Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Northern Soul Cafe

    4.8 (9 reviews)
    Closed 1:00 pm - 6:00 PM

    Northern Soul Cafe Photos

    You might also consider

    Recommended Reviews - Northern Soul Cafe

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    3 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 1
    Love this 0
    Oh no 1
    Photo of Chris E.
    91
    99
    19

    3 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    3 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 1
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Elsa S.
    1
    16
    22

    4 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of J. D.
    0
    52
    0

    3 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 1

    3 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    3 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    4 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Tai J.
    17
    1
    0

    5 years ago

    Awesome comfort food with excellent customer service with an open kitchen which is cool to watch the cooks working on my order

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    Ask the Community - Northern Soul Cafe

    You might also consider

    Verify this business for free

    People searched for Soul Food 388 times last month within 15 miles of this business.

    Verify this business

    Crepes Tea House

    Crepes Tea House

    4.3
    (554 reviews)
    1.5 mi
    $$

    I came here on a Saturday afternoon with a friend to check out this place. I parked on the street…read moresince their little parking lot was full. The exterior is adorable! It's an unassuming building but they've made it very cute! They have painted the brick around the bottom to look like stone as well as a continuation of the awning painted around the top. The inside is just as interesting. There is a huge wooden map of the world on the wall, a piano, and the lights over some of the tables are made from teapots. There is a large bar in the middle and plenty of seating. This place is larger than it appeared from the outside. The menu offered several types of teas- white, green, herbal, black with several different flavors within each type of tea. I chose a tropical white tea. It came out nice and hot with a packet of honey. My friend ordered a sweet crepe with mixed fruit. She loved it! I decided to try their unique offering of 6 mixed pancakes. It included 4 savory pancakes (beet, zucchini, squash, potato) and two sweet pancakes (Oladi, farm cheese). One of the sweet pancakes was fluffy but dry and flavorless. I think it was the Oladi. All of the other pancakes were excellent and the service was flawless. What a cute place with great food and service! I'll definitely be back!

    Came here for lunch after a long train and bus ride to Mass. I hit a savory crepe and put shrimp,…read morespinach, mushroom and cheese in it with a side of the garlic cream and house hot sauce. My friends got the strawberry and banana crepe and a beet and a zucchini pancake. We got the small crepe which was massive. The service was quick and polite. The house hot sauce had a different kick to it. It was vinegar based and it didn't layer the taste of the food but added some spice without the burn to the food. The place was quaint.

    Photos
    Dining area
    Dining area
    Small Sweet Crepe
    Small Sweet Crepe
    Dinning table

    See all

    Dinning table
    Blake House Café

    Blake House Café

    4.4
    (17 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $

    Springfield, MA - I went in bracing for sad shrink-wrapped muffins and reheated paninis, so was…read morecompletely surprised to find Smoked, a legit BBQ joint and food truck that's taken up residence in the quadrangle of the Springfield Museum as its on-site museum café. Smoked brings the real deal: ribs, brisket, pulled pork, pulled chicken, mac & cheese, collard greens, and other Southern comfort food that's so not what I was expecting in the way of typical cafeteria fare. We ordered the Brazil sandwich (smoked Cuban), all hail Caesar salad with chicken, and a large fries. The food took its sweet time arriving but was worth the wait. The Cuban was delicious, as was the flavorful bbq chicken that topped the salad, although I wish I'd gotten dressing on the side as the salad was overdoused. Fries are the best kind of fries I like, with that extra crispy and blistered seasoned coating yet hot and pillowy on the inside. It's a homey operation and Chef Bruce B. Williams Jr. was out there personally manning the counter and kitchen. You don't have to be a museum visitor to eat there, but 5 stars for being a casual cafe with good eats I would actually leave the complex for, and am glad I didn't have to.

    It's not the fanciest place, nor is it likely the best lunch you could get in Springfield, but it's…read morecheap, convenient to the Springfield museum quadrangle (no need to move your car!), and good enough. The paninis have a good crust, and the staff is flexible enough to switch ingredients around as you like. You could go somewhere else for lunch after visiting the museums, but there's no real need to.

    Photos
    Inside the cafe (after everyone cleared out at café closing time of 3pm)
    Inside the cafe (after everyone cleared out at café closing time of 3pm)
    All Hail Caesar - housemade Caesar salad topped with your choice of chicken or pork (smoked chicken here)
    All Hail Caesar - housemade Caesar salad topped with your choice of chicken or pork (smoked chicken here)
    Excellent crispy fries!

    See all

    Excellent crispy fries!
    SouLao'd Kitchen

    SouLao'd Kitchen

    4.5
    (41 reviews)
    3.1 mi

    Yelp's listing is incorrect; the restaurant is still very much in business, and serving one of the…read moremost fragrant and flavorful chow I have ever had. I became a huge fan of Laotian food when one of the Thai restaurants in Ithaca decided to shift their focus onto one of the most underrepresented cuisines in the US, and was sad when they closed - unexpectedly - a few years ago. Laos has its own, unique, cuisine, which unfortunately gets lumped with Thai (Laab/Larb, for instance, is Laotian national dish). During one of our late trips we have decided to take a detour and check out SoulLao'd. It was so good that, on the way back, we took another detour, just to dine there. Many people don't know that sticky rice is used as a tool (akin to spoon/fork) to scoop the food out. Again, that's understandable, considering how few Lao restaurants we have around. It may take a few minutes for novices to figure it out, but once that's over, it's all smooth sailing. I suggest that you go for the SouLao'd Specialty Dishes. I had the raw Laab Sein (Beef Salad), and - on the way back - Peeng Lein (Grilled Beef Tongue), both spiced the way it is meant to be, Chef's suggestion ("You want it the authentic way? You got it"). Hubby had Laab Kai (Chicken Salad) both times; I guess he loved the dish. Make sure you ask about Sai Oua; this incredible pork sausage is not a regular staple; being home-made it takes a lot of preparation. ***If you go to a Laotian restaurant, take advantage of how lucky you are to come across one, and do not go for the usual Thai food. If you do, you will miss quite an adventure. *** Service was enthusiastic, attentive and knowledgeable - it is a family-owned restaurant, and Chef's daughter pretty much runs the business. We can hardly wait till April, for our next trip up north. Another detour, just to dine at SoulLao'd? You bet!

    I was in the hospital where the food was truly bad so a friend brought me take out. We ordered…read morechicken satay, spicy lemongrass soup, and a noodle and chicken dish. The satay was dry and the accompanied sauce had no taste, unfortunately. The soup was low to medium spicy ,enough for me. Aside from the spice, I couldn't taste any lemongrass and the chicken in the soup was also extremely dry. The noodle were pretty good and not to sound like a broken record, but the chicken again was very dry. I wanted to like it.

    Photos
    Papaya Salad
    Papaya Salad
    SouLao'd Kitchen
    Shrîmp Tom Yum

    See all

    Shrîmp Tom Yum

    Northern Soul Cafe - soulfood - Updated August 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...