Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Akron, OH

Southern and soul food in Akron at a glance

• Southern and soul food is the 16th largest food category in Akron, after bars and pizza.
• Its 1.5% share compares with 0.9% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Akron leans toward southern and soul food.
• Of the 11 listed below, 11 are independent and 0 belong to chains; 10 list a website.

Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Akron

• King Crab
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1562 Akron Peninsula Rd Ste 106
• Marques
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1201 E Market St
• The Flavor Grille
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1562 Akron Peninsula Rd Ste 103
• Jacobs Soul Food
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 2510 Romig Rd
• Leslie's True Soul Food
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1094 Brown St
• The Plannerz Place Eatery
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 21 Furnace St
• The Southern Kitchen
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1001 E Tallmadge Ave
• La Soul
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1001 E Tallmadge Ave
• WHITFIELD’S Creole and Soul food
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 911 E Market St
• Creo's Steakhouse
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 938 E Tallmadge Ave
• Bobbie's kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 941 E Waterloo Rd

Southern and soul food elsewhere in Ohio

Among the Ohio cities in this guide, the most southern and soul food listings are in Columbus (36), Cleveland (29), Cincinnati (12) and Dayton (6).

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