Smoked Chicken and Andouille Gumbo at Boxing Room, $10 to $17
Boxing Room’s Smoked Chicken and Andouille Gumbo proves you don’t have to attend a barbeque to get your hands on some smoky goodness. And the resto’s chef has Louisiana roots, so we can trust his take on the Southern dish isn’t a phony wannabe. In fact, he says you shouldn’t “mess with a good thing.” Wise words, indeed! The insanely rich and stew-like mixture comes loaded with wheels of andouille sausage and smoldered chicken, holding its own as the ultimate meat-lover’s soup.
Boxing Room, 399 Grove Street (at Gough Street); 415-430-6590.

Photographed by Maria del Rio