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Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is a Hollywood, California-based soul food restaurant chain founded by Herb Hudson, a Harlem native, in 1975. It is best known, as the name states, for serving chicken and waffles, both together and separately, although they do offer more traditional menu items as well. Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is an American soul food restaurant chain that operates seven locations in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was founded by Herb Hudson in 1975.The Los Angeles Times has referred to Roscoe's as "such an L.A. institution that people don't even question the strange combo anymore."[1] The New York Times refers to it as a "beloved soul food chain."[2] The original location in Long Beach, California remains open.
Now that both chicken and waffle were certified delicious, it was time to put the two together.
For the next 100 years, southern elites gorged on fried chicken and waffles until the early 1900s when the dish became less fashionable. That decline in popularity created the cultural space for Wells to create and disseminate his enduring creation myth. Wells’ restaurant closed in 1982 when he became ill, and he died in 1987. His widow, Mrs. Ann Wells, tried to revive the restaurant in the 1990s, but after a short run, it closed permanently. That left Roscoe’s as the only notable restaurant showcasing fried chicken and waffles. While the namesake chicken and waffles are its most popular dish, Roscoe’s is also known for its wings, chicken chili and a wide variety of Southern sides.
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Eater has been following this story since February 2016, after officially confirming the rumor that Roscoe’s was scouting for locations in San Diego. Later that year, news broke that the company had found a home at the corner of National and Sigsbee in Barrio Logan, on a 17,500-square-foot site that would include a parking lot. But hopes were dashed in 2017, when the Southern California chain put the San Diego project on hold to focus on other ventures. So when luck (and work) brought me to LA, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to try chicken and waffles for the first time at America's most iconic chicken and waffles chain.
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All tickets need to be redeemed by May 27th for SeaWorld San Diego. SeaWorld San Diego is celebrating Military Appreciation Month by offering free one-day tickets for U.S. military veterans and up to three guests. This will be the first time the chain restaurant is expanding south of Anaheim. As I ate, Carter shuffled around, putting chairs over tables, seat-down, as if the restaurant were closing. The place normally closes at 8 p.m., he said, far earlier than other locations.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles.
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Roscoe’s did not respond to requests for comment about the reactions online. On Instagram, the chain’s official account posted a photo of Allen with an expression of condolences for his family and fans. This week, after the initial shock of hearing that a hip-hop artist had been shot inside a restaurant in L.A., my mind turned to the cooks and servers who may have witnessed the violence and who would likely be hoping they wouldn’t lose precious work hours in its aftermath. Resy powers the world’s best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. Catering packages come with your choice of side dish - please choose from sides menu below.Waffles sold separately.
I first learned about chicken and waffles when the dish reached more mainstream popularity in 2011, after then-President Barack Obama made a pit stop at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles. His order, the number 9, has since been renamed "The Obama Special." In addition to good food, Roscoe’s fame was fueled by its proximity to, and support from, famous people. A reporter for the Atlanta Voice newspaper playfully wrote in 1978, just a few years after Roscoe’s opened, “Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffle Emporium which is a west coast version of Nu Yawk’s famous Wells Chicken & Waffles, sure has a soulful radio spot going for them on KJLH/FM Radio Station. The restaurant chain was first founded in 1975 in Long Beach, California, by Harlem native Herb Hudson.
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San Diegans will no longer need to drive to Los Angeles to get their Roscoe's fix because they are finally moving forward with opening their Barrio Logan location. A disc of a relatively thin waffle, crowned with a dollop of butter. A plastic tumbler of lemonade and ice, with a floating wash of brown iced tea on top.
I scanned the menu and went for a waffle with chicken tenders, and added a lemonade iced tea. Staffers who peered out from the kitchen as I waited for my order seemed both bemused and relieved that anyone was in there at all. A day after the horrifying shooting death there of rapper PnB Rock, the Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles on the 100 block of West Manchester Avenue at South Main Street was open but had few takers. As an Asian American from the Pacific Northwest, my foods growing up were steaming bowls of pho, take-out boxes piled with sticky-sweet chicken teriyaki, and occasionally, Claim Jumper's cheesy potatocakes. Chicken and waffles have always been a culinary blind spot for me. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
Some soul-food experts may tell you that there are better chicken and waffles to be had at other restaurants or locally grown chains. It is particularly beloved for its chicken-and-waffle combos, which draw boisterous eaters from breakfast time to late into the night at any of the chain’s eight locations, ranging from Long Beach to Pasadena, as well as frequent celebrity sightings in Hollywood or Mid-City. When Hudson, a foreman with General Motors, moved to California to open the restaurant, he knew that Angelenos would need some convincing. Hudson reinforced his local music vibe when he opened his second location in the spot formerly occupied by a popular music venue called Tommy Tucker’s Play Room. Hudson saw immediate success, and opened additional locations in an old coffee shop on Pico Boulevard, one in South Central L.A., and another one in Pasadena. Roscoe’s reach has expanded and contracted over the years with locations opening and closing, including a restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area.
