Photo Credit: Monroe’s Hot Chicken Monroe’s Hot Chicken | 45 W Jefferson Ave Phil’s usually there so stop and enjoy his fun presence as much as the food. They’re seasoned, smoked and flash-fried to make them into crispy, bite-sized soul sweetness. If you want your mind blown, try the smoked wings called Philly Crack Wings. His meats are long smoked and full of flavor. Phil “Phil the Grill” Johnson is a multi-award winning pitmaster bringing his skill to downtown Phoenix. Trapp Haus is the gold medal standard for BBQ in Phoenix. Photo Credit: Trapp Haus BBQ Trapp Haus BBQ | 511 E Roosevelt It’s chicken gizzards with rice, smothered with gravy and onions. Looking for something different? Try the Backwoods. Grandson has built a multi-location powerhouse by putting that chicken alongside delicious waffles and serving them with sides like the creamiest, cheesiest grits you’ll ever have.
Owner Larry White learned how to make his fried chicken from the best around: his grandma. Photo Credit: Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles Lolo’s Chicken and Waffles | 1220 S Central Ave Save room for dessert just to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. Start with the chicken or the catfish and add tasty sides like okra or seasoned cabbage. Ezekial’s is an excellent soul food place in Phoenix where you can take the whole family to sample everything. It is seasoned to perfection, crunchy, and out of this world.
We can’t even with the golden, crisp skin on their fried chicken. Photo Credit: Honey Bear’s BBQ Best BBQ in PhoenixĪre you looking for the best BBQ in Phoenix? We know the most mouth-watering BBQ spots you have to try in Phoenix! Check their Facebook for where to find them. You can’t help but get excited about the Symphony Fries – fresh-cut sweet potato fries covered with pork and cheeses with BBQ sauce. They recently moved from their Queen Creek location to get out and about to serve the valley their soul food made from the heart. Rhema Soul Cuisine is a soul food restaurant in Phoenix that is brought to us by the sweet couple, Ron and Via Childs. Photo Credit: Rhema Soul Cuisine Rhema Soul Cuisine | Mobile Food Truck How can you not love this woman? It’s timeless, classic and everything you want to devour. It got its name from the honor system they used back in the day when you would order and later just tell Mrs. The place services some of the best friend chicken in the area. For years, this was the only soul food joint in Phoenix. White’s Golden Rule Cafe | 808 E Jefferson Ave These are the best soul food places near you in Phoenix we recommend visiting.
We’re talking good, down-home, made with love, stick to your ribs, make you want to take a nap, feel it down deep soul food. Anytime someone tells you about a restaurant and describes it as “food so good, it’ll make you slap your grandma,” you know you have hit Southern food paydirt.