Soul Slice’s best seller is its Cajun shrimp pizza, which is topped with Cajun shrimp, beef hot links, tomato, green onion, pickled peppers and tomato sauce. It was captivating to me.” It’s Soul Slice’s second best selling pie, Louis said. “It’s kind of hard to wrap your brain around. “Black eyed peas on a biscuit crust actually taste like meat,” said Louis. Less the alpine cheese, Louis said, the BEP is a vegan pie. The most gutsy pie might be Soul Slice’s black-eyed peas pizza, which contains slightly crunchy but meaty black-eyed peas, the sweetness of sweet potato, and savory roasted garlic, green onion, alpine cheese and (for acidity) tomato sauce. “Our tomato sauce carried all the flavors of the ingredients on the biscuit crust.” If you taste it, it’s a little bit sweet” Louis said. “The tomato sauce is not to mimic the sauce of Italian. And while there are five pies that have a tomato sauce base, Louis says that none of them use oregano or any other Italian seasonings in the flavor profile. The crust contains no butter, is not spun or twirled and doesn’t contain traditional elements of pizza dough, Louis said. The preparation of Soul Slice’s vegan-friendly biscuit crust is one big difference between its offerings and Italian-style pies. It is basically soul food on an open face biscuit with soul food ingredients.” But while Soul Slice uses the word “pizza” on its menu, Louis told Nosh that “We play in the genre of pizza but it is not pizza. For anyone who grew up on traditional soul food, the presentation seems downright sacrilegious. Since then, the restaurant has already gained attention for its menu of unique, biscuit crust “pizzas,” topped with Southern-style foods like black-eyed peas and hot links.ĥ849 San Pablo Ave (at 59th Street), OaklandĪt first glance, Soul Slice’s menu is intimidating and adventurous, a wide selection of traditional soul foods all served in pizza form. After nearly three decades and six brands, Lewis opened his newest venture, Soul Slice, on June 19 in Oakland, a date chosen to honor the Juneteenth holiday and the roots of soul food. “Let’s just change the narrative of soul food,” said Karter Louis, former musician and restaurateur.

on the weekends.Donate The black-eyed peas pizza at Soul Slice. Read on for a look inside.īird Bird Biscuit is open from 7 a.m.

Eater photographer Courtney Pierce toured the small and cheery space for Eater. The restaurant fits seating 17 people inside and 16 outside on the patio. I’ll say to myself, “Hey, I remember you! I thought you would turn out beautiful, and just look at you!”īird Bird Biscuit is located in a former industrial space greatly enlivened by interior design from Lilianne Steckel (who also did the interior of Thunderbird Coffee on Koenig and Better Half) and a mural with egg-centric graphics from Austin artist, Will Bryant (local graphic designer Jonathan Van Orne created the dual-chicken logo). “When I bake them off, I sometimes remember who they were. “Every single biscuit I make has a personality to it,” said Batch. “If we have an item that doesn’t seem to be engaging our guests,” Batch told Eater, “we will actively be working to create new items that do.” He also shared that the recipe was created with the help of “one particular Austin biscuit whisperer,” and that he has a personal relationship with each of his creations. Dishes include Bird Bird Bacon (a classic sandwich with bacon, egg, and cheese), Batch’s personal favorite, Queen Beak (a sandwich with fried chicken thighs with cayenne-black pepper honey and bacon-infused chipotle mayonnaise), as well as sweet “dough-doughs” (circles of biscuit dough fried and tossed in cinnamon sugar). From co-owner Ryan McElroy (who also owns Thunderbird Coffee) and co-owner and chef Brian Batch, the fast-casual counter-service restaurant serves biscuit sandwiches for breakfast and lunch.īird Bird Biscuit has been previewing its recipes at pop-ups around town since last November.

Bird Bird Biscuit, the highly anticipated Cherrywood newcomer serving the buttery bread, finally opens this Thursday, June 28 on 2701 Manor Road.

Bird bird biscuit pizza