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“Soul food and soul city”
Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is a Long Beach, California-based soul food restaurant chain founded by Herb Hudson, a Harlem native, in 1975. It is best known, as the name states, for serving chicken and waffles, both together and separately, although they do offer more traditional menu items as well. Soon after it was opened, Hudson had friends in Motown and television such as Natalie Cole who would spread the word to other celebrities; Redd Foxx would tell his audience that he went there. The Los Angeles Times refers to Roscoe's as "such an L.A. institution that people don't even question the strange combo anymore." The New York Times refers to it as a "beloved soul food chain". The original location in Hollywood remains popular with celebrities. In 2008, Roscoe's fielded a successful trademark infringement lawsuit against "Rosscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles" which had recently opened in Chicago. The infringing store was forced to drop its infringing logo and name.A previous "Rosscoe's" had opened in New York City, but the LA-based chain opted to not sue that location because it had no plans to enter the market; however, Roscoe's did plan to enter the Chicago market.
I'm going to give it a 5 today because of the manager. We had a party of 4 and we were seated right away. But once we were seated, they pretty much forgot about us even though it wasn't that busy.... Read more
Listen, the food at Roscoe's is really good but our experience today was nearly spoiled because of two things: wait time and price. Our waiter took FOREVER to see us for the first time, although... Read more
I haven't been to this location in years, but happened to get a period during lunch where it wasn't. super busy.. it's exactly how I remember it and it's still pretty spacious and not very crowded... Read more
Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles
Hours
- Sun - Thu: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Fri, Sat: 8:00 am - 12:00 am
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
- Reservations
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