

The Son of a Gun Stew – which honors the black cowboys on the Western range – may be new to anyone who didn’t grow up near Oklahoma or Texas.

That's why there are dishes that you might have to Google. The curatorial approach led by Carla Hall ('The Chew') focuses on foods with stories of struggle, freedom and migration. Sweet Home Café's regional menu celebrates culinary traditions in and outside of the South, and takes visitors on the same kind of culinary journey they would find visiting great food neighborhoods like Atlanta’s Buford Highway or Miami's Little Havana. "There are some things what we do that some people don't recognize," Grant said. "We think about Creole food being about seafood, but ducks were in the water, too."

She missed out on the tender strips of pulled duck thigh in the light roux, the sweet crawfish, balanced by generous slices of spicy sausage and okra that still had some snap.
