Chicken and waffles

CTL-W-0748 · Work

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Chicken and waffles is a soul food icon of Harlem (the Wells Supper Club legend of the 1930s, as recounted in Adrian Miller's Soul Food) and of Los Angeles (Roscoe's, founded 1975 by Harlem native Herb Hudson) — matching stored fried chicken, waffles, and 'Harlem and LA soul food icon' origin_note.

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• Work type: dish
• Category: breakfast

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• https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-house-that-chicken-and-waffles-built (verification source · master store)

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Chicken and waffles is a soul food icon of Harlem (the Wells Supper Club legend of the 1930s, as recounted in Adrian Miller's Soul Food) and of Los Angeles (Roscoe's, founded 1975 by Harlem native Herb Hudson) — matching stored fried chicken, waffles, and 'Harlem and LA soul food icon' origin_note.

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