Eat in south-kc, Kansas City

Niecie's Restaurant ★ 4.4

Niecie's Restaurant on Troost Avenue in Kansas City has run Black-owned soul food since 1985, when Denise and Perry Ward opened their first location.

Signature: Smothered chicken, Catfish, Peach cobbler

Order: Smothered chicken with greens, mac and cheese, and peach cobbler to finish.

Tip: Daily plate specials rotate; the lunch buffet is the value. Sunday gospel brunch packs the room.

Niecie's Restaurant Lunch ★ 4.3

Niecie's Restaurant on Troost Avenue in Kansas City has carried Denise Ward's Black-owned soul food since 1985 (current Troost address since 2009).

Try: Daily plate special

Tip: Lunch buffet on weekdays is the value; Sunday gospel brunch is a different price.

Niecie's Restaurant ★ 4.4

Niecie's Restaurant in Kansas City: soul food room. On Troost Avenue, Kansas City's historical Black main street. Soul food from Denise and Perry Ward.

Why locals love it: On Troost Avenue, Kansas City's historical Black main street. Soul food from Denise and Perry Ward since 1985 (current Troost address since 2009), deeply local.

Tip: Sunday gospel brunch is the event; the lunch buffet is the value.