Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles magnates Larry and Rasheedah White bring the noise at their high-energy East Valley steakhouse – but do they nail the food?
Larry and Rasheedah White – the hard-driving duo behind Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, Monroe’s Hot Chicken and Brunch & Sip – have famously turned their affinity for fried chicken, Southern cooking and breakfast food into a multi-state restaurant empire.
Not content to rest on their laurels, the couple last summer ventured outside their casual, come-as-you-are wheelhouse. Taking over the former Charleston’s restaurant spot in Chandler, they opened Warren’s Supper Club, a modern jazz- and R&B-oriented take on the elegant supper clubs of the ’30s and ’40s. Although they kept the former tenant’s booths, massive wooden beams and partial exhibition kitchen in place, the Whites added special table lighting, a neon-lit stage and a few bistro tables near the stage to give the room a sultrier and more authentic supper club vibe…