When it comes to soul food, consider a tip from Irma Thomas, the soul queen of New Orleans, to be blue-chip quality.

She helped back the family behind Two Sisters in Treme as they reopened their longtime soul food restaurant in a new location, now at 1610 Basin.

That has brought back a daily-changing menu full of plate lunches based around wonderfully rich and deeply flavored gravies and roux.

The oxtails are a Sunday favorite for Queen Irma herself.

They give melting mouthfuls of beefy, gelatinous meat, and a gravy that mixes with the yellow rice and vegetables on a generous plate, with slabs of cornbread on the side.

This is one from a bunch of top dish picks on my mind now in deep summer — link in my bio has the full read with all of them.

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