Amy Ruth's Restaurant

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The buttery-yellow walls, high ceiling with its warm wood-toned panels and sparkling lighting set off African-American artwork around the room. Word-of-mouth buzz keeps Amy Ruth's consistently crowded. On weekends, the after-church crowd is here; during the week, people are in and out from breakfast through dinner. Chicken and waffles, smothered chicken, baked Virginia ham, salmon cakes, chicken livers, fried fish, pancakes--it's all inexpensive, freshly prepared and fabulous. Amy Ruth's is the kind of homey, unpretentious place you'll want to come back to--soon.