Family Tradition And Catering

Family Tradition catered a business breakfast today and they did a great job! Food was spot on and just like a southern breakfast should be. Being family owned and operated makes me like this place even more.

Food is okay at best. It's not the worst you'll ever have considering the price. Service was fine, but they forgot parts of our order. The place was busy, and they appeared understaffed, so I could understand. Took longer than expected to get the check because our server kept having to go back to the kitchen. Another server that wasn't even waiting our table got our check without asking if it was going to be split (I don't know why, as a waitress, you would get the check for a table that you aren't serving), so we still had to wait for our server to get back

Good service. Good food. Good prices. You leave full. All about that chicken fried chicken.

If you’re looking for a good southern food with variety of dishes, this is it. Family came in for lunch after hearing about it in FB. Wife had friend chicken which she wanted a bit more seasoning it my catfish was seasoned and crispy. Love everything about the dishes and sides.

Disclaimer: I quit regularly eating Southern fried foods about 15 years ago. So, keep that in mind. I 'm trying to bulk up and sometimes that means deviating from my normal, expensive list of foods to grab some extra calories. This means more carbs and more fats. Where better to get those than a Southern cooking restaurant? Because it 's usually just me dining I can go about wherever I want to. Wanting something different than Mexican, BBQ, Italian, or Asian, I decided to give Family Tradition a try. I frequent the Publix next door and there 's usually no parking available in front of the restaurant. Today was Saturday and I expected it to be slower especially mid-afternoon. I was correct. No wait. Had my menu and tea within ,5 minutes. Awesome. I avoid fried foods most of the time but I do occasionally like fried chicken, fried chicken livers, or some fried fish. Lucky for me, they had fried cod from Alaska. Sold. The fish and chips , as expected, comes with French fries and one other veggie so I ordered cole slaw. The waitress offered my choice of biscuit or cornbread and the cheat choice for me was cornbread. Service was quick. Within about 15 minutes I had my meal. It was sans cornbread but no biggie. I 'll ignore the bread and move on. First the cole slaw. Spot on. No vinegary taste. Not overly sweet. Not baptized in mayo. Good job would eat that anytime. Before I forget, the tea was also good. I drink it unsweetened so I may be a little more picky about the flavor. It may have been Luzianne. Good job. The French fries were a little less appealing. In fact, they were greasy, cool, and soggy. I never out ketchup on good fries. These were not good fries (from frozen) so add more high fructose corn syrup to my meal from the ketchup to disguise the fries as food. I still have a rock in my belly an hour later. Not so good job. Lastly, the fish. Beer battered Alaskan pub cod. Now I 've been to Alaska. Several times. I have eaten seafood on the seacoast in a pub. What I typically expect in fish and chips is a light bodied fish (cod will do), a light crispy batter (beer batter will definitely do), and a most, tender, flaky meat that melts in your mouth (cod will do). When the waitress asked if I want cocktail or tartar sauce I almost said no. I mean fish, especially for fish and chips, should have plenty of flavor from the batter and the fish. Fur some reason, after about an 8 second pause, I said, I think I 'll try the tartar sauce . It 's a good thing I did because that 's what helped me come down the dense, bricky, fishy slabs on my plate. Look, I didn 't expect world class fare. I did expect effort. I could be wrong but I would say the fish was taken from the freezer, placed in the microwave for a couple of minutes to defrost , then tossed without any ceremony directly into the fryer. For me, next time I 'm that hungry, I will probably opt for something a little healthier and tastier. Quite disappointed actually. Just try, people. Try.