Elsie's Magic Skillet
Take your family to an old-style cottage called Elsie's Magic Skillet for American Southern soul food. Enjoy large portions for breakfast and dinner, such as seafood, steaks, fried chicken, barbecued pork spareribs, hamburgers and sandwiches. Dessert includes pies and cakes. At low to medium prices, you may want to visit Elsie's often.
Elsie's Magic Skillet
166 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA 22309
703-360-0220
Flavors Soul Food
About nine miles from Alexandria, Flavors Soul Food offers entrees, platters and sandwiches for dinner. For example, order hand-battered, deep-fried trout, croaker, whiting or fried catfish, fried pork chops or fried chicken with dark or white meat. Barbecued meats include hickory smoked ribs, buffalo wings and pork.
Side dishes feature black-eyed peas, cabbage, baked macaroni and cheese, red beans and rice, candied yams, collard greens and string beans.
Enjoy desserts like sweet potato pie, cobblers and cakes--all made from scratch. Beverages include homemade sweet tea, beer, wine and mixed drinks.
Flavors Soul Food
3420 Carlyn Hill Drive
Falls Church, VA 22041-2704
703-379-4411
flavorssoulfood.com
Henry's Soul Cafe
Providing soul food since 1968 and known as the "Home of the Sweet Potato Pie," Henry's has a mission "to provide the best soul food on the planet." Order a variety of soul food cooked to order, such as half of a fried, baked or barbecued chicken or country-style steak, meatloaf and barbecued beef ribs. Pork dishes include chitterlings, pigs feet and smothered or fried pork chops.
Order sandwiches during your visit made with trout or whiting fillet, pork chops, minced barbecue pork or salmon cake. Side dishes include fresh greens, cabbage, soul fries, candied yams, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, okra and rice. Homemade sweet potato pie or peach cobbler completes your meal. At low to medium prices, your whole family can eat often at Henry's Soul Cafe.
Henry's Soul Cafe
5431 Indian Head Highway
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-749-6856
henryssoulcafe.net
