Comfort Food Restaurants near Chittenango, NY

“During Oz-Stravaganza 2025, one of my over decade's worth of attendances in Authors and Artists Alley there, I attended their soft opening with my friend Lex Spoon and had their fried chicken filet and cornbread. The waitress was the owner's daughter and was a delight. By the way, at first, I was skeptical after years of enjoying Southern cooking from my relatives (and trying my hand at it myself). I was also skeptical because, at the time, I was a social media manager for the best country cooking restaurant in my region if not my state, Paula's Family Restaurant, in Bamberg, S.C. But when the young waitress said they brined the chicken, I said I knew they knew what they were doing. And they did! When the hot chicken came out, it was crisp on the outside and very juicy outside. The exterior had been prepared Nashville hot style with what I believe was honey and hot sauce. Yet perhaps the delicious honey had been drizzled on it when it was drizzled on the buttery, warm, and moist cornbread. Some bad cornbread and even bad biscuits absorb all the saliva in one's mouth when one partakes of them. Not this cornbread! This was your Grandma's or Momma's cornbread and mine)! The sweetness and heat of the dishes created the overall effect of another downhome favorite, chicken and waffles. For dessert, we shared coconut cake that was so moist and so luscious with its coconut filled icing like a snowy subtle layer. I was instantly reminded of my late Great Aunt Evelyn, who made it for years, and Great Aunt Ann, who still makes it. Go back home to the South while in a Northern village. You won't be disappointed.“

“had 21 adults attend a mini reunion. the service and food were great!! Theodore's provided us with separate checks. the waitress never missed a beat!! and we only had one waitress. we had such a great time.“