Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Durham, NC

Southern and soul food in Durham at a glance

• Southern and soul food is the 17th largest food category in Durham, after coffee shops and cafes and bars.
• Its 1.7% share compares with 0.9% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Durham leans toward southern and soul food.
• Of the 23 listed below, 18 are independent and 5 belong to chains; 21 list a website.

Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Durham

• It's a Southern Thing
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 605 W Main St
• Seraphine
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 324 Blackwell St Ste 4
• Cracker Barrel
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 3703 Hillsborough Rd. I-85 & Cole Mill Rd.
• Currents Cafeteria
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 3002 N Roxboro St
• Grub Durham
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1200 W Chapel Hill St
• Let's Eat Soul Food
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2514 Fayetteville St
• Showmars Brier Creek
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 4203 Corners Pkwy #120
• V's Kitchen
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2945 S Miami Blvd
• Succotash Southern and Creole Kitchen.
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 3219 Old Chapel Hill Rd
• Soul Forking Good
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2500 Meridian Pkwy #135
• Dame's Chicken & Waffles
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 455 S Driver St
• Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 8200 Renaissance Pkwy
• The Chicken Hut
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 3019 Fayetteville St
• Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 401 Foster St
• Dame's Chicken \u0026 Waffles
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 530 Foster St
• Bowick's Ark
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 4005 Holt School Rd
• Nzinga's Kitchen
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 826 Fayetteville St #110
• Piedmont Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 401 Foster St Ste B2
• Porchetta
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 6910 Fayetteville Rd
• Cafe Renaissance
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1903 NC Highway 55
• Flavor Hills
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 107 W Main St
• Let's Eat Homestyle
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2414 NC Highway 55
• Dames
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · Foster St.

Southern and soul food elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most southern and soul food listings are in Charlotte (65), Raleigh (22), Winston-Salem (20), Greensboro (19), Fayetteville (13) and Asheville (13).

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