Praising the eats at Heavenly Fish Palace

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
It’s practically impossible to unseat Roscoe’s House of Chicken ’n Waffles from the throne of Long Beach’s soul food scene—the place holds an almost divine right in its rule over Southern appetites. No restaurant, it seems, can replicate Roscoe’s, but that’s why Signal Hill’s Heavenly Fish [...]

Since M&M’s standbys are the standouts, the most obvious choice on the menu is the fried chicken. Better than most, M&M’s chicken is crispy, peppered, and only the slightest bit dry—a problem easily solved by ordering a thigh and a leg instead of a breast. Along with their thick, heavy entrees, M&M also serves up [...]

Lapping up M&M’s familiar tastes

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
For a lot of people, soul food is a kind of hesitant paradise—an always enticing, always gratifying cuisine that, once it draws you in, stuffs you so full that you can’t even feel regret. What’s more, it’s only afterwards that you even remember you had limits—that you promised [...]