MAMA LO'S SOUL FOOD ~ FRESNO

I'm trying to eat my way thru West Fresno and Mama Lo's is a new place that's been open since April. I tried to try this place a week ago but it was closed. It's a family run operation and they cater too so they had a catering job that day. We went back today and thank goodness they were open. They were a little hard to find the last time but now thay have a banner over their door.

Karen had the fried chicken, dark meat and I had the chicken white meat. She had for sides the mac n cheese and greens. I had blackeyed peas and greens. The orders come with cornbread and everything was great. The greens were especially good. Their menu also includes ribs and tri tip. On Fridays they have fish. We've got to go back to try other sides. Pretty economical too, two of us ate for less than 20 bucks

The owner was very pleasant and congenial and explained that they are starting slow. They are only open Monday thru Friday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Mama Lo's Soul Food
952 F. Street
559-443-1640

Fred called and said "let's go to the nostalgia drags at Bakersfield" My mind immediately turned to thoughts of the Pioneer Coffee Shop. It's at the Lake Woolomes exit just south of Delano. Anyway, we started off down the hiway and I wasn't going to be the one to suggest we stop for eats. About 20 minutes down the road, Fred says "Had breakfast yet?" I thought he wasn't going to ask and I'd have wander around the drag strip looking for an over priced breakfast burrito. We slid in to the parking lot and I knew what I wanted. I was salivating for chicken fried steak. There's is the BEST. I ordered chicken fried, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, and scrambled eggs. The chicken fried came laying in a nice puddle of gravy. The biscuits came with gravy on the side in a soup cup. Damn, I love white gravy. I asked if I could have gravy for the eggs and the nice lady brought me another soup cup of gravy. She had this evil smile like eat this and die sucker. I wrapped myself around the whole thing and washed it down with coffee. I waddled back out to the car and went on to Famoso. The coffee never did kick in and I felt like a well fed python. I would've gladly just laid in the car a slept but the roar of dragsters and the smell of nitro brought me around. I had pretty much walked off the top layer of food by the time we left for home so we stopped on the return trip for a slice of pie at, where else, the Pioneer. Breakfast was great. The races were fun. My cardiologist is going to lecture me. I'm happy.