So funny reading other reviews! You see the difference between three years ago and now when the FOOD Network has really upped their Paula and Sons viewing! Love Paula Dean but I had no intention of eating at the restaurant especially after walking past the lines on a ninety degree OCTOBER day! But my buddy wanted to see what the fuss was about (he doesn't have cable, poor thing) and we found out what we had to do to get in. First of all, for lunch you should be there to put your name on the list for lunch no later than 9:00am. They give you a time to be back and you can go spend the rest of your morning as you wish. For dinner, same rules, except they start taking names around 2:30 or 3:00pm. We got there about 12:45pm for our 1:00pm ""reservation"", and made sure they knew we were there. And we proceeded to wait patiently. It was about 1:45 when we were seated, and no one brought water for the throngs of people waiting on the sidewalk. It was entertaining watching the people who walked up and threw little hissy fits because they have been waiting so long or they didn't know they had to leave their name, get a time, wait for the second coming ... oh and the guy who's been in the restaurant business for years and curses that this is not how you treat paying customers!!!! Yeah he was steamed. Good entertainment! We were seated on the third floor, had the buffet, became newly addicted to cheese biscuits, hoecakes with syrup, the best ever mac and cheese, and candied sweet potatoes!!! I know I'm going on, but my mouth is watering and there's drool... service was good one of the waitresses did an amazing Billie Holliday(?) song, it sent chills! Lemonade was too sweet, but Iced tea, fabulous. Did I mention the mashed potatoes? No? Yeah, I think I gained five pounds sitting there, but hey you don't eat like that every day!
Pros: Every starch on the buffet
Cons: Nasty people that think they're too good to stand with the masses
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