This Is It Soul Food (Texas Country Reporter)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- See why this has become the perfect place for classic Southern comfort food.
Craig Joseph
2712 Blodgett St
Houston, TX 77004
Phone: 713-521-2920
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11-12-2022
What you do for yourself will die with you....what you do for others will love on forever!!! #thebest! 💯 💛
I miss them being in downtown Houston. They had to move out of downtown due to gentrification which made taxes too high. The food is sooooo good. I remember when they were filming Jason’s Lyric at this restaurant.
"Gentrification" huh... Get that b.s. outta here. Yeah, increasing property value, what a crime 🙄😒. Get outta Texas actually.
All that food looks AMAZING 🤩and I love that saying "What you do for yourself will die with you but what you do for others will live on" because it's very true
This is where Lyric from Jason's Lyric worked!! What a throwback!!
Is that right?? Thats wild
He has definitely done his grandparents proud. The food is as tasty today as it was 40 yrs ago when I first started eating there. Bravo👏!
I grew up eating soul food and this what I really love about my race that we make food with love and it taste great. I no longer eat pork no more because of my biblical beliefs' and seafood but I grew up eating it too.
Yes, it’s nothing like Soul Food 😊 I wish I lived there. I will visit if I’m ever there visiting 🙏🏽
yessss
I went there when I went to huston to visit my brother. The food was delicious and yeah the ox tail was the best thing in the menu!
I'm a definite foodie because I'm about to book my flight!
you will not be disappointed
My family favorite place to eat, ready to try the new humble location ❤❤
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I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but my parents were from the low-country South Carolina. My mother cooked just like this! Sure miss my parents, and mom's cooking!
Haha yes my granny was from south Carolina too but move to Philadelphia miss her cooking she never did make oxtails before tho
@@terranceof2007the North East (Virginia and the Carolina’s), West Coast (Texas and Louisiana) and the Midwest (Mississippi/Arkansas and Alabama)
@@terranceof2007I had a Texas grandmother and grandfather. We ate all of this. The only thing that I would say that wasn’t a staple in our family was Mac and cheese.
I am from Philadelphia and I cook like this all the time for my family. I love some good ole soul food
From one Craig to another You are a credit to our name!!
In NC we called restaurants like this a meat and two. None left in the Raleigh area sadly. We do miss them.
I agree. Too many “Out of Towners” moving in an Raleigh has never been the same since. I’m 56 born and raised in Raleigh all my life
@@convoy814 No one wants to live that country ass city
K&W in Tower Shopping Center
@@MidNovembersDreamaugnov I’ll check it out
similarly, I always heard them called "a meat & 3 joint" in South Carolina & Georgia...usually very well made soul food in most instances...cornbread and biscuits and tea come with the meal and yes sometimes banana puddin...those places kept me alive in Columbia/USC collegiate dayz....great healthy food for a great price...gone are those days almost..only a handful of em left!
this was me & my dad spot, miss him dearly.
Thank you for sharing
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I must've had the first- or second-generation plate back in the day (1991) seem like it was located more downtown though in that West Gray area. My Grandma took me to "This Is It" and I ate like a little pig. 😄 They also had this restaurant called "Wyatt's Cafeteria" off a street called "O.S.T" come Sundays after church, the women would still have they white usher board uniforms on cooking & serving. What A Time
Yep... that's the one I went to... on Old Spanish Trail. Absolutely delicious! It crosses my mind every now and then. Will need to check out this place... been a long while since I've had good Houston soul food!
The first time I ate soul food , one of friend from Jamaica took me there , mannn, I felt in love with soul food, I tell the true the food is delicious delicious , everything is fantastic ,
Seriously great grub…👍🤠🇺🇸
I am originally from South Carolina and this is my type of food right here, all the food looks yummy and delicious to my eyes and stomach.
Can i please get a address so when i am able to visit i can go immediately there and get me some soul food.
Keep up the good work everyone.
I'll take some of the yellow, and don't get cheap on me!
Y’all should probably blur the pos code at 4:15… seriously
Just like in Jason’s Lyric. The restaurant “This Is It”.
Most people don’t know that movie was filmed in Houston
Good quality hearty soul food..😋
God bless them.
Chitterlings & Oxtails are a delicacy in this area . You're right we were told that it use to be thrown away ! "I highly commend you for making Soul Food to live on...."
