Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours
Southern restaurant (US) · Blandtown ·
Global soul food with creative spins on Southern classics
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Global soul food with creative spins on Southern classics
"Honoring soul-food history while adding global twists, Chef Deborah VanTrece showcases ancestral recipes—southern fried chicken and chitlins—alongside inventive dishes like hoisin oxtails and collard greens golumpki, bringing tradition and contemporary flair to the Westside Trail." - Michael He
"All great gatherings begin with good spirit. Let's keep it real. Spirits. With creative cocktails like The Green-Eyed Bandit, a tasty tequila-based matcha and pineapple cocktail, any birthday meal at this cozy Westside restaurant will immediately feel more festive when the drinks arrive at the table. Twisted Soul's casual setting is great for a multi-gen gathering or for your rowdy friends who you only see on birthdays, so share a few small plates with the bday crew (we like the fried green tomatoes and smoked salmon egg rolls) before revisiting stories about the group's outrageous back-in-the-day celebrations. Then make a toast to making it through another year." - nina reeder, jacinta howard
"Unlike your wayward auntie who is forever banned from family cooking duties, the Westside's Twisted does an excellent job remixing soul food favorites. Instead of raisin-topped potato salad, you’ll find cilantro-chili salmon rolls, hoisin-glazed oxtails, crispy fried chicken with sweet potato chutney, and cocktails made from ingredients like matcha and sorrel. The wood-paneled dining room even feels like a house, but feel safe in the knowledge that Aunt Irene won’t be showing up with a tray for this family brunch." - nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
"This is where the South’s most beloved dishes meet chef and owner Deborah VanTrece and chef de cuisine Robert Butts. VanTrece and Butts push the boundaries of soul food at the lounge-y Westside restaurant with dishes like Mississippi catfish ravioli, hoisin glazed oxtail, coconut curry mushrooms, and crispy confit jerk duck. The menu here is vast and strikes that difficult balance between casual and fine dining with ease. Michelin listed Twisted Soul as a recommended restaurant to try on its Atlanta dining guide." - Mike Jordan
"We can imagine the chef/owner walking a pan of ingredients into her kitchen one day, slipping on something and watching stuff go all over the place. Collard green leaves flew in one direction. Garlic flakes headed in another. Chimichurri floated onto everything. What was left wasn’t so much a mess as it was a new, elevated take on soul that makes for a tremendous night out. While everything pops with flavor, your tastebuds will fall hardest for the apricot cilantro chili salmon rolls, oxtails, and seafood pot pie." - demarco williams, jacinta howard