Paula’s Soul Cafe
“If only they expanded their delivery zone so that I could enjoy this more often, I'd give them five stars.”
“The Mac and cheese and candied yams are wonderful, the collard greens could use a little more seasoning but they are good as well…”
“Yum yum yum my new favorite placeI love there shrimp with greens and mac and cheese omggggg talk about delicious I mean gosh and there banana pudding it's made from scratch oh boy what a bite”
Paula’s Soul Cafe
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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The fried whiting portions are humongous!!!
I am hardly ever in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, but had to meet a friend in the area. I needed to satiate this hankering for something that would stick to my ribs on this frigid winter day. So I hit up my Yelp app and did a quick nearby search and Paula's Soul Cafe caught my eye and just so happened to be within walking distance from my location. I walked in to a clean, small area with a large flat-screen tv, a short counter with a few high back stools, to allow a quick eat-in, but most take it to go or my option, sit in your car and eat while the food is still piping hot…Anyway back to my entry. I was greeted by a steam table displaying several food choices and also by a fairly friendly lady behind the counter. Ain't no shame in my game, so I told the fairly friendly lady that it was my first time here and would need a minute to decide. She explained the menu, which was the basic, one protein plus two sides. I asked her to show me the proteins in the steam table and that's all she wrote. I damn near order everything!
I ended up asking her if she could create a container of 1 spare rib, which she put in 3 plus 1 gigantic turkey wing, which she put in 2 and a separate container for my main of fried whiting plus sides of mac and cheese and candied yams. I spent a little under $20 incl tax and had enough for two, plus leftovers. The whiting was fried to order, fresh, crisp and seasoned well and were at least 6 large pieces, not halves of wholes but 6 whole filets. And as most of you may know fried fish is best eaten while hot, so needless to say three fourths of the filets never made it home. 🙂
Upon my visit:
Clean establishment
Friendly service
Very satisfying soul food
Decent neighborhood pricing