It's a Southern thing: Kitchen and Bar

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605 W Main St Ste A
Durham, NC 27701
It's A Southern Thing is our owner's personal love letter to The South. Known for our unique take on traditional Southern fair, we welcome you with a laid back atmosphere, Southern hospitality, delicious craft cocktails and thoughtfully created, scratch made dishes. From our best-selling Shrimp and Grits to Sweet Tea Brined Pork Chops, Fried Green Tomatoes, Collard Greens, Chicken and Waffle Skewers and everything in between, you will find familiar flavors presented in an original way. Offering brunch seven days a week and dinner Monday through Saturday, we invite you to come in, stay a while and let us show you why so many customers love being part of our It's A Southern Thing family.

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Rachel C.
9/13/2025

I'd give this place more of a 3.6 but since that's not an option, I rounded up to 4. The biscuit, sausage and gravy were objectively pretty good but seemed to lack "je ne sais quoi" and dimension...

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Kim H.
11/10/2025

We stopped by for dinner and ordered the "Pete-loaf" and the fried pork chop with sweet tea. There were no issues with the service but the Pete loaf meal was horrible. The potatoes tasted like...

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Steve W.
8/15/2025

Food was very good and put together in an interesting menu. Drinks, alcohol, are fantastic and the sweet tea is also great. It was a little too loud the night we were there - live trivia...

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Lori R.
4/21/2025

Having had a stellar brunch here before, Husband picked it for his birthday celebration dinner. We made 5:00 Saturday reservations (they open at five, but it doesn't hurt to have reservations)....

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Hannah H.
3/9/2025

Stopped by for a meal, and overall, the food was good--solid Southern comfort fare--but it could've used a little more flavor to really stand out. Everything was cooked well, just missing that...

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