Ellen’s Soul Food

I highly recommend Ellen’s Soul Food restaurant! The food was excellent! The service was excellent. Everyone was friendly. I ordered catfish fillet, fried okra, collard greens, purple-​hulled peas, and sweet tea. Cornbread pancakes were included. Everything tasted perfect, well-​seasoned, and fried foods not greasy. I’m also ordered banana pudding, and it was scrumptious! More than enough food!

Ellen’s is a Memphis staple. I first went there probably 10 years ago when it was on S. Parkway. Back then, Ellen used to hand write her menus everyday, so sometimes each one would be different on accident. It has been mentioned in the New York Times. It’s that good.
Now, it is on Bellevue. However, I overheard while eating there that they are moving again out to Mt. Moriah. I will say that I preferred the food and atmosphere when it was on S. Parkway. Then it had 5 stars. However, it’s still really good. Notice I gave it 4 stars.
I went with the veggie plate. I got macaroni and cheese, cabbage, fried okra, and spaghetti. Yes, here in the south spaghetti can be a veggie even though it comes with ground beef. G had the meatloaf with sweet potatoes and cabbage.
Everything was great. It was food for the soul. Everything was also sweet. The mac and cheese, the cabbage, and the spaghetti definitely had sugar in it. I recommend you visit this place. It’s supposed to move sometime this month to Mt. Moriah, so if you miss this location, don’t give up.
P. S. It’s cash only.

After driving to the location on Elvis Presley (now Don Don’s), then over to S. Parkway, I finally ended up at the right location!!! And it was definitely worth the hunt. I had the baked turkey wing, cabbage and sweet potatoes. The turkey was well seasoned and the meat was very tender. The cabbage was cooked a little too much for me but it was still good and the sweet potatoes were perfect. They cook to order so the food was piping hot when it was served. Something new for me is the way they serve their cornbread… THEY’RE PANCAKES! What a novel idea :~) Everything was great.
If you’re looking for some good soul food, go check out Ellen’s at her new location on S. Bellevue Boulevard!