DelHi Soul Food Buffet closes in KCK

• After more than three years serving fried chicken, neck bones and sweet-potato pie, the DelHi Buffet has closed.

Fast Pitch reader Chris Whitmore arrived at the DelHi Southern Cuisine Buffet, the family-owned soul-food restaurant at 8055 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, a little too late. It was closed – for good. “The website and Facebook page are still up,” Whitmore says, “but the phone number is disconnected.”

I didn’t want to believe the awful truth, so I drove out to see for myself. Yes, there’s a “Closed” sign taped to the door, and the owner of the dry cleaners next door confirmed that the business had stopped serving food 10 days ago.