Bring a hearty appetite to Justin Timberlake’s BBQ place, Southern Hospitality, the brightly lit restaurant with crowds 
outside on the corner of 45th Street and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen.
I stopped there recently on my way to see the thought provoking Marjorie Prime at Playwright’s Horizon, a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama about the future with human-looking robots programmed with memories so they act as companions. It’s being turned into a movie, now in production that will star Lois Smith (who played Marjorie in the play), Jon Hamm, Gina Davis and Tim Robbins.
At Southern Hospitality, we ordered what we thought was conservatively. One order to share of the Tennessee buttermilk-fried chicken with a spicy black pepper honey, hot sauce and pickled string beans ($22), plus fries ($5 small order) and creamy cole slaw ($4). Little did we know that that would have been more than enough for the two of us. We also ordered their slow-roasted smoked ribs, sold by the piece ($4 each for a dry-rub baby back rib). These morsels were so meaty, that I couldn’t finish the two I requested.
For a BBQ place the food and the prices are just what you’d expect — moderate prices for large portions of decent food.
– bonnie
Southern Hospitality
Hell’s Kitchen
645 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
(212) 265-1000
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