Southern fare South of 14th Street.:
Southern fare South of 14th Street.
Fried Chicken, ribs, okra and regional southern beer are the go to here. The downstairs is roomier for groups.
Few southern transplants get it right:
Few southern transplants get it right
but this cheap, obscure eatery in the East Village really nails it. Remarkably, it produces pretty good barbecue as well.
Southern cuisine from a former Bubby's chef.
Curtis Brown, rock musician turned chef, who worked at Bubby’s in TriBeCa, gathered investors to open his own place, named for the state bird of North Carolina. Mr. Brown also pays homage to his home state with pulled pork, one of several barbecue options on the mostly Southern menu. — Florence Fabricant