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Charles' Southern Style Kitchen

2841 Frederick Douglass Blvd., New York, NY 10039
at 151st St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-926-4313 Send to Phone
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Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
9.6 out of 10

5 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Southern/Soul

Photo by Alyson Aliano for New York Magazine

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Hours

Wed-Sun, noon-10pm; Mon-Tue, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

B, D at 155th St.; C at 155th St.

Prices

$7.50-$12

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Lunch
Take-Out

Alcohol

No Alcohol

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Profile

Last time we made the trek uptown to Charles' Southern Style Kitchen, we had the great good fortune to arrive at the exact moment when the all-you-can-eat buffet was being replenished with crackling-hot fried chicken, chef-owner Charles Gabriel's claim to soul-food fame. Suffused with the kind of distinctive flavor that comes from long, slow marination—and sheathed in the sort of light, crispy skin that indicates expert frying—this bird alone is worth the cover charge, which you pay up front, as if you were buying a movie ticket. Inside, a friendly waitress offers you individually wrapped, beyond-moist cornbread and a plastic glass of sweet lemonade, and then you're free to repeatedly pillage the steam table for beefy oxtails; smothered steak; okra succotash; fine macaroni and cheese; candied yams; first-rate collard greens tinged with turkey so smoky we swore we tasted pork; and barbecued ribs in a splendid sweet sauce that gives the fried chicken a run for your well-spent money. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Buffet

Lunch, $11.97; dinner, $14.11

Reader Ratings

9.6

Wonderful

shatasty from 28027 | Posted on 11/4/07

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	9

Décor:	8

Value:	10

If you want great home made cooking this is the place to be. Charles and his wonderful staff give you wonderful service in a home like setting. I haven't been in about a year and I'm telling you its...Read More

Magnificent

shortyredd from 117th Saint Nicholas Ave | Posted on 9/16/05

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	10

Splendid, juicy fried chicken with an unbelievable non greasy taste, which will keep your mouth watering. Superb collard greens and macaroni and cheese, and lest I forget the smoken oxtails. Mr. Gabriel, better know as Charles, will really keep your family...Read More