There’s a moment when you bite into perfectly fried chicken – that magical crunch giving way to juicy, tender meat – when the world seems to stop spinning for just a second.
That moment happens with delightful regularity at Southern Style Chicken & Waffle in Springfield, Virginia.
In a world of fancy food trends and deconstructed dishes that require an engineering degree to reassemble, this unpretentious eatery stands as a monument to doing one thing exceptionally well: soul-satisfying comfort food that speaks directly to your heart (and possibly your arteries, but hey, we’re not here to count calories).
The red lettering of the Southern Style sign beckons like a lighthouse to hungry travelers navigating the sea of strip mall sameness…