Good down-home Southern food up in New England?

I live near Boston – technically in the Merrimack Valley/Essex County.

Do you know of places around here (I’ll drive a ways if it’s worth it) that I can get good, down-home southern food?

I’m not talking about Cajun or Creole or BBQ. I’m talking Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Fried Chicken, Biscuits and Gravy, Corn Pudding, Hash Brown Casserole, southern-style green beans, etc.

I know about Cracker Barrel, and so far they are my favorite restaurant around here, but still… their chicken isn’t actually cooked with their dumplins, and the CBs up here don’t make their gravy right – too much flour, not enough sausage… And please don’t say my kitchen. I do cook a lot of stuff myself, but there is something extra delicious about not having to cook.

So… where else up here can a southern gal get comfort food?

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lma0814
29 Oct 2009

I can recommend a couple places (I’m not a big Cracker Barrel fan) that are in town:
Not only do they have killer fried chicken and chicken and dumplings, there’s usually some great jazz performing as well:
http://www.bobssouthernbistro.com/

Magnolia’s in Cambridge is great, too, but has a more cajun slant to it: http://www.magnoliascuisine.com/menu.htm

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