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• Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles moves forward with construction of Barrio Logan location
• Two of L.A.’s most lauded chefs are closing their Michelin-starred restaurant and its downstairs bistro
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Eater has been following this story since February 2016, after officially confirming the rumor that Roscoe’s was scouting for locations in San Diego. Later that year, news broke that the company had found a home at the corner of National and Sigsbee in Barrio Logan, on a 17,500-square-foot site that would include a parking lot. But hopes were dashed in 2017, when the Southern California chain put the San Diego project on hold to focus on other ventures.

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Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles Opening Later This Year in Barrio Logan - NBC San Diego

Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles Opening Later This Year in Barrio Logan.

Posted: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:00:00 GMT [source]

During his run for president Joe Biden campaigned at that location, bringing one of the world’s most prominent Obama-adjacent actors with him. Comedian Keegan-Michael Key — who famously played Obama’s “anger translator,” Luther — offered, in his best Obama cadence, to be Biden’s running mate in a video geotagged to the restaurant. More happily, many recalled President Obama’s 2011 visit to the Pico outpost and the way it altered the chain’s menu. "The delays are behind us and we are moving full steam ahead to complete the new restaurant in San Diego, shooting for a late-summer, early-fall opening," Sam White, financial and business advisor for Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles told NBC 7. Representatives of Roscoe’s Chicken ’n Waffles did not respond to requests for comment regarding the closure, but they told Eater L.A. In 2016 that the Pico location would close given the chain’s expansion to nearby La Brea.

Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles moves forward with construction of Barrio Logan location

Online and in person, the restaurant’s legions of fans are mourning despite the seven locations still open in the L.A. Area, including a storefront that opened on La Brea in 2021 roughly half a mile away. Though founder Herb Hudson’s first Roscoe’s was planted in Long Beach in 1975, the Pico outpost proved one of the most iconic for the chain. We’ve all been here before, but after eight long years of waiting it’s looking like Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles might actually be on its way to opening right here in San Diego. After pausing construction on its site in Barrio Logan at the end of 2022, the legendary soul food establishment has restarted work on its National Avenue property in earnest.

Two of L.A.’s most lauded chefs are closing their Michelin-starred restaurant and its downstairs bistro

One of L.A.’s most iconic restaurants has closed — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still fried chicken at Roscoe’s. Over the weekend Roscoe’s House of Chicken ’n Waffles announced the closure of its Pico location, one of the longest-running outposts of a chain synonymous with Los Angeles soul food. The pink-neon-lit, wood-ceilinged Mid-City restaurant operated at the corner of West Pico Boulevard and South Mansfield Avenue for 32 years and fed the likes of President Barack Obama and Snoop Dogg in addition to countless politicians, actors, pro athletes, models, musicians and other celebrities. Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is a Hollywood, California-based soul food restaurant chain founded by Herb Hudson, a Harlem native, in 1975.

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Michael Tillman, 67, approached the entrance, where security guard Gregory Ray greeted him with a flier depicting a map to the La Brea restaurant.

The new restaurant is over 4500 square feet with parking, a feat that is hard to come by in this area. The conceptual renderings show a two-story white building with a big neon "Roscoes" sign outside and patio seating. A bright yellow and orange banner now hangs out front, thanking the community for its decades of support.

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There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Barrio Logan was chosen as a location by owner Herb Hudson, who toured various areas in San Diego including North Park. Location of the famed chain is an essential restaurant for those in the area, but it was desolate in the aftermath of violence. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. "He's [Herb] like, 'This is going to be the place for it.' And it's right outside of downtown. So we felt it would be a great location," Diane Vara, then Creative Director for Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles told NBC 7 in 2022. San Diegans will no longer need to drive to Los Angeles to get their Roscoe's fix because they are finally moving forward with opening their Barrio Logan location.

Ray, 54, stood in the uncharacteristically empty parking lot to direct guests to the La Brea restaurant. Before today, Ray worked for the company as a parking attendant across its many locations for three years. “The customers that have been around just as long as it’s been around,” he said. The restaurant chain was first founded in 1975 in Long Beach, California, by Harlem native Herb Hudson. Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column.

Davis, who has worked at Roscoe’s for 24 years, learned the news along with customers on Thursday and spent his final day on Pico making new memories, taking pictures with customers under the pink neon. The motivation for the move, he says, was to operate in a building that was owned, not rented; those concerned by the closure should know that the chain is not downsizing. In fact, he says, it’s still on track to open new locations in San Diego, Palm Springs and the Bay Area. Soon after Roscoe’s was opened, Mr. Hudson’s friends in Motown and television, such as Stevie Wonder and Natalie Cole, would spread the word to other celebrities including Redd Foxx who would go on to tell their audiences about Roscoe’s incredible soul food menu offerings. Other celebrities, like Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O’Neil, and even global leaders including President Obama have enjoyed Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles making it a timeless L.A classic.

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. Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is an American soul food restaurant chain that operates seven locations in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was founded by Herb Hudson in 1975.The Los Angeles Times has referred to Roscoe's as "such an L.A. institution that people don't even question the strange combo anymore."[1] The New York Times refers to it as a "beloved soul food chain."[2] The original location in Long Beach, California remains open. Realtor Adolfo Moreno, who facilitated Roscoe’s purchase of the Barrio Logan location, tells Eater that Hudson has confirmed that construction on the site is moving forward quickly, with the aim of opening (fingers crossed) within the next few months. In addition to its own parking lot, the 6,000-square-foot restaurant will include a rooftop dining deck.

Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. To be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong. Employee Dwight Davis welcomes the change, and confirmed that staff knew the closure was coming in favor of the La Brea location — but not when.