Inside the Lunch Rush at Bertha’s Kitchen, a Soul Food Institution | Bon Appétit
"A Charleston soul-food institution founded in 1981 that grew from a single stove in a motel into a beloved neighborhood restaurant, it won the James Beard Award for America’s Classics in 2017. The food is classic Southern comfort—collard greens, fried and smothered chicken, lima beans, baked macaroni and cheese, okra, cornbread, barbecued pig’s feet, oxtail, yams, and smothered pork chops—with an $8 meat-and-three that feels like home. The bright blue dining room is steeped in family history and warmth, anchored by a gilt-framed portrait of matriarch Albertha Grant; her children and grandchildren now run the place and keep service fast, familiar, and welcoming from open to close. Long lines, Styrofoam plates and cups of sweet-and-tart lemonade or Southern sweet tea, and a crowd that ranges from longtime locals and political regulars to travelers fresh off flights underline its role as a community crossroads where everyone feels like family." - ByChase Quinn