What a rollercoaster of a decade it’s been for Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles. The famous Los Angeles comfort food spot, known for its namesake fried chicken and waffles breakfast plate that is beloved by everyone from Joe Biden to Snoop Dogg, has trudged through a number of different issues over the years, but isn’t slowing down yet. In fact, they’ve just opened up their new Mid-City flagship at the corner of La Brea and Washington, some four years after first announcing the project. Marcus Samuelsson, the chef behind legendary comfort food joint Red Rooster in Harlem, New York, traces the origin of chicken and waffles to the Harlem Renaissance. Chicken and waffles became a popular after-show meal for jazz musicians like Fats Waller and Duke Ellington, who often played until after most restaurants closed. Roscoe’s isn’t a one-trick pony, and its menu entices customers with other soul food items.
I’ve eaten at Roscoe’s many times, but never at this location and not under such somber circumstances. I came here because, often, in the face of tragedy or loss, our instinct in Los Angeles can compel us to gather around food that we find comforting. La Brea Avenue is listed as “now open” on the company’s website with hours from 8 a.m. Owner Herb Hudson had been working on this location for years as part of a planned move from the aging Pico Boulevard location to something bigger and more comfortable. The project has even had several stop-and-start moments, with reps over the years promising an opening on the horizon — like in January 2019 — only to have to delay for one reason or another.
A new location is in the works for West L.A., and the company talks of even more expansion. Though Roscoe’s didn’t not start fried chicken and waffles as a restaurant craze, it certainly inspired many other entrepreneurs. Fried chicken and waffles were once considered a novel addition to the dining scenes of many cities. People in the U.S. have been eating fried chicken and waffles since the 1700s, and at least a century earlier in Europe. German immigrants brought a creamed chicken and waffle tradition with them and transplanted it in rural Pennsylvania.
Soon after Roscoe’s was opened, Mr. Hudson’s friends in Motown and television, such as Stevie Wonder and Natalie Cole, would spread the word to other celebrities including Redd Foxx who would go on to tell their audiences about Roscoe’s incredible soul food menu offerings. Other celebrities, like Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O’Neil, and even global leaders including President Obama have enjoyed Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles making it a timeless L.A classic. What a ride it’s been for Hudson over the past nearly half-century of business. In 2018 Roscoe’s corporate struggled with bankruptcy court proceedings related to millions of dollars in outstanding debt; there was a racial discrimination lawsuit before that; and the company’s Pasadena location was even robbed during the pandemic. Still, one of LA’s most iconic restaurants has remained, and today they grow formally into a big new chapter. We’ve all been here before, but after eight long years of waiting it’s looking like Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles might actually be on its way to opening right here in San Diego.
The death of an inspiring music figure from Philadelphia sparked an outcry about a string of violent incidents involving hip-hop artists in the Los Angeles area, including the 2019 shooting death of local icon Nipsey Hussle. Reps for Roscoe’s tell Eater that the longtime Pico Boulevard location (the one Obama visited) won’t be going away entirely. Active-duty military and their guests continue to enjoy one-day complimentary admission all year long. The offers are part of United Parks & Resorts' Waves of Honor program. Eligible U.S. military veterans and retirees can register for their complimentary single-day tickets before May 12 by visiting this website.
The pandemic most recently put a nearly two-year damper on the opening, but this time it’s real. Once upon a time in Los Angeles, people thought the idea of combining fried chicken and a waffle as a meal was absolutely crazy. Ludacris mentioned the restaurant in the song "Call Up The Homies" from the album Theater of the Mind with the lyrics "Let's roll to Roscoe's and grab somethin' to eat",[9] while Californian band The Aquabats also mentioned Roscoe's alongside several other chicken restaurants in their 1997 song "Magic Chicken!". "We are proud to honor active-duty military, veterans and their families with a complimentary visit to one of our parks," Marc Swanson, CEO of United Parks & Resorts said in a press release. "We are incredibly grateful to all members of our military for their commitment and dedication to serving our country." Any U.S. active-duty-military activated or drilling reservist or National Guardsman can also take advantage of one complimentary admission for themselves and up to three guests.
The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. “San Diego coming [soon] #werebackon,” the restaurant said in a post on Instagram earlier this month alongside a rendering teasing the new location, which was originally released back in 2022. "He's [Herb] like, 'This is going to be the place for it.' And it's right outside of downtown. So we felt it would be a great location," Diane Vara, then Creative Director for Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles told NBC 7 in 2022. Barrio Logan was chosen as a location by owner Herb Hudson, who toured various areas in San Diego including North Park.
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