New York

156 9th Ave, at 19th St; Chelsea; 212.620.4545

From the peeps behind Little Giant, this refined Southern ode rocks a white tile floor/dark wood bar up front and cozy back looking out on an even cozier garden. The menu includes bites of hush puppies, fried pickles, market oysters, and bone-in Benton ham; apps like eight fried veggies w/ old bay aioli, and spicy lamb ribs with buttermilk slaw; and mains from braised pork shank w/ stone ground grits & crackling, to chicken & dumplings, who Sisqo insists have thighs like cluck, cluck, cluck.

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