shaped in Twinkie-sized "sticks"
Fried Chicken w/ hint of Middle Eastern flavor
Hoppin' John Southern classic consisting of lentils (rather than traditional black-eyed peas), rice, with chopped onion, celery, red bell pepper & spinach; served on rice; "that might be up there with some of the best things I've ever had"-Guy Fieri; looks good
Famous Loveless Cafe Country Ham (7oz) served w/ two eggs, red-eye gravy & choice of grits, hash brown casserole, or home fried potatoes, plus hot biscuits & homemade preserves
Biscuits made by the "Biscuit Lady" (Carol Fay); Martha Stewart tried to get the recipe (but didn't get it); looks good
opened in 1952; Southern cooking; known for their biscuits, they serve 4,000 to 7,000 biscuits a day; also a 14-room motel; Other Recipes: Peach Glazed Ham with Peach Corn Relish
Holiday Tamale masa mixed w/ whipped chicken fat & filled w/ "tinga" (spicy tomato-sauced chicken), steamed in husks & topped w/ green tomatillo salsa; available only during holidays & Wednesdays; "one of the best I've ever had"-Guy Fieri; looks good
opened in 2010; chef/owner lived in Mexico to learn the craft & started in a 1974 Winnebago-turned-mobile-kitchen; food truck also available; Other Recipes: Chicken Tortilla Soup
Carne Asada Bowl green rice, black beans, carne asada, cotija cheese, cilantro, pickled vegetables, served w/ house salsa & lime; "have to pry this away from me!" -Guy Fieri; looks good
Hot Chicken Nachos house queso, Nashville fried chicken, tortilla chips, cotija cheese, cilantro; looks good
[CLOSED]; opened in 2011; hole-in-the-wall joint serving southern inspired upscale diner food; moved from original airing location (106 E GE Patterson Ave)
Hot Chicken steamed, chargrilled & pan-seared w/ spices, served on greens w/ rice & house coleslaw; looks good
Spicy Pork Bulgogi Fri & Sat only; pork marinated 48 hours & pan-seared, served w/ rice, carrot slaw, house gochujang; "I could drown in that!" -Guy Fieri
