Old Lady Gang Southern Cuisine

"Celebrity: Kandi Burruss (and Mama Joyce) When we want to pretend that we’re actually part of Mama Joyce, Aunt Nora, and Aunt Bertha’s fam, we head to Old Lady Gang. We can’t help but feel like kinfolk when a plate of juicy baked chicken doused in a thick brown gravy hits the table. This Castleberry Hill spot serves up other Southern favorites like hot cornbread topped with brown sugar and shrimp and grits with a vodka sauce that should absolutely be in every dish since it’s that good. While you may not see Kandi, who also owns Blaze, it’s not unusual to see an OLG member patrolling the casual dining room asking how your meal is. Just offer them a playful “bravo,” and then happily go back to eating and humming to the joint’s R&B-heavy playlist. " - nina reeder, juli horsford, demarco williams

"Don’t get us wrong, we’ll polish off a basket of frozen french fries anytime. But hand cut fries will always be in our starting line up. And the fresh, thinly cut fries from the Old Lady Gang and Zac Brown stalls are our favorite fries in the stadium. They’re good on their own, so you don’t even have to wait in the line for ketchup and risk missing that play that’ll be all over SportsCenter tomorrow. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation

"Don’t get us wrong, we’ll polish off a basket of frozen french fries anytime. But hand cut fries will always be in our starting line up. And the fresh, thinly cut fries from the Old Lady Gang and Zac Brown stalls are our favorite fries in the stadium. They’re good on their own, so you don’t even have to wait in the line for ketchup and risk missing that play that’ll be all over SportsCenter tomorrow. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation

"Lee rolled into Atlanta from Las Vegas with his family the week the Michelin guide dropped here, going more viral with his food reviews than even he probably expected. During visits to nine restaurants, including the Real Milk and Honey, Atlanta Breakfast Club, Lil Baby’s the Seafood Menu, Toast on Lenox, and Old Lady Gang..." - Beth McKibben

"It’s nothing new for celebrities to own restaurants, especially in Atlanta. Many try and fail. This isn’t the case for Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kandi Burruss-Tucker, whose mother and aunts run Old Lady Gang, a “southern eatery” in Castleberry Hill. Begin with a sweet and sour “Momma Joyce’s” house coconut rum punch with banana liqueur, pineapple, and lime. Next, dig into the shrimp and grits (the appetizer version uses garlic cream; the entree is vodka cream), the balsamic-glazed ribeye, or the crème Anglaise French toast, which comes with whole battered chicken wings. OLG now has an East Point location and a stand inside State Farm Arena." - Mike Jordan, Eater Staff