I had heard that this was the place to go for great soul food in Chapel Hill. After 3.5 years of living here, my mom and I finally found our way over there, filled with anticipation and excitement at what we thought would be a culinary and cultural experience. The menu looked interesting and we decided to order different foods so we could share. We put in our order and we sat, and sat, and sat...and, well, you get the idea. We tried to get the waiter's attention but to no avail. When he FINALLY came over, he was dismayed that we were questioning why we didn't have our food after 4-5 tables who had arrived after us were gleefully chomping down theirs. He barely even stayed long enough for me to finish my sentence. He didn't go straight to the kitchen. He just stood and had a good, long chat with some customers. After he finally went to the kitchen, he came out as quickly as he had gone in. Had we offended him in asking for our food 45 minutes after ordering? Had our tone not been sweet enough? We finallly spotted him pulling something out of his pocket and sending it back to the kitchen. I was positive it was our order. After another 15 minutes and my mom and I were going to soon need an ambulance because our sugar had dropped to dangerous levels, a couple of plates of food were thrown in front of us without so much as an attempt at an apology. Okay, it was FINALLY here. We started in and both just didn't want to say anything to the other...eventually, we could no longer keep it in. The food was HORRIBLE! My mother's chicken and dumplings were gluey and had that raw poultry taste. My barbecued beef was positively disgusting. Good thing there were some tolerable side dishes on the table. We pushed them down and waited forever for our check. When I went to the cash register to pay, I let the woman know that the service had been very poor and the waiter quite rude. She just looked at me. Go if you insist, but don't say I didn't warn you!
Pros: There are none.
Cons: Actually going there.
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