What type of cuisine makes you most nostalgic? For chef Darnell Reed, it’s southern food—like fluffy biscuits and extra-juicy fried chicken whipped up by his great-grandmother, Luella, who came to Chicago in the ’40s by way of Morgan City, Mississippi. Reed’s Lincoln Square restaurant honors Luella with a menu inspired by her expert home cooking, pairing succulent, double-brined fried chicken alongside buttermilk waffles and a decadent drizzle of syrup. Take a bite and you’ll wish you’d grown up eating Luella’s meals, too.
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Chicken and biscuit
Buttermilk fried chicken and biscuit with pimento cheese and smoked gravy
BBQ shrimp
New Orleans BBQ shrimp and buttermilk biscuit
Buttermilk biscuits with seasonal jam
Buttermilk chicken and waffle
Fried green tomatoes
With pimento cheese and buttermilk scallion dressing
Luella's Mix popcorn
Cheddar, caramel and pecan popcorn