Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is an American soul food restaurant chain that operates seven locations in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.The Los Angeles Times has referred to Roscoe's as "such an L.A. institution that people don't even question the strange combo anymore.[3] In 2008, Roscoe's filed a successful trademark infringement lawsuit against a "Rosscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles" that had opened in Chicago.Ludacris mentioned the restaurant in the song "Call Up The Homies" from the album Theater of the Mind with the lyrics "Let's roll to Roscoe's and grab somethin' to eat",[9] while Californian band The Aquabats also mentioned Roscoe's alongside several other chicken restaurants in their 1997 song "Magic Chicken!".[11] The Adult Swim animated series Black Dynamite had a running gag in which "Roscoe" (Jimmie Walker Jr.) has not yet hit on the winning combination of fried chicken and waffles.