All right kin folks, show them the true Soul Food of H-Town
Great story ...
Mannnn, mmmmm I wish we had Soul Food Restaurants in down here in deep South Texas!!!
Absolutely delicious!!!
Now You Are Talking My Language 😎
There is also a This Is It in the ATL serving the same type of food
Except there's more of a focus on BBQ especially the rib tips I was wondering the same thing.
Wait , I thought This is it! Atl had just expanded...🤔
Yum! I want to drive down to TX and try!
Yum that looks so good!
Collard greens and yams, Turkey wings with gravy, "lawd have mercy"
Good job 😺
They do have great food!
LOOKS GOOD
The food looks great I live in Dallas but maybe one day I can come to Houston and eat there.
❤❤❤She said, "Oh My Goodness😂😂😂😂
Alright now yum yum
My dad was born in Auburndale flordia but for some reason was always inGeorgia, (previous marriage with 3 kids.)
Growing up with his southern accent and his cooking=gizzards,liver and onions, boiled peanuts, etc; he always put salt and pepper on his fruit and the boiled peanuts in his coke...
I love soul food!
I missed this place.
This restaurant was in Jason's lyric
Food is bomb!
The food is awesome
It will always be Family Cafe to us. IFKYK
Enjoyed this video
This place was in the movie Jason's Lyrics 1994
WELCOME TO THIS IS IT!!!! HOW MAY I HELP U?? SAYS MARTI IN JASONS LYRIC🥰🥰
As a fellow Houstonian if you are going to go down to third ward for some grub make sure to bring your firearm, and preferably a few friends that are packing too. This area is slowly being gentrified, but it is still dangerous af
"Soul food" - otherwise always known as just southern cooking.
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looks yummy
Oxtails was sooooooo cheap when I was a child, 6 big pieces was 5 dollars and some change.
I love soul food. I support many black own businesses. Yes i shop at other places but i make sure i shop black first. Just like other groups make sure they shop within first
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Damn! I need a plate right now.
Already 💯
GOOD EATS.
They have one in Ga a few
I went there Oxtails didn’t have season
I wish you could be my neighbor 💖. I would be there probably to much, but I would be happy 🙏
Do they own the Atlanta soul food restaurant that’s called the same thing?
next time i go back to LaPorte i'm going to have to stop in here
Looks good a green salad would be nice
You need to try esters.
Gullah Geeche Nation Stand Up
More salt more seasonal that what they call soul food
My Mom would love this place
I love me some ox tails .
I can't wait to try this place next time I'm in Houston!
Soul food nothing like it!
It's so sad that their food doesn't taste the same anymore, I miss the real good cooking 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I looked it up and saw that some of the reviews weren't very good. Prayerfully, there will be a turnaround, and things will get better in Jesus' name. AMEN.
Jason's Lyric
For a soul food restaurant the Mac and cheese wasn’t baked. We stood in line for over 45 mins on our way to Galveston and it was NOT worth it.
3:03 If you wanna good _norish meal_ 🤭
I thought the origin was in ATL
American food?
If you live in the South. That's part of it!
I went there the Ox tails wasn't good
Cute
Finally a restaurant that knows how to cook soul food without putting CHEESE, CELERY and ONIONS in everything.
😂😂😂😂TRUST ME THEY DO. ITALIANS, HISPANICS, ASIANS... SSSHHHIIIFFFTTT EVERYONE
Way different from the original one in fourth ward
You call it soul food I call it poor people food if you grew up on this food you were poor 😮
some of the poorest people i know are very wealthy.
"Poor people" food is now the "rich people" food!! Look at chicken wings,brisket and lobster!!
Have you bought a plate of soul food lately? About $20/plate, it ain’t cheap!
@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 and that's usually CHICKEN now up North throw in fish or beef or even turkey wings you talking $24-28 where I'm at. I was raised by older Negroes from North Carolina so I know how to cook from cabbage to collards to cornbread stuffing to potato salad to Sunday roasts to chicken and dumplings to pound cake to home made yeast rolls...but guess what? I've never cooked chitterlings. I stopped eating them at around age 8 when I was throwing DOWN at our family reunion and they informed me that I was eating what had been hanging on the clothesline hours before. Once I matured ...I ate them again about 20 years later...but only if my Mother or my Uncle or my grandma Carrie Mae made them. They are delicious but I just can't do the prep work. Maybe I'll try preparing them once before I go to Hog Heaven
lol. I guess it depends on when you grew up. In the 1980s, the "poor kids" had a mother who worked all day. When their mama came home from work, she fixed them a hotdog or a hamburger. If your mama didn't have to work, you got THIS kind of stuff at the end of the day!
