September 11, 2012
After our day at the Missouri botanical Gardens we headed
down the street not very far to Mama Josephine’s. This is in a neat old corner
building with maybe around 10 tables.
We arrived just after five, the sign on the door closed and
reopened five, so someone ran up to the door and took it down right when we
were getting there. The owner who is on Josephine's daughter welcomed us in and
said we could sit wherever we would like. We had many choices at that point, so
we picked a nice table by the window. Pretty quickly they took our drink orders
and then give us time to look over the menu.
We Checked out the menu and looked around at the building. In a while we
had decided what we wanted. My dad and I both decided to get the chicken fried
steak. This came with two side dishes
which I picked mashed potatoes and gravy and fried okra. The meal also came with
cornbread or a roll; I took the roll because I really don't like cornbread. My
mom wanted chicken and dumplings, but the waitress said it would be at least a
half an hour till dumplings would be available, so she decided to get chicken
fried steak as well.
My mom and dad both
got mashed potatoes and gravy and a salad. While we sat and waited, a few more
people came in a few others had takeout orders.
It did take a while for food did finally come.
I thought the chicken fried steak is good but not
the greatest as was the fried okra, the mashed potatoes and gravy and quite tasty
and was home homemade as was everything else. The roll was also very good but I
only took a few bites since I filled up on everything else.
For dessert my dad
decided to try the peach cobbler. This really took quite a while till it was
brought out, but it was well worth the wait. For me it depends on the day and
what kind of dessert if I like it, but this was one of them that I thought this
was incredible and I wish I would've had my own and not just a sample. After we
finished the owner came over to see how everything was. She was very friendly
and liked to talk. So she told us about the place that they make everything
fresh with her mother's recipes, which is why it takes a little longer to make
everything. She also went on to talk about how the neighborhood used to be a bad
neighborhood but has been cleaned up. After a bit we paid at the counter and
got a free pen and we were on our way. While not anything, except for maybe the
peach cobbler, was the greatest the food was homemade and done right. You could
also tell that the owner was really into her business and cared tremendously
about the quality.
4000 Shaw Avenue St.
Louis, MO 63110
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