Love me some soul food

I love soul food. I was introduced to it in Los Angeles when I worked at Disney. My boss in the movie department at Disney - a rather large stereotypical New Yorker named Carol - loved Angel Lena's Sould Food Kitchen, and she got me hooked. We'd go there or to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in Hollywood for lunch; and when we got back to the office we'd sit in her car for a half hour with the A/C blasting and our feet up on the dash board, trying to digest the food.

Well, I've found a soul food place in Manhattan that would do Carol proud - Maroon's. I went there about a year ago and just went back tonight with Dan. I had the stuffed and smothered pork chop - unbelievable. Plus, I just feel so completely comfortable there; I always feel more comfortable around black people than I do white people. I don't know why.

If you go, check your diet at the door. There's tons of butter and cream in everything I've ever had there, but you can probably avoid some of that by ordering the fried food. Boy is it worth it.