text: I miss Southern food So I was excited when this place moved in across the street from where I work But the things I longed for catfish chickenfried steak or just a simple meatandthree blue plate special were not on the menunnIt was a crappy day and I needed someplace close so I finally decided to try Big Mamas even if they did not have the southern food I was accustomed to The menu is fairly short seemed to be just ribs and chicken Not very many southern sides either no cabbage squash or fried okra And they did not have brewed icedtea It is bad enough that I have to deal with that fact in most Pennsylvania restaurants but one that claims to be SouthernnnEnough lamenting about the menu Let us just focus on the food they do have Fried chicken with two sides macaroni and cheese and baked beans The fried chicken was overcooked and dry Better at Popeyes The mac and cheese You could tell it was homemade but it had the same mushiness of Stouffers frozen Now the baked beans this was a fusion dish sweet yankee baked beans with hotness and it was not Louisiana hot sauce thank God A very good combination that got my mind wondering what if you mixed those sweet baked beans with chopped jalapenos like they do ranchstyle beans The corn bread was good I prefer sweet corn bread but that is just a personal preferencennTwo more notes Service is slow Very slow This is not good at lunch And the restaurant has the same ventilation problems that Steel City Diner had smoke from the fryer just hangs in the airnnNext time I will try the ribs Or maybe breakfast If only they had eggs grits catfish But overfried catfish is really bad Maybe they ought not try that one