4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: June 7 | Eater LA
"Though the Original Coley’s remains one of the best spots for outstanding jerk-spiced chicken, saucy oxtails, and brown stew chicken, its story has been a long road: the family-operated restaurant opened in 1982 in Leimert Park, moved to Slauson Boulevard, occupied a former Tony Roma’s in Inglewood, spent decades in North Hollywood, reopened for catering in 2017 after founder Don Coley retired in 2015, and now resides in Sherman Oaks under the stewardship of his daughter Candice Coley-Thompson and son-in-law Neil Thompson. It’s not uncommon to see the elder Coley cooking or greeting customers who have enjoyed his food for generations, and every entrée comes with patties and sweet dumplings that are a delectable hybrid between cornbread, coco bread, and doughnuts." - Eater Staff
