soul food

Columbia City's Island Soul merges regional cuisines with winning results

Cody Ellerd — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:58:17 -0700

You knew Caribbean food had soul. But did you ever envision soul food from the Caribbean?

If Island Soul, the newest addition to Columbia City's restaurant row, had an ounce of pretension, they might start throwing around words like "fusion." Instead, they're calling their miraculous marriage of Jamaican and American Southern cooking a lucky accident, and everyone else is just calling it awesome.

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Geoff Carter — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:55:12 -0700

Rose Petals Restaurant carries the soul-food torch

Cody Ellerd — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:45:57 -0700

The sign outside is so mangled, it offers only a slight indication of what you might find within: a bar, some beef, a dish ending in "ibs," and something that at one bygone time was considered "special." The dilapidated exterior is a shame, because special is exactly how I would describe the food at Rose Petals Restaurant.