Fried chicken, collard greens, baked mac and cheese and a square of buttered cornbread on a plate, sweet tea on the side

Plate lunches · Sunday supper daily

Come hungry.
Leave family.

Fried chicken, smothered chops, greens that simmer all morning and cornbread out of the same skillet since 1987.

Call to orderSee the menu

Ready in 15 min
Plates come with 2 sides + cornbread
Phones answered 24/7 Add-on

Catfish FridaysOxtails on ThursdaySunday supper, noon to sixSweet tea refills on usCobbler warm from the oven

Plates

Fried chickenHouse favorite

$14

Three pieces, buttermilk-soaked overnight, fried in cast iron. Dark, white or mixed.

Smothered pork chops

$15

Two bone-in chops in onion gravy, low and slow. Rice to catch the gravy.

Fried catfish

$16

Mississippi farm-raised, cornmeal crust, hot sauce and lemon on the side.

OxtailsThursday

$22

Braised all day until they fall off the bone. Over rice, gravy on top.

Turkey wings & dressing

$15

Baked turkey wing, cornbread dressing, cranberry. Thanksgiving on a Tuesday.

Meatloaf

$13

Ora's recipe. Thick slice, sweet tomato glaze.

Veggie plateMeatless

$11

Any four sides and cornbread. Greens cooked without meat on request.

Chicken & waffles

$15

Two thighs on a malted waffle, warm syrup and a shake of hot sauce.

Sides

Collard greens

Simmered with smoked turkey since 7 AM.

Baked mac & cheese

Three cheeses, crusty corners. Don't ask for the recipe.

Candied yams

Butter, brown sugar, cinnamon.

Black-eyed peas

With onion and a little pepper sauce.

Fried cabbage

With bacon and onion.

Potato salad

Mustard-yellow, the way it should be.

Rice & gravy

Brown gravy or onion gravy.

Skillet cornbread

Extra square. Honey butter $1.

Sweets

Peach cobblerWarm

Buttery crust, plenty of syrup. Add vanilla ice cream for $1.50.

Banana pudding

Vanilla wafers, real custard, made every morning.

Sweet potato pie

By the slice. Whole pies $24 with a day's notice.

Red velvet cake

Cream cheese frosting, thick.

Drinks

Sweet tea

Free refills when you dine in.

Fresh lemonade

Squeezed in the morning.

Half & half

Tea and lemonade, the Memphis way.

Gallon of tea

For the house, the office or the cookout.

Golden cornbread in a cast-iron skillet with one wedge cut out, steam rising

From the skillet

Same skillet. Since 1987.

A square of skillet cornbread with every plate. Want more? Extra square $2, honey butter $1.

From the kitchen

Hot off the line.

Fried in cast iron, baked every morning, served till it runs out.

Chicken and waffles with syrup pouring over — 01 Chicken & waffles

Chicken frying in a cast-iron skillet — 02 In the skillet

Pan of cornbread on a gingham cloth — 03 Cornbread

Peach and blackberry cobbler, close up — 04 Peach cobbler

Smiling man filling his plate at a table of food — Sunday at the long table.

Our story

One skillet. Three generations.

Miss Ora opened Southside Kitchen with one cast-iron skillet, a borrowed stove and her mother's cornbread. Church folks came after service. Then the whole block came. Then their grandkids.

Her grandson runs the line now. Same skillet, same greens, same rule: nobody leaves hungry, and nobody leaves a stranger.

“If you're too full for cobbler, you ate wrong.”Miss Ora, every Sunday

1987Opened on one skillet
1999Sunday supper starts
TodayGrandson on the line

Call ahead 24/7 front desk · Add-on

Call any time. We always answer.

Our front desk picks up every call, day or night, even in the lunch rush. It reads you the specials, takes your order and has it boxed and hot when you pull up.

Call (901) 555-0163

Pickup order #0412 · 11:52 AM

Fried chicken plate (mixed)$14

+ greens, mac & cheese

Oxtails over rice$22

Peach cobbler$6

Sweet tea x2$6

Total$48

Taken by phone · ready 12:07 PM

Catering

Feed the whole crowd.

Repasts, church dinners, office lunches, family reunions. Pans or a full buffet with our people serving.

10+guests minimum, one day's notice
$14per person: one meat, two sides, cornbread, tea
$19per person: two meats, three sides, dessert

Visit

Come sit down.

MondayClosed
Tuesday11 AM - 8 PM
Wednesday11 AM - 8 PM
Thursday11 AM - 8 PM
Friday11 AM - 9 PM
Saturday11 AM - 9 PM
Sunday12 PM - 6 PM

Southside Kitchen

South Memphis, TN · plenty of parking out back

Sample address · not a real restaurant

(901) 555-0163

Phones answered 24/7 Add-on. Order tonight for tomorrow's lunch.

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