Paschal's serves up Southern classics and has been an Atlanta institution since the 1940s. Many Civil Rights leaders shared meals at the original location on Auburn Ave.

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Paschal's

Atlanta

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Slinging old-school Southern soul food, Lowcountry cuisine and Cajun/creole staples for six decades, Paschal's touts bone-in fried-chicken sandwiches, slow-cooked ribs and catfish étouffée among its specialties that have been enjoyed by noteworthy entertainers, politicians and folks about town dating all the way back to the Civil Rights movement.