The owners of Ruby's Soul Food & BBQ, a new restaurant in Gastonia, want customers to feel like Ruby herself is in the kitchen cooking. "We want it to be as fresh and homemade as possible," part ...

The new owners don’t want to replicate Ms. Girlee’s, but with the crowd the former soul food staple attracted, they said they knew the community needed a restaurant. (Sophia Surrett/The Daily Memphian ...