EST. 1947 EST. 1947

Atlanta, Georgia · Soul Food Since 1947

Some recipes are worth keeping in the family.

Paschal's Southern Cuisine carries forward what Robert and James Paschal started with a taxi-delivered lunch counter — the same fried chicken recipe, the same table, three generations on.

Our Story

What's carried forward

Three things have stayed constant since the very first lunch counter.

History

It started with two brothers from Thomson, Georgia, a sandwich counter with no stove, and hot lunches cooked at home and carried in by taxi. What grew from that has fed Atlanta for more than 75 years.

Home Cooking

Robert Paschal's secret fried chicken recipe put the restaurant on the map, and it still anchors the menu — alongside scratch-made sides, cooked the way they've always been cooked.

Hospitality

From family dinners to weddings, business lunches to cocktail receptions — we set the table the way we'd want it set for our own family, because that's exactly what it is.

Our Heritage

A gathering place through Atlanta's history

By the late 1950s, the lunch counter had grown into a full dining room, banquet space, and an adjoining jazz club — one of the only integrated venues of its kind in Atlanta at the time. Through the 1960s, the restaurant became a trusted meeting place for civil rights leaders planning the movement. That legacy of showing up for the community is still part of how we think about this table today.

1947A taxi-delivered lunch counter opens on West Hunter Street
1957Full restaurant, banquet rooms, and La Carrousel jazz club
1960sA meeting place for civil rights leaders and strategists
1980Paschal's begins serving travelers at the Atlanta airport
TodayPaschal's Southern Cuisine, carried on by the family
Still carrying the La Carrousel spirit

Turn on some jazz while you browse — live from WCLK 91.9, Atlanta's jazz station.

Host With Us

Weddings, dinners, and everything between

Our dining room and banquet space are available for private events. Reach out and we'll help plan a gathering that feels like home.

  • Weddings & receptions
  • Business lunches & meetings
  • Family dinners
  • Cocktail receptions

Also At The Airport

Find us in Concourse B

Grabbing a flight? Paschal's has a counter at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, right in the Concourse B Food & Beverage lineup.

Concourse B Directory map, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, showing Paschal's location among Food & Beverage listing #12

Visit Us

We'd love to have you at the table

Reach out for a reservation, an event inquiry, or just to ask what's cooking today.

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