I suppose I should have been ready for the question, "hot or cold?"
Henry's Soul Cafe (1704 U St. NW) is the "Home of the Sweet Potato Pie," and apparently the hot or cold dilemma is an age old debate, and your answer depends in part on whether you're in an à la mode kind of mode, er, mood. Anyway, the place is the type of greasy spoon
Jane and Michael Stern would (rightly) go on about. I just sampled the pie today (hot, and delicious), but I predict I'll be back soon. The $5 weekday lunch special, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., comes with cornbread and two sides, such as fried okra or candied yams. Henry's opened in 1968. How have I not been there until today?
