LATEST REVIEWS
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Breadzilla
Sag Harbor, New YorkA small, bustling bakeshop, Breadzilla is the spot for hot clam chowder with bacon, fresh shrimp salad sandwiches, cinnamon buns the size of popovers.
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Component Coffee Lab
Visalia, CaliforniaComponent Coffee Lab serves a small, creative breakfast menu, including great seasonal donuts, every weekend. Ingredients are sourced from local farms.
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Kitchen
Providence, Rhode IslandYou can’t be in a hurry and may have to squeeze into your seat, but Kitchen’s croissant French toast, butter-crisped muffins, and bacon hash make it worthwhile.
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Henry’s Smokehouse
Greenville, South CarolinaCooked low and slow over hickory smoke, Henry’s pulled pork and ribs are Dixie delights served with dandy sides — especially a (very) sweet potato casserole.
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Bimini’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Cafe
Greenville, South CarolinaLaid-back Greenville oyster bar and seafood house with decor that evokes life at the beach, Bimini’s is a Roadfood notable for its excellent shrimp & grits.
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Kitchenette
Templeton, CaliforniaKitchenette is a popular spot on California’s Central Coast offering creative, updated versions of breakfast & lunch favorites.
GUIDES
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Where To Eat Near Yosemite National Park
A Cafe That’s Worth a Detour in Mariposa
Yosemite has entrances, and great eats, on both sides of the Sierras. If you’re staying on the Westside of the Sierras, make sure to get breakfast at the Sugar Pine Cafe in the charming town of Mariposa, right before the entrance for Yosemite Valley….
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The Best Casual Breakfast Spots in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon – A Breakfast Lover’s Heaven
The best breakfast in Portland might include palate-boggling donuts, the original Original Pancake House (and still the best), masterfully brewed coffee and espresso drinks, neighborhood corner cafes, and fresh fruit and bakery treats at a real farmer’s market. These are some of the ways we…
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Where to Get the Best Breakfast and Coffee in San Diego
Southern California is especially well-endowed with significant coffee shops — restaurants that are more polite than a diner but less formal than a linen-napkin restaurant. San Diego has some of the best, which means that it is a great place to eat breakfast. Beyond exemplary coffee shops, great morning-meal opportunities are found in the city’s bakeries…
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America’s Byways: Great Lakes Seaway Trail
11 STOPS |
279 MILES
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5 hr 31 min
Watertown to Niagara Falls
This tour will take you on a five and a half hour drive along America’s Great Lakes Seaway Trail. Beginning in Watertown, you will end your tour by Niagara Falls. Along the way, we have picked 11 excellent restaurants and candy shops to fill your journey and your…
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Local Authentic Eats from Las Vegas to Palm Springs
8 STOPS |
313 MILES
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5 hr 21 min
Road Trip Overview
This 5.5 hour road trip will take you over a total of 312 miles from the chaotic fast paced streets of Las Vegas to the relaxed town of Palm Springs just next to Joshua Tree National Park. With 3 fantastic restaurants in Las Vegas and another 5 in and around Palm…
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Eat Your Way Through Texas; Dallas, Austin and Hill Country
8 STOPS |
316 MILES
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5 hr 30 min
Road Trip Overview
With a total of 316 miles to cover on this food filled road trip, the predicted drive time is 5 ½ hours. Beginning 30 minutes outside Dallas, the second largest city in Texas, this road trip will take you through small towns and fields, as well as the city of Austin,…
DISHES
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Frito Pie
Casseroles layered with corn tortillas go back to Mesoamerica, but the Fritos pie (or, if you wish, Frito pie) cannot, by definition, predate 1932. That is when Fritos were patented by Elmer Doolin, who got the recipe from a streetcorner vendor and started selling them at his lunch counter in San Antonio. (Doolin subsequently invented the…
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Snail Salad
What Italians throughout New England call scungilli, Rhode Islanders know as snails. And while scungilli salad is fairly rare, snail salad is ubiquitous in the Ocean State. The creature in question is a sea snail, what south Floridians might recognize as conch –a very pretty mollusk in a spiral shell. It is boiled, its meat extracted…
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Beef on Weck
Beyond perfectly cooked and expertly sliced roast beef, the “weck” aspect of Buffalo’s favorite sandwich is essential. From the German word Kummel, meaning caraway seed, a kummelweck looks vaguely like an ordinary hard roll spangled with caraway seeds and coarse salt. But it is not ordinary. A correct weck is delicate, its freshness evanescent. Lightness is…
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Lemon Icebox Pie
When the climate is hot and a meal is spicy, no dessert is more refreshing than lemon icebox pie with its cool, sweet-tart equilibrium. It is popular throughout the South, but especially so in Memphis and down into cotton country.
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Hot Lobster Roll
Simplicity itself: hunks of warm, fresh-picked lobster bathed in butter and piled into a split-top bun that has been lightly grilled (in butter) on both sides. No mayo, no lettuce, no herbs or seasonings. Just sheer lobster-eating bliss.
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White Clam Pizza
White clam pizza was first served in New Haven in the mid 20th century. It is a simple pie, made with neither tomatoes nor mozzarella cheese – just freshly-opened clams, minced garlic, a dusting of sharp Pecarino cheese and a sprinkle of herbs. The elegant medley is really more a flatbread than a pizza, its crust…
FEATURES
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Jane’s Diary: Quest for the Macrame Owl
A few days ago I walked past a gift boutique in my home town and came to an abrupt halt. In the window display among the cute pink and green Lily Pulitzer shifts and novelty gifts for the golf nut in your life were two macrame owls.
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Jane’s Diary: Meeting the Titan of TV News
For a few years Michael and I bounced among Good Morning America, The Today Show, and CBS This Morning doing Roadfood segments. Decades back, lots of people watched these network shows; and if you were fortunate enough to be on one, whatever you were selling sold. Roadfood sales soared…
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Cle Elum Bakery
Cake donuts and maple bars are at their best in this long-standing town bakery, which also is known for its cookies and bread. Good coffee, too.
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Hidden Gems + Local Hot Spots: Authentic Eats in Portland, Oregon
Do Not Miss These Donuts
- Although classic donuts are offered at Voodoo Doughnut we recommend you don’t order them. The magic of Voodoo Doughnuts is their creations that are hard to find anywhere else. With menu items such as a cock & balls donut, a dirty snowball and…
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Classic Restaurants to Visit on Route 66 Through Albuquerque
The Best Restaurants in Albuquerque on Route 66
Route 66 did not bypass cities. It ran straight through their hearts. Such is the case in Albuquerque, where the highway goes right past some of our favorite local restaurants serving authentic New Mexican cuisine, classic diner fare, and more.
Vintage Pharmacy Lunch Counter…
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The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Palm Springs
Palm Springs – An Eater’s Oasis in the Desert
Just a few hours east of Los Angeles, Palm Springs is known for its warm weather, golf courses, midcentury-modern architecture, and fancy resorts. Many fine dining options abound in this vacationers paradise, but finding casual, neighborhood spots can be challenging in a sea of strip…