For 10 years running, Southside 815 has been tapped by "The Washingtonian" as one of Northern Virginia's hundred best bargain restaurants. Southside's Boardinghouse Breadbasket is one of the restaurant's signature starters and features a mouthwatering selection of buttermilk biscuits, sweet potato biscuits and cornbread. Other soul food favorites include the drunken pot roast, which includes skin-on mashed red potatoes, and blackened catfish served with greens and rice. If you go for Southside's Sunday brunch, the pecan pancakes are a popular menu staple.
Southside 815
815 South Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-4220
703-836-6222
southside815.com
Old Town is home to some of Alexandria's best and most popular restaurants, including King Street Blues. For the budget-minded, King Street's Southern Supper menu includes soul food favorites like apple chipotle-glazed pork chops and grilled tilapia that are each served with three sides and an order of cornbread. Among King Street's signature sandwiches, the Sister Mary---pulled chicken BBQ served with coleslaw---is a popular favorite.
King Street Blues
112 N. Saint Asaph Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-836-8800
kingstreetblues.com
The Warehouse Bar and Grill, one of Alexandria's most popular restaurants, serves classic soul food dishes like creole alligator stew, crawfish and shrimp etouffée, catfish topped with crawfish etouffée and New Orleans-style po' boys with panache and, if you go for lunch or Sunday brunch, there are surprisingly low prices to boot. The dinner menu, while southern style, is not as heavy on soul food, although it does have their popular southern-fried catfish plate. Reservations recommended.
Warehouse Bar and Grill
214 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3210
703-683-6868
warehousebarandgrill.com
