Memories of delicious decades when Auburn firefighters dashed across the street for a Cubby burger, fires and a shake inspired our family to excitedly return to Serious Soul Café@Cubbies.

The décor is simple and fondly reminiscent of the good ol’ days. Rod, the owner/chef, is just as friendly as the beautiful Stella and Sterino sisters were back in the day, and the burger is twice as big and twice as juicy … even if not flame broiled.

Imagine our delight when we also dug into flaky, breaded catfish, fat Idaho fries, crispy, mouth-watering fried chicken with potato salad, collard greens and hush puppies and finally, lemon pound cake for dessert.

We promised Rod that we’d be back very soon for the brisket, pulled pork, gumbo, jambalaya and red beans and rice.

A warm welcome home to Auburn goes to the new, fantastic Serious Soul Café@Cubbies.

Some things do indeed get better with age, and dinner was more than we imagined. We just may have them cater our family Thanksgiving with real comfort food.

– Merry, Steve and Colby Shropshire