This podcast episode from the Seattle Medium’s Rhythm News Podcast features an interview with Erika White, owner of Fat’s Chicken & Waffles, a Southern comfort food restaurant with New Orleans influences located in Seattle’s Central District. White discusses her personal connection to the neighborhood and her family’s hospitality traditions that shaped the restaurant’s identity.
The episode highlights Fat’s Chicken & Waffles as the featured establishment in the Pack the House campaign, a community initiative organized by the Seattle Medium, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Byrd Barr Place, and the Central Area Collaborative. The campaign aims to encourage patronage of local Black-owned restaurants, with the conversation covering White’s journey, signature menu items, and her role in the neighborhood.
Interview by Chris B. Bennett.
