Soul Food Meat And Three appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Soul food meat-and-three plate · Atlanta
A protein plus three Southern vegetable sides with cornbread or rolls, served on a single plate. The canonical Black-owned lunch format across Atlanta, at Paschal's, Busy Bee and Mary Mac's since the 1940s.
The meat-and-three plate-lunch format runs across the South but Black-owned Atlanta restaurants codified the soul food version. Paschal's (1947) and Busy Bee Cafe (1947) on the West End ran the format through the civil rights movement. Mary Mac's Tea Room (1945) added the white-tablecloth version. Sides typically include collard greens, mac and cheese, candied yams, black-eyed peas and cornbread. Most rooms still serve lunch only and run cash-and-card under $15.
Where to eat in Atlanta:
- Busy Bee Cafe
- Paschal's
- Mary Mac's Tea Room