Best Southern Country/Soul Food Restaurant
Mert’s Heart & Soul
Staff Pick
Country, southern, soul and low country dishes are produced with care by owners James and Renee Bazelle — and now their daughter Tia, who graduated from Johnson & Wales University this past May.
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