Miss Maude's Spoonbread Too
New York, NY 10037
Phone: (212) 690-3100
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 138th Street
- Directions:
- B, C at 135th St
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 12pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-10:30pm, Sun 11am-9:30pm
Editorial Review for Miss Maude's Spoonbread Too – by Raven Snook
The Scene
With its vintage Harlem photographs and campy strawberry curtains, this uptown fixture feels like a less touristy version of its sibling restaurant, Miss Mamie's. Church ladies sporting extravagant hats rub shoulders with bigwig locals, and community organizers regularly hold meetings over Southern-style meat loaf, candied yams and blackeyed peas, with nary a yuppie in sight.
The Food
The menu offers a full range of soul-food favorites. Happily, the food seems slightly tastier at this location: The catfish is crispier, the collard greens spicier and just glancing at the smothered chicken will give you a heart attack. The sampler menu inexpensively satiates the indecisive with a variety of specialties including shrimp, ribs and chicken.
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Insider Tips
Know When to GoAfter church lets out on Sunday, you won't be able to get in. Come early, or come on Saturday.
User Reviews for Miss Maude's Spoonbread Too
07/11/2008 Posted by eveningside
Falling in line with Sylvia's and Amy Ruth's, the quality of Miss Maude's has declined since I lived there. Sure, the food is still good (good in this case meaning rich tasting and filling), but pales in comparison to the "new" crop of more authentic soul food BBQ spots like Billie's Black on 119th, Melba's on 114th, and MoBay Uptown on 125th. Hopefully, the latter can sustain overrating. The food is overpriced compared to what I can get elsewhere and the sides are average (good, but average, cornbread nothing to write home to Grandma Earlie Jean about). It's practically indistinguishable from Amy Ruth's. Still...when you're hungry and on upper Lenox there are few places to go where you CAN get good food at this price, so this, of course, boosts its appeal.
Pros: Good food, for upper Lenox
Cons: Average 'soul' cuisine. Just stay home and cook it yourself.
06/16/2007 Posted by caleenda85
Being African American I eat soul food that's cooked from scratch often so I don't normally find anything so wonderful about soul food places. Miss Maude is now like a new Aunty to me. I am starting a cleanse tomorrow and wanted to taste wonderful food one last time. Tired of going to Amy Ruth(which can be great at times and then sometimes is too over rated) I decided to see what Maude was going to do for me. All I can say is if I knew the food was going to be this good I wouldn't have waited to get in the house. My order was a pick up sonce I wanted to enjoy my last meal at home. It was surprisingly empty inside, the girl who took my order was extremely pleasant. I ordered the ribs with stuffing and yams. The stuffing tasted like it was right out of the turkey and came with gravy. This Southern girl is in heaven. Going past 125 was definitely worth it.
Pros: Clean, Friendly, Quick Service.
Cons: Location
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
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