food looks great but look at the windows and you prolly best be packin in that hood.. but thats normal fight your way in and defend yourself when you leave.. 😒
Plenty of safe places in the 3rd Ward
theres a coulple of this is it in atlanta like 4 or 5 stores
I thought you guys started in east point ga back in the 80's off Washington rd?
the greens and the corn is what we, The american Indians shared with you everything is not slave food.
Really…b/c a lot people say the greens were West African in origin. As far as the corn, the “American Indians” prepared it the very same way?
We was fortunate to find this GEM when we visited Houston food was so good
I've lived in Houston for 42 years and this is the first time hearing about this place. Thank you so much for this video. I will definitely be checking this place out!!!
Better late then never.
So have you ever checked it out
Can’t be from the H!
Get out more often!!
Thanks for this! Grew up in Beaumont with yall around and moved to Humble. They are opening a 2nd location soon and know I'll be a regular!
I can almost guarantee the food is most likely sourced from a dumpster behind a supermarket. These street hustlers are the worst and I wouldn't trust anything in that place.
@@thinkcasting3182 👈 Glavset trollsky 🇷🇺. No content in your profile since 2017 ? 🐀 🐁 🐀
@@thinkcasting3182now why would you make such an ignorant comment?
@thinkcasting Why go racist and ignorant at the same time? Not doing much thinking these days, son. Get on back to Vidor, where you belong...
There is nothing better than some collard greens, pinto beans and cornbread with banana pudding!
Add pork. Either fried chop or smothered boneless ribs. Good eating Either way!
Rosie’s in Beaumont is great too.
Chicken and rice
@@Mangohabernero don't forget the gravy.
Papas, chiliquilles, and beans. Bye
Tripas de puerco .
Those pork chitterlings tacos are delicious famous in Mexico.
We also eat cow tails.
But I never ate them at soul style cooking.
Love to houston Tx .
Do you make tacos out of everything? They are not cow tails, they're oxtails. Physically yes, but the terminology is better, too bad the price isn't. They're higher that pristine steak cuts. Here in FL. they're running around $14.00 per pound. Ridiculous!
@@davidbetsey2437 nowadays they are mostly cow tails! So I've been told!
@davidbetsey2437 Why not? Masa is a staple and sometimes survival. You have tomatoes, onions, and potatoes- you have a meal.
@@davidbetsey2437😜😝😝😝😝😝😝🤮🤮😭🤮😬🤣😜😝tail comes from the cow ,where do think they come from 👀 dogs 🙃🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Definitely on my bucket list now!
In the meantime, Hoover's Cooking in Austin suits me just fine... 🥧 🍲 🥣
Hoover's is Garbage...
@austin7thgentexan719 Live right here here in Hutto Tx, East Austinite. Just no comparison between the two
@@RodneyPeeples I believe you, but I can't make an honest comparison since I haven't yet been to Craig's place in Houston. I wouldn't characterize Hoover Alexander's cooking as "garbage", though...
Born and raised in Houston,TX. "This Is It" restaurant to my knowledge was originally located in 4th Ward off of West Dallas on the outskirts of Downtown. Used to eat there a lot as well as take out for my mom back in the 60 's. since we live in the area. Then they moved off of West Grey across from the Mercedes Benz Car lot believe. After that lost sight of them until I ran across this video. Glad to know they're still in business. I'm gonna have to revisit the restaurant again in the 3rd ward for the food and the memories. 💗
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I remember in the movie Jason's Lyric there was a soul food place that Jada Pinkett's character worked at called ' This Is It" I'm wondering if this is the same restaurant.
It's the same
I was waiting on this comment 😂
@@woke9969 Thank you 😊
It is.
This is the same place!
I need to go there because I grew up with that type of cooking.
I already ate and you made me hungry again , lol . 😂
If I live in Houston, TX I would definitely be going to this soulfood restaurants
Their food is very good... @ThePriceFamilyTV enjoys eating there when we are in the 3rd ward area!
Cow tails are great in soup. My mother used to make soup with cow tails. Haven't had cow tail soup in years but going to buy some and make some soup.