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    Bootstrapper

    3.7 (41 reviews)
    ModerateSoul Food

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    I was so sad a disappointment. A neighbor of mine had recommended this restaurant. I finally made it down there to try it out. I was pretty excited to see they had snapper too. I ordered 6 pieces of snapper and 6 prawns. Which came out to $30 and some change. Look how they did me y'all. They should be ashamed of themselves. The snapper was brown and dry. He fried it too much. He knew he was wrong for this. He lost what would've been a regular customer.

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    Healthy amounts of unhealthy, yummy food. Pretty reasonably priced. A bit slow though, but worth the wait.

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    Really good soul food. Like actually one of the best chicken strips and fries. Also is really good is the fried shrimp.

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    Coupons are coming soon for our true customers check us out on facebook https://www.facebook.com/syl.lollis?ref=tn_tnmn

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