Cornbread Soul

05/19/2026

Sweet or spicy… either way, it’s giving cookout royalty. 🌽🔥
Jalapeño Cheddar for the auntie with attitude.
Apple Cinnamon for the cousin that stay asking for “just one more piece.” 🤎 Stop in and try one or both!

04/06/2026

Happy National Cornbread Day! Stop by any of our locations and enjoy a FREE piece of cornbread-no purchase necessary. Don’t miss it!

04/05/2026

🌽 FREE CORNBREAD MONDAY! 🌽

Celebrate National Cornbread Day with a taste of the gold standard! This Monday, April 6, we’re giving away FREE slices of our Signature Golden Brown Cornbread at ALL locations.

No catch. No purchase necessary. Just pull up and grab a slice of soul! ✨

📍 THE LINEUP:
• Newark
• Montclair
• Maplewood
• Brooklyn

Fresh, fluffy, and waiting for you. See you Monday! 🏃💨

04/04/2026

04/04/2026

Slide thru in April 6 for National Cornbread Day!

04/03/2026

National Cornbread Day 🌽🍞
Stop by April 5 any location of your free piece of cornbread
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02/13/2026

If you haven’t already heard, Valentine’s Day is TOMORROW! So don’t let a little things like treating him or her to a meal at their FAVORITE soul food restaurant that just happens to be ! It only makes sense that you have SOUL FOOD with your SOUL MATE on the holiday dedicated to LOVE!

02/02/2026

“We are INNOVATORS! Even in our time of struggle we find strength”
Happy Black History Month to EVERYONE that celebrates & uplifts our culture. There is no other American cuisine as HISTORIC as SOUL FOOD! The cookbook that’s ingrained into our DNA! Come join us at any of our many locations for a “bite of history!”

01/03/2026

Did you make your NEW YEARS RESOLUTION list yet? Well if not then we took the liberty of making one for you, so you can just borrow ours! It’s pretty short and to the point, but it’s a CLEAR path of getting through what looks like it’s going be a rough year! LOL On behalf of & the wonderful staff at Cornbread… HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!

12/22/2025

On behalf of & our ever expanding Cornbread Soul family/ community (Montclair / Newark/ Brooklyn / Maplewood) we’d like to say “HAPPY HOLIDAYS” to you & yours this week! We KNOW that you have A LOT to do so all we ask is that you remember to think of us as your top choice to share a family meal with and introduce our cuisine to someone who has never ate with us before. That’s the only gift we’re asking for this year! TGANK YOU for your support LOVE, PEACE & SOUL (FOOD)!

12/13/2025

Before you even ask, “YES” we will remain open all throughout the holiday season and “YES” that does include CHRISTMAS DAY! However on that day we will be open on a short operating schedule of 11am-4pm ONLY! Also FYI start to make your catering needs known NOW before the date that you need it comes. This will help make things MUCH more easier when the time comes! HAPPY HOLIDAYS

11/24/2025

You aware that we do CATERING right?!? So WHY stress yourself buying individual ingredients , constantly peeking into a HOT oven & manually cleaning a pile of dishes for a 20 minute meal when WE can do all of that! Here’s our PSA if you need our help adding to our potluck menu so give us a ring!

10/16/2025

“Started from the bottom now we’re HERE!” -
Soul food is the original version of “we made something from scratch” literally! Here’s page two of its original taken from a broadcasted clip about its roots as a cuisine.

10/14/2025

Some of us may no longer be in class BUT that doesn’t mean we still can’t TEACH or LEARN! Okay kids quiet down and pay attention, today we’re sharing a bit of AMERICAN history, not just BLACK history that you may not have heard in school. “The origin of SOUL FOOD” and how it has become a staple in our cultural cuisine. We as a ppl are so creative that with so LITTLE we have made A LOT! Here’s just part one courtesy of thst we’ll happily share with you. ENJOY & see you around dinner time!

10/08/2025

Two sisters BUILDING together, one just happens to be an ARCHITECT! An African and a Haitian meet up in a SOUL FOOD restaurant sounds like start of a joke right? But these women came to have for the FINAL episode of the season w/ our lovely host and her guest star architect They had a GREAT talk about knowing your purpose and being a pioneer in a field where there are so few of US! Enjoy this talk & let’s chat next season Shot on location in Newark by

10/02/2025

Now we’re not pointing any fingers but SOMEHOW part one of our intriguing sit down interview with for “mysteriously” disappeared from our page last week! Do you know what…we’re just going POST it all over again! Because this one deserves just as many views as PART TWO did! Once again this was hosted by at our NEWARK location across from City Hall, by so without further delay here part one…AGAIN (lol)

10/01/2025

Okay we’re just one more episode away from the season finale of and I must say we had some AMAZING special guests for our premiere season this year! Now let’s add .t of to that illustrious list! Here our sit down interview with her we shot a ways back before the summer ended, to pick her brain about the current state of US as a people and how to refocus your “personal GPS” to find direction. listened well to how this inspiring sister found her path. Shot on location at our Newark restaurant at 915 Broad St. by