{"id":11,"date":"2025-05-19T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:23:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBefore Vera\u2019s became a neighborhood favorite, it was just a feeling\u2014one passed down through generations. That feeling started on a farm in rural Augusta, Georgia, where Vera was born as one of six children to Emily and Pete Davis. Life was simple but rich in love, tradition, and flavor. From an early age, Vera was drawn to the kitchen, where her mother cooked with instinct, wisdom, and heart. No measurements, no fancy tools\u2014just love, fresh ingredients, and patience.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVera learned by watching. She watched how a pinch of salt could transform a pot of greens. How slow-cooked meals brought people together. And how food, when made with care, could speak louder than words.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBut the true master in the kitchen was her mother\u2014known to everyone as Big Mama. Big Mama wasn\u2019t just a cook; she was the keeper of tradition. She carried generations of Southern cooking in her bones, and she passed it on like a sacred gift. Her recipes weren\u2019t written down\u2014they were taught hand over hand, taste by taste. Her cornbread, her fried fish, her stews\u2014they weren\u2019t just meals. They were memories, lessons, and love on a plate.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYears later, Vera\u2019s grandson would carry that legacy with him. He took Big Mama\u2019s fish batter recipe\u2014the one that made family gatherings unforgettable\u2014and started selling fish sandwiches out of a 300-square-foot space inside a laundromat in Brownsville, Brooklyn. No fries. No shrimp. No extras. Just three pieces of golden-fried fish tucked into a sandwich, sold for $1.50. Simple. Humble. Real.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat little sandwich stand became something more than just a place to eat\u2014it became a community hub. Word spread. People lined up. Not just for the food, but for the feeling. The warmth. The welcome. The memory of a time when food was about connection.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToday, Vera\u2019s has grown, but we haven\u2019t changed. We\u2019re still committed to serving food that\u2019s honest, soulful, and affordable. We still use fresh ingredients and cook everything with the same love that Big Mama taught us. And most importantly, we still treat every customer like family.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBecause at Vera\u2019s, you\u2019re not just eating\u2014you\u2019re tasting a legacy. A piece of Southern history. A story that began with a little girl watching her mother cook on a farm in Georgia, and lives on through every plate we serve.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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About Vera’s Soul Food Before Vera\u2019s became a neighborhood favorite, it was just a feeling\u2014one passed down through generations. That feeling started on a farm in rural Augusta, Georgia, where Vera was born as one of six children to Emily and Pete Davis. Life was simple but rich in love, tradition, and flavor. From an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verassoulfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}