Becky's Mary's - High Point

YUM YUM YUM. Best fried chicken and banana pudding hands down!!!!!

Great Soul Food Since 1973. If a restaurant has been around, in the same spot, since 1973, it has to be doing a lot right quality, pricing, service. It is located about a block off of N. Centennial, just beyond where it crosses Kivett Drive.There is a nice sized gravel lot to the left of the plain looking building. There is no large sign, only a small one in a front window to the left of the entrance that identifies this place as Becky's Mary's Soul Food Restaurant.<br/ <br/ The inside is also plain, showing some age and wear, with 3 or 4 booths on the right side wall, and 10 or 12 tables fill out the remaining seating area. This is a fast food type setup you order, pay, and get your drink at the register, and grab a seat, waiting for your name to be called. Orders are ready fairly quickly as long as the chicken is ready usually not ready until about 11:30. The other items are in trays on a steam table, a little like Pete's Grill in Gibsonville, and order filling moves quickly.<br/ <br/ There will usually be 3 meat choices, and 4 or 5 side dishes. Fried Chicken seems to be a constant offering others include Meat Loaf, Fried Pork Chops, Stewed Chicken, Collards, Yams, Potato Salad, and Mac Cheese. You can get a Meat 1, or 2, or even 3.<br/ <br/ Fried Chicken is absolutely excellent, with great flavor, and a thin, crisp skin that is much like that at Price's Chicken Coop in Charlotte and the chicken is nearly as good as that. Interestingly enough, my order of dark meat included a leg and a back first time at a restaurant that I've been served a back piece it was good, if a little lean.<br/ <br/ The Meat Loaf is dense, and very tasty, with a rather thick coating of tomato sauce on the top which can easily be scrapped off, if you choose. The Mac Chhese is home made, and very good plenty of cheese. The Yams are very, very sweet a bit too much so for my taste. The Cornbread is super thin, nice crust, and not at all sweet. The rolls are simply commercial rolls which they toast slightly on a sandwich press I'd pass. Plates run $6 to $7, and portions are adequate. <br/ <br/ They serve a mixture of Sweet Tea Lemonade that is simply killer I highly recommend it. They serve breakfast with the usual items, and also include Livermush and Salmon Eggs. The folks here are super friendly and they work at a somewhat relaxed pace, but things get done.

Makes enough for about 25 people. 20 pounds of potatoes 30 eggs 2 green peppers chopped 2 onions grated 3 cups of sweet relish 4 cups of mayonnaise 4 ounces of pimentos Salt and sugar to taste Place potatoes in a large pot, cover with water and boil until tender or done. It'll take about 45 minutes. Then, peel and place in a large bowl and use a potato masher to mash. Place the eggs in a large pot, cover with water and boil for about 10-15 minutes. Peel and dice. In a large container, combine the potatoes, eggs, green peppers, onions, sweet relish, mayonnaise, pimentos, salt and sugar. Gently mix together and place in refrigerator to chill. Serve in about two hours. You'll be able to feed about 25 people. If you are in High Point, make it a point to stop down by Becky's and Mary's for a meal. You should definitely give the fried pork chops a try but all of their food looked delicious so I don't think you can go wrong ordering anything on their menu. Don't forget to get a glass of their

Loved it!! The candied yams tasted JUST like my grandmother’s I was shocked. Great service; we will be returning frequently.

I rated 5 stars across the board for what it is. It's a family-owned fried chicken joint. It is not in a strip mall. It's in a neighborhood. While in town, I did multiple searches and tried this place because many reviewers said it was the best FC in NC. It was really good. The staff aren't teenagers and with the plexi in front of the register, you may have to speak up and repeat yourself. Straight forward menu. It is southern food, chicken, slaw, potatoe salad, greens, etc. All the rest is just messing about if the chicken doesn't deliver- it does. Closest thing to my grandma's Verna Pearl's Sunday chicken back home. The breading was golden, not on the brown side. Inside juicy and perfect temperature- not over done and not under cooked. I read the restaraunt was started in the 70's. We may have sat in original seats. This place set my new standard for fried chicken. Loved it.