18 Outstanding Soul Food Restaurants Around Atlanta

"After closing in Alpharetta recently, soul food spot Auntie Vee’s Kitchen is on the move as a food truck while owner Navena Moore prepares to reopen the restaurant in Berkeley Park at the Forrest Street Eatery facility. For now, folks can catch the food truck popping up around town at festivals and other locations. Auntie Vee’s is where soul food classics and Caribbean flavors merge in savory dishes like jerk chicken fried rice, a variety of rice bowls, and an oxtail dinner that comes with a choice of sides like peas and rice, grits, fried cabbage, or cornbread. Moore’s delicious takes on baked mac and cheese are worth seeking out. This includes the Kamal’ee tossed with tri-colored peppers and chopped jerk chicken topped with tortilla chips and house jerk sauce and the hot lemon pepper chicken mac and cheese bowl. The sweet potato cream cheese pie is a must for dessert. Halal." - Mike Jordan, Eater Staff