{"id":291,"date":"2021-09-23T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingterminalmarket.org\/?p=291"},"modified":"2023-03-13T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:56:59","slug":"soul-food-returns-to-reading-terminal-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingterminalmarket.org\/news\/soul-food-returns-to-reading-terminal-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul Food Returns to Reading Terminal Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Reading Terminal Market today announced a new soul food merchant set to open this month. Ma Lessie\u2019s Chicken and Waffles will be owned and operated by Perry Ison, former manager of KeVen Parker\u2019s Soul Food Caf\u00e9, and his cousin Stacy McCarthy. The restaurant will serve flavorful comfort food including fried and baked chicken wings, baked mac and cheese, collard greens and smoked turkey, and peach cobbler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerry brings the desirable combination of industry experience, arsenal of authentic recipes, and understanding of Reading Terminal Market to this role,\u201d said Annie Allman, CEO and General Manager of Reading Terminal Market. \u201cWe anticipate customers will be excited to hear someone who knew and learned from KeVen Parker will be continuing the tradition of excellent soul food at the Market. We look forward to having visitors enjoy Perry\u2019s take on soul food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ison left his management role at KeVen Parker\u2019s Soul Food Caf\u00e9 in 2019 to open Ma Lessie\u2019s Chicken and Waffles as a food truck, which is also set to open for business in the coming weeks. Following Parker\u2019s death, Ison and McCarthy submitted a proposal to Reading Terminal Market for a brick-and-mortar Ma Lessie\u2019s location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to open this business after working with KeVen for so many years. He was a dear friend and colleague and I hope to make him proud, starting by bringing back the chef and much of the staff from KeVen Parker\u2019s Soul Food Caf\u00e9,\u201d said Ison. \u201cLoyal customers will find the familiar flavors they\u2019ve loved for years and new visitors will enjoy classic comfort food with a twist. We want to provide our guests with the comfort and nostalgia of their grandmother\u2019s kitchen with the culinary techniques of a high-end restaurant. Customers will get a complete dining experience with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ma Lessie\u2019s is named after Ison and McCarthy\u2019s grandmother, Ma Lessie Collins, and the menu will feature soul food dishes inspired by recipes she passed down through the family. Additional menu highlights include fruit-infused waffles, baked southern turkey wings, rice and gravy, and a waffle ice cream sandwich. The restaurant is targeted to open in mid-August, will be open seven days a week for dine-in and take out, and will have its own seating area designed by Ison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Reading Terminal Market<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of America\u2019s largest and oldest public markets, the Reading Terminal Market serves as a public trust providing a venue for independent local businesses to showcase the Philadelphia region\u2019s culinary bounty and cultural diversity. Housed since 1892 in a National Historic Landmark building, the Market offers an incredible selection of farm fresh produce, meats and poultry, plus the finest seafood, cheeses, baked goods, confections, flowers, jewelry and crafts. The Market is managed by a not-for-profit management company as a tenant of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, which has owned the historic Reading Terminal since 1990. In 2014, the American Planning Association named Reading Terminal Market as one of the 10 Great Public Spaces in America and in 2021 the Market was voted Best Public Market by USA Today\u2019s 10Best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong><br \/>\nLondon Faust<br \/>\nlfaust@bellevuepr.com<br \/>\n484-332-2216<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA\u00a0\u2013 Reading Terminal Market today announced a new soul food merchant set to open this month. 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