Nana Morrison’s Soul Food, a Charlotte favorite built on family recipes, is adding a fifth location in the Lake Norman area. The expansion comes months after the restaurant was crowned the city’s best soul food in a CharlotteFive Readers’ Choice poll.
Here are a few things you should know about Nana Morrison’s:
Nana Morrison’s, a local favorite for classic soul food, is expanding into the Lake Norman area with plans to open a fifth restaurant. Nana Morrison’s Soul Food Shawn and Kiana Morrison founded the restaurant in 2011 after relocating from New York, when Kiana struggled to find the kind of soul food she grew up eating.The menu leans on family recipes — fried chicken, mac and cheese, collard greens, smothered pork chops, smoked turkey wings, yams and cornbread — with portions an employee described as the kind that “put you to sleep.” 
Baked mac and cheese is among the Southern-style sides served at Nana Morrison’s Soul Food in Charlotte. Nana Morrison’s Soul Food The business remains hands-on and family-run, with the Morrison children helping with daily operations, including 21-year-old co-owner Hank Morrison, who told CharlotteFive the restaurant’s namesake honors his grandmother and her recipes. 
Hank Morrison, 21, the owner of Nana Morrison’s. Evan Moore CharlotteFive
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