I hate when people spell “country” and “cooking” with K’s – or just misspell a word all together for the heck of it.  It really grates on my nerves.  This is probably the reason I waited a good couple of months to go to lunch at the newer [tag]Spades Kountry Kookin in Kirkwood[/tag].   Alas, I will not be waiting another two months before I return.  It was delicious.

Located on Hosea Williams Drive, across the street from one of my favorite lunch places, [tag]Le Petit Marche[/tag], the restaurant is an unassuming building with a pretty big parking lot.  I checked it out last week after hearing mixed reviews (all good reviews for lunch and not so good reviews for breakfast.)  I was doing errands so did not walk up there, but drove in my Prius and actually got it washed while I ate.  Two very nice gentlemen wash cars behind the building and did a fabulous job – inside and out – for a mere $15.00.  I mean, my Prius looked sexy…as sexy as a Prius can look.  I digress.

I asked the sweet woman behind the counter what I should get.  I should tell you, it is buffet style, but they serve you – and it looks as if there are two or three meat options on any given day and a number of vegetable options.   She told me to get the baked chicken rather than the fried chicken and I picked out stewed cabbage and collard greens for my veges.  Of course, I also got a corn muffin and ALMOST got a piece of Karen’s favorite cake – the red velvet cake from Piece of Cake in Buckhead.   But, I thank God, did not.  I had plenty of food.

The chicken was very moist and tasted splendid.  I could have eaten about ten bowls of the cabbage and the collards were good – but not as good as I had hoped.  The corn bread was great as well.  I watched as little of ESPN Sports Center while I sat there, and tried not to eat in 5 minutes.  The food was truly excellent.

Spades is very clean and very welcoming. The owners can’t really do much with the oldness of the building itself, but they have done a good job making it look bright and fresh inside.  I only wish that they did not use disposable forks and knives.  It is a waste and with as good of food as it was, I hated eating with a small plastic fork and knife.   Besides that, I will certainly go back soon-well, as soon as I think I can eat that much for lunch again!

  Little Girl and Brutus give it 3 paws up each!