Thelma’s Soul Food Restaurant & Bar

138 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport
(203) 337-9957

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Smothered Pork Chops Mac & Cheese w Candied Yams
Garlic Parmesan Wings Mac and Cheese and Yams
Fried Pork Chops Yams and Mac and Cheese
Fried Fish Collards and Mac and Cheese
Chicken Wings and Mac and Cheese
Baked Macaroni & Cheese
Fried Chicken Dinner
Black Eye Peas
Catfish Dinner
Fried Whiting

Lunch Menu
5 Wings with 2 sides.
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM.
2pc Fried Whiting with 2 sides
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM.
Fried chicken breast
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM
Fried chicken Leg and Thigh (2pc)
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM
Fish Sandwich (Fried whiting)
Comes with lettuce, tomatoes. Only Available 11AM until 3PM
New chicken Sandwich with Fries
Comes with a creamy cheese sauce and crushed pepper sauce. Only Available from 11AM until 3PM
Chopped BBQ with 2 sides
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM
Spicy Parmesean Shrimp with Fries
Only Available from 11AM until 3PM
Cheeseburger with Fries
Includes lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
5 Wings with mac
5 wingettes served with our signature Mac and cheese

Appetizers

10 Party Wings
Empandas
2 come in a order.
Loaded Cheese Fries
Fries Topped off with a Delicious creamy cheese sauce, Shredded cheese, and a protein of your choice.

Salads
Grilled Whiting Salad
Grilled Catfish Salad
Sweet Jerk Salmon Salad
A sweet savory grilled Salmon with peppers, tomatoes, and a choice of Dressing.
Grilled Shrimp Salad

Thelma's Entrees
Golden Fried Chicken
Cooked in oil.
Golden Fried Whiting Fish
Cooked in oil.
Party Wings
Cooked wing of a chicken coated in sauce or seasoning.
Grilled Catfish
Chopped BBQ Pork
BBQ Chicken
Grilled Whiting Fish
Cooked on a rack over a grill.
Smothered Pork Chops
Center cut piece
Baked Chicken
Cooked in an oven.
Meatloaf
Loaf made from seasoned and baked ground meat.
Golden Fried Pork Chops
Golden Fried Cat Fish
Veggie Platter
Salmon

House Special's
Crab Dinner
Pineapple Bowl
A half of pineapple which includes Spanish Rice, Grilled chicken and Shrimp, or Salmon & Shrimp with a sweet Jerk sauce
Seafood Platter
Includes 2 Crab leg clusters. Fried Whiting fish & Fried Shrimp with 1 side.
Oxtail
Only Available on Saturdays!
Rasta Pasta
Only Available Wednesdays after 5pm and Saturdays

Side Dishes
Cabbage
Fries
Black Eye Peas Seasoned with Turkey
Corn Nibbles
String Beans Seasoned with Turkey
Potato Salad
Cornbread
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
White Rice
Coleslaw
Collard Greens Seasoned with Turkey
Spanish Rice
Seafood Fried Rice
includes shrimp and salmon

Side orders (Meats)
Fried Chicken
Specify in notes (White or Dark meat)
Fried Whiting
includes 3pc
Fried Porkchop/ Smothered porkchop
includes 1pc, specify which one you would like in the notes
Fried Shrimp
includes 8pc
Chopped pork Sandwich
If you would like no bread, please specify in notes
Baked Chicken
Specify in notes (White or Dark meat)
Meatloaf
includes 1pc
Cluster Crableg
Salmon
Grilled whiting
includes 3pc with peppers & onions
Grilled Catfish
includes 1pc with peppers & onions

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Recent Reviews

The food was great! Im not a loud music type of person anymore…and this place is more like a lounge so the music was, noticeable. But they were nice and the service was fast enough for me to get outta there lol
August 2025
I was in the area on business. A friend of mine recommended this place. The atmosphere was clean, cool and contemporary. The staff were warm, friendly and welcoming. They have reasonably priced lunch specials with large portions. They even put hot sauce in the bag. They did however forget to put the collard greens in my bag which was very disappointing. They smothered fried chicken was decent. The Mac and cheese was ok, but not great. The potato salad tasted bland with no paprika...
August 2025
I had the catfish with cabbage and Spanish rice. Very good. My husband had the chicken and waffles which turned out to be wings and a waffle. Service was good. The reason why I gave them 3 stars is because never in my life have I sat down for a meal and ordered drinks and got charged separate bills for the bar and my food. I think that's some BS.
August 2025

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Thelma’s Soul Food Restaurant & Bar

138 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 337-9957