Gigi & Big R

Family-owned West Philly restaurant where Haitian comfort food meets African American soul food traditions.

Gigi & Big R photo: Wikimedia Commons

Gigi & Big R sits at the intersection of Haitian and African American soul food traditions — a family-owned West Philadelphia restaurant that feeds the neighborhood with generosity and skill. This is the place where Haitian comfort food meets the broader Black American culinary tradition, and both are better for the meeting.


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