soul food
noun
: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans
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Senior food editor Danielle Dorsey reports that Alisa Reynolds’ soul food bistro My 2 Cents, on The Times’ 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. list, will close on July 31 after 12 years on Pico Boulevard.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Metro Codes shut down the soul food cafe because housing construction next door created a fire hazard on her property.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Put these and other local soul food gems on your to-do list, in what remains of June and beyond.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
The biggest hit was the soul food menu for Juneteenth.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Metro Codes shut down the soul food cafe because housing construction next door created a fire hazard on her property.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Put these and other local soul food gems on your to-do list, in what remains of June and beyond.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
The biggest hit was the soul food menu for Juneteenth.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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“Soul food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul%20food. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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