Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Soul Food
Top 100 Restaurant, Chicago
"With the country's great soul-food restaurants thinning out, this outpost on the South Side remains steadfast as it celebrates its 60th anniversary [in 2005]."
– Jerry Shriver, USA Today
"Army & Lou's has a large, loyal clientele, drawn by its menu of high-end soul food. It was once a favored dining spot for Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, and still attracts a good number of politicians to its tables."
– Chicago Tribune
"Army & Lou's, like soul food itself, is still a stalwart, still serving chitterlings and smothered chicken, still attracting politicians like Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Rev. Jesse Jackson to take the pulse of the black neighborhoods."
– The New York Times
"Pristine dining room with a series of booths and tables (covered with cloth). Interesting vintage photos on the wall. Super-friendly waitstaff keeps things moving briskly. The buffet feature the first Sunday every month is a must-go-to for a lot of people. Jazz is featured on Friday nights. ... The peach cobbler is the only way I finish a meal here."
– Pat Bruno, Chicago Sun-Times
Full bar. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner Wed–Mon. Closed Tue.
How others rate Army & Lou's
Zagat 2009
24 Food Rating (Very Good to Excellent)
Time Out Chicago
Best Soul Food, 2008 readers poll