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Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar, San Diego, CA

Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar

4.0
4
182 Reviews
$30 and under
Southern
751 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

About this restaurant

  • Good for groups
  • Innovative
  • Romantic
The term “soul food” didn’t become common until the 1960s. With the rise of the civil rights and black nationalist movements during the 1960s, many Black Americans sought to reclaim their part of the American cultural legacy. As terms like soul brother, soul sister and soul music were taking hold, it was only natural that the term soul food would be used to describe the recipes that Black Americans had been cooking for generations. Soul food is basic, down-home cooking with its roots in the rural South. Where the conversations are long, food is cooked slow and the drinks are cold and sweet. To many, all that just sounds like a description of Southern food. The distinctions between Soul & Southern are hard to make. While all Soul food is Southern food, not all Southern food has Soul. Soul food & Southern food cooking are examples of how great Southern cooks cooked with what they had available to them. Suckerfree will always pay homage to both traditions and remain loyal to the soil. SF

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Southern, Comfort Food, Soul food
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Thu 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Sat 2:00 pm–11:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Ron Cockrell
  • Catering
    We offer full service catering along with large party pickup or delivery orders.
  • Delivery & takeout
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown
  • Cross street
    4th and F st
  • Parking details
    Across the Street from Horton Plaza Parking Garage
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 182 people are saying

Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.0
4 based on all time ratings
  • 4.1Food
  • 4Service
  • 4.1Ambience
  • 3.9Value

NoiseModerate

182 Reviews
  1. BethG

    Greater Boston14 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on July 22, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    It was closed! No notification. No signage. Just…closed. I think it’s still in operation, but you couldn’t have proven it by the looks of the place. DON’T TAKE RESERVATIONS IF YOU ARENT GOING TO BE OPEN!!!!

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego7 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on June 19, 2022

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    Food presentation was great but food lacked a little flavor and my chicken was dry. Prices are fair staff was polite

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  3. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago1 review

    2.0

    Dined on June 19, 2022

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Father’s Day out of 8 dishes 4 were sent back, so bad the waitresses offered a huge discount, which we declined, but she did it anyways. Great front house service, opened late on Father’s Day very short staffed

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  4. AubreyD

    San Diego2 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on June 19, 2022

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Our experience would have been 5 stars, but our waitress seemed to have a teeny tiny bit of an attitude.

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego1 review

    1.0

    Dined on June 13, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    Had reservations but was told when we arrived that they were closing early and had run out of many entrées.

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  6. Erika VIP

    Central Coast7 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on June 12, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    I made 6:30 reservations, thinking that would be plenty of time to eat and arrive at the theater directly across the street by 7:30. We placed our order right away, but at 7pm we still didn't have our appetizer. We told the waitress that we needed to leave in 20 minutes- she expressed that they only had one person in the kitchen, and that there was no way our food would be out in time. We left without eating- and sat through a three-hour show starving. Additionally, they have no beer on tap even though the taps are there and on the menu. Unfortunatley, I think this is a sinking ship. It's sad to see- we have eaten here several times in the past and enjoyed it.

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  7. Monty

    Pittsburgh2 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on June 12, 2022

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    Quality of food just does not match up with price point. Drinks are watered down.

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  8. OpenTable Diner VIP

    San Diego13 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on June 5, 2022

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Service sucked big time! Good great

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    Seattle1 review

    3.0

    Dined on June 5, 2022

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    This is a really cool place with a great menu! Unfortunately we dined on a bad night for them lots of service issues didn’t get our dinner order in time after waiting over an hour. Had to cancel it and we’re on our way to a show. Would love to try this place again but it was super disappointing.

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  10. OpenTable Diner VIP

    Los Angeles2 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on May 29, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    After 30-40mins, I never received my food. The tea and Arnold Palmer taste weird as well.

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FAQs

Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar offers delivery in partnership with Postmates. Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (619) 892-7744.

Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar is rated 4 stars by 182 OpenTable diners.

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Google Map for Suckerfree Southern Plate & Bar

751 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Additional information

  • Cross street
    4th and F st
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Thu 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Sat 2:00 pm–11:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Southern, Comfort Food, Soul food
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Across the Street from Horton Plaza Parking Garage
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Ron Cockrell
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Delivery & takeout
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