So I often tell people if you discovered kale in the last five to 10 years, welcome to the party because we’ve been eating them for about 300.
— Adrian Miller, the “Soul Food Scholar”
Daddy Vic’s Soul Food, a Black-owned business, originally debuted at Cane Run Rd. in January of 2021, but last July storm damage closed the business. Owners Monique and Clarence Jordan pivoted into the former O-Charley’s (4404 Dixie Highway in Shively), and today is their official reopening (story from Spectrum News).
Jordan said reopening is about more than food; it’s about serving the city that stood by them during their toughest days.
“My wife and I are from Louisville, homegrown,” Jordan said. “It really means a lot to serve the community we came from. The community always comes out to support us, and that’s what Louisville is all about.”
Menu items typically include proteins like fried chicken, smothered pork chops, liver & onions, Salisbury steak, meatloaf, fried catfish and tilapia; macaroni and cheese, brown beans, corn, fried cabbage and green beans; with corn muffins, caramel cake, sweet potato pie and peach cobbler (also house-made lemonade and sweet tea).
It’s home cooking, freshly-made.
Learn more about the history of soul food here, courtesy of Adrian Miller, whose book (quoted above) I highly recommend.
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