Chicken Box Cafe
Charlotte, NC
- Address
- 1331 W Sugar Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC, 28262
- Phone
- (704) 921-8102
- Website
- thechickenboxcafe.com
About Chicken Box Cafe
Chicken Box Cafe bills itself as Charlotte's original soul food cafe, established in 1999 and still serving home-style Southern cooking at its location on West Sugar Creek Road. The cafe's tagline gets right to the point: for anyone who misses their mama's cooking, Chicken Box Cafe positions its kitchen as the gold standard for that kind of comfort food in Charlotte. The business describes cooking from farm to table using a fresh and healthy standard of Southern cooking, a claim reflected in a menu built around classic soul food dinners. The entrees section centers on chicken prepared multiple ways, including breast and dark meat dinners, baked chicken with stuffing, and smothered chicken with rice, each served with two sides and a choice of roll or cornbread in true Southern cafeteria style. Beyond individual dinners, the cafe offers a meatloaf plate and family meal packages designed to go, including bulk orders of dark, white, or mixed chicken pieces bundled with large sides and cornbread or rolls, aimed at feeding a household rather than a single diner. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 7pm and closed Mondays, the cafe supports both dine-in and online ordering through its website and phone orders. With more than two decades of continuous operation under the same soul food identity, Chicken Box Cafe has built its reputation in Charlotte on a straightforward promise: home-cooked, farm-to-table Southern food, served the way a family dinner should taste, without needing to cook it yourself.
Chicken Box Cafe was established in 1999 and has operated continuously since as what it calls Charlotte's original soul food cafe. From the start, the business built its identity around home-style Southern cooking made from farm to table, aiming to recreate the feeling of a home-cooked family meal for customers across the city.
Services
- soul food dinners
- fried chicken
- family meal packages
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