Corinne's Place

Corinne Bradley-Powers, a Camden native and lifelong resident and at the time a single mother, founded the restaurant on Haddon Avenue in Camden in 1989. Before starting the business, she was a social worker. She bought the property in 1985, but struggled to get a loan, and took on a catering job to fund the business. At first, the restaurant was open only on weekends. When the James Beard foundation announced the 2022 America's Classics list, friends texted Bradley-Powers to congratulate her; she had never heard of the foundation or its namesake. == Menu ==

The restaurant focuses on southern specialties such as fried chicken, pigs feet, smothered pork chops, turkey wings, fried catfish, black-eyed peas, greens, cornbread, and sweet potatoes. Philadelphia Inquirer dining editor Craig LaBan called Bradley-Powers “the queen of soul food” the restaurant's fried chicken “unforgettable.” == Recognition ==

In 2022 the restaurant was selected as an America's Classic by the James Beard Foundation; the foundation in their announcement called the restaurant "a pillar of community at the heart of one of America’s lowest-income cities". Local and regional media have called the restaurant "iconic" == Ownership ==

Bradley-Powers sold the restaurant to Trevor Vaughan in 2019 and maintains a consulting role. == See also ==