Food
Nas Comes
Back Home
www.qns.com I LIC COURIER I DECEMBER 2017 27
BY ANGELA MATUA
AMATUA@QNS.COM
Queens rapper Nas will bring his
restaurant Sweet Chick to his home
borough next year.
The Long Island City native will open
a fifth location of his chicken and waffles
joint in February 2018 at 46-42 Ver-non
Blvd., according to Darren Gold, a
spokesperson for the restaurant. Sweet
Chick was founded by Manhattan native
John Seymour in 2013 and Nas became
an investor and co-founder shortly after.
The new restaurant will pay homage
to Nas’ father Olu Dara, an accomplished
jazz musician. It will feature a private
back room inspired by Harlem jazz clubs
where the chicken and waffles dish
has its roots, Gold said. In addition to
releasing two albums, Dara was featured
in his son’s 1994 album “Illmatic” and
sang on the song “Bridging the Gap.”
“Nas’ partner and Sweet Chick
founder, fellow New York native John
Seymour, has been waiting to help Nas
bring their NY hot spot and chicken &
waffles concept back to his hood, but
the timing wasn’t right… until now,” Gold
said in an email.
In addition to a variety of chicken and
waffles dishes, the restaurant serves up
offerings such as duck and short rib
meatloaf, bavette steak, shrimp and grits
and cornmeal-crusted catfish. Brunch
dishes include eggs Benedict, pancakes,
steak and eggs, house-made granola
and smoked pork hash.
VIBE first reported the story.
Photos courtesy of Instagram/sweetchick
The new restaurant will pay homage to
Nas’ father Olu Dara, an accomplished jazz
musician. It will feature a private back room
inspired by Harlem jazz clubs.
