la'wan's

this place is over rated.soulfood? not on my level. rated best macaroni and cheese? it was dry

we checked out la’wan’ssoulfood recently thanks to viddlz and loved every last famous fried pork bite :)

realsoulfood fun!. la"wan's is a wonderful little place to get truesoulfood that is done well. we enjoyed fried fish, mac & cheese, collards, livers and onions, etc. for dinner. everything was delicious. the staff was exceptionally friendly and kind. i did get concerned about our food being a little delayed in coming. however, the delay was due to the food being made to order and it was truly worth the wait. i hope to use their catering service for an upcoming family event. la"wan is my kind of place that i recommend to anyone who wants a goodsoulfood meal.

greatsoulfood. this is greatsoulfood. their friend chicken and collards are the best i have ever had. just so good.

they've moved ... still same great food. i was down in the steele creek area on saturday and was disappointed to find that la'wan's restaurant had closed. a couple of minutes later driving up tryon street, i was pleased to find that they were not closed and had only moved two blocks closer to town and on the other side of the street. they are now in the back of a new shopping center as opposed to the little strip mall they were previously in.

for those who remember the old location, as you will recall it was somewhat cramped and at the height of lunch hour traffic, you could hardly turn around much less find a seat. atmosphere was also somewhat dated but in a friendly way.

new restaurant takes care of that. somewhat bigger and better laid out it's more customer friendly. while the atmosphere is clean and modern, i'm not sure i totally like that. the old place did have a certain charm to it.

that said, the food is still great and has not changed. the chicken is still a good as i remembered as was the iced tea and okra.

i'm glad that they just moved and did not close. their closing would have been a big loss.


-----28 aug, 2010-----

southernsoulas good as it get's. oddly enough i was introduced to this place by one of my friends from the north and i'm glad he did.

soul food tneds to be rich and full and is ofter overcooked. la'wan's is definately not overcooked and is not as heavy of fat as some othersoulfood restaurant. the chicken is fantastic and if you are into fried chicken liver's, then this is your place. collard greens are often cooked to a mush but here, they still have texture and flavor. if you've never had collards cooked right, then you need to try these.

atmosphere is not fancy but rather more of a clean diner. lunch crowd is grenerally rather large but they do move their crowd so you won't have to wait long. you'll get a chance to meet la'wan because despite she is up in years, she makes a point of coming by and saying hello to everyone.

by the way, did i say the value of the meal was fantastic. you can't beat the prices.

"so-so". their food o.k. , but their macaroni and cheese tastes kinda like fish. but the fish andsoulfood part is excellent.

bestsoulfood in southwest charlotte.. as far as i know, it doesn't have much competition in southwest charlotte, and it's not the best in charlotte, necessarily, but it's pretty tasty.