Southern-food staple Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop is shuttering June 7, part of the University of Chicago’s large-scale closure of Harper Court, the pedestrian mall in which the restaurant is located, reports the Hyde Park Herald. The restaurant is at least as famous for playing host to state Sen. Barack Obama on an episode of Check, Please! as it is for its homey comfort food. Owner Carol Andresen will be putting some of Dixie Kitchen’s most-beloved menu items, like jambalaya, catfish, and fried green tomatoes, onto the menu at her other Hyde Park restaurant, Calypso Cafe. [Hyde Park Herald]
[Photo courtesy Dixie Kitchen]
