Best Soul Food: Five Sisters Blues Cafe
- April 21, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
- / training-development
Pensacola is known for great people, places and things.
From beautiful beaches and sports stars to Blue Angels and Blue Wahoos, the City of Five Flags in the Redneck Riviera has gained national notoriety on so many levels.
Now comes another notch in the burgeoning Northwest Florida Bible Belt. Pensacola’s Five Sisters Blues Café is ranked 14th out of 60 of the best soul food spots in the country, so says the good folks at Tea & Breakfast, a national website started in 2014 dedicated to bringing the latest in news and entertainment.
Owner and chef Cecil Johnson says he’s “blown away” to hear that his joint snagged a high ranking on the list of a national restaurant review.
“I guess this shows how hard we work to bring people the authentic flavors of Southern food,” Johnson says. “We pour our heart out to make a Southern food restaurant.”
Since it opened in 2010, Five Sisters has been doling out Southern comfort food in the heart of historic Belmont-DeVilliers, occupying the space that once was the home of Gussie’s Record and Variety Shop.
In producing the list, writer Nicole Gibson calls herself a soul food connoisseur who “wanted to put together a list of some of the best authentic mom & pot soul food restaurants from around the country.”
Ranking restaurants from coast to coast, from Nellie’s Soul Food and Restaurant in Oakland to Jackson Soul Food in Miami, Tea & Breakfast ranks Five Sisters near the top at No. 14.
In “The Best Soul Food Restaurants in America: Did Your City Make the List?,” Five Sisters’ appetizing fried green tomatoes and crab cakes got rave reviews.
“This place has a wide range of soul food classics like fried chicken and waffles, country fried steak, smothered pork chops and barbecue, collard greens, black eyed peas and garlic mashed potatoes,” the article said.
On this list, Five Sisters came in ahead of the renown Sylvia’s Queen of Soul Food Restaurant, a mainstay in Harlem since 1962. It was ranked No. 36.
In just five years of serving home-cooked meals, Five Sisters Blues Café is making a name and — and fame — in the soul food game.
Johnson says he realized Five Sisters was a hit the day he checked on some customers enjoyed a down-home cooked meal.
“This woman said, ‘This is like sitting at grandma’s table on Sunday.’ I knew then that we were onto to something special,’’ Johnson recalls. “We don’t take any shortcuts.”
“I guess this shows how hard we work to bring people the authentic flavors of Southern food,” Johnson says. “We pour our heart out to make a Southern food restaurant.”
Since it opened in 2010, Five Sisters has been doling out Southern comfort food in the heart of historic Belmont-DeVilliers, occupying the space that once was the home of Gussie’s Record and Variety Shop.
In producing the list, writer Nicole Gibson calls herself a soul food connoisseur who “wanted to put together a list of some of the best authentic mom & pot soul food restaurants from around the country.”
Ranking restaurants from coast to coast, from Nellie’s Soul Food and Restaurant in Oakland to Jackson Soul Food in Miami, Tea & Breakfast ranks Five Sisters near the top at No. 14.
In “The Best Soul Food Restaurants in America: Did Your City Make the List?,” Five Sisters’ appetizing fried green tomatoes and crab cakes got rave reviews.
“This place has a wide range of soul food classics like fried chicken and waffles, country fried steak, smothered pork chops and barbecue, collard greens, black eyed peas and garlic mashed potatoes,” the article said.
On this list, Five Sisters came in ahead of the renown Sylvia’s Queen of Soul Food Restaurant, a mainstay in Harlem since 1962. It was ranked No. 36.
In just five years of serving home-cooked meals, Five Sisters Blues Café is making a name and — and fame — in the soul food game.
Johnson says he realized Five Sisters was a hit the day he checked on some customers enjoyed a down-home cooked meal.
“This woman said, ‘This is like sitting at grandma’s table on Sunday.’ I knew then that we were onto to something special,’’ Johnson recalls. “We don’t take any shortcuts.”
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