Top Dogs
No introduction is necessary. These are America's ten best hot dog joints By JANE and MICHAEL STERNÂ 1 Walter's is a pagoda-shaped roadside stand that has been serving incomparable hot...
You can eat your way around the world in Los Angeles, but what are its signature dishes and which are the restaurants that are L.A.’s alone? To the Roadfood devotee, an eating tour of the city would have to include a French Dip sandwich at Philippe’s the Original, a burger and banana cream pie at the Apple Pan, fried chicken dinner at the do-wop classic coffee shop Pann’s, a stack of pancakes at 24/7 Du-Par’s in the Farmer’s Market, flannel cakes at Musso & Frank in Hollywood, matzoh ball soup at Canter’s deli, a corned beef sandwich at Langer’s, good old-style Mexican-American fare at El Tepeyac Cafe, burritos at Al & Bea’s, and a brace of chili dogs at Pink’s. You also need a hamburger — at one time, southern California was America’s Burger Central — and while the original Cassell’s Hamburgers closed a few years back, it is now reborn, and the burgers might be better than ever.
No introduction is necessary. These are America's ten best hot dog joints By JANE and MICHAEL STERNÂ 1 Walter's is a pagoda-shaped roadside stand that has been serving incomparable hot...
Pancakes make people happy. Arriving at the table in the form of short stacks or lofty towers, or fanned out like a haul of soft gold medallions, they are...
When Los Angeles was young at heart, cafeterias were stylish. They had first appeared in several American cities around the turn of the century; but by the mid-1920s there...
What a yummy trip it is to eat one's way from Chicago to L.A. along old Route 66! This tour of 21 excellent stops along the way includes some...
While magnificent scenery along Route 66 in Arizona and California is abundant, good meals can be scarce. But it isn't necessary to take a major detour down to Sedona...
Making the drive from L.A. to Palm Springs? Here's where to find the best local, authentic eats along the way, plus where to go once you arrive.
Un-fussy California Fare from Malibu to Santa Monica While Malibu is an upscale place, there are still opportunities to experience casual California beach eats at their best. Try some breakfast...
As breathtaking as a western sunset is, western breakfast can be every bit as beautiful. Sunrise never tasted better than it does at any one of these dozen breakfast...
Taco Take Over When we started hunting Roadfood many years ago, good tacos were hard to find anywhere other than the southwest borderlands and southern California. Today, great tacos are...
First, we apologize to the Stockholm Pie Company in Wisconsin, to Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, Indiana, to the Bang Bang Pie Shop in Chicago, and to Beardsley Cider Mill...
Every deli serves a roast beef sandwich, but a handful of U.S. restaurants make roast beef sandwiches that go beyond mere lunch meat on bread. The most memorable are...
We Americans love our hamburgers, at home and on the road. From mischievous fried sliders to majestic beef pillows oozing juice over coals, burgers are a birthright coast to...
Pancakes are especially appreciated by travelers in search of significant breakfast. While fair to middling ones are on the menu virtually everywhere, restaurants that serve four-star flapjacks are rare....
Crumb-topped, lattice-topped, or layered with caramel and welcoming a scoop of ice cream on top, apple pie is everywhere from coast to coast. For your pleasure, a baker's dozen...
At their best, made from roasted chilies that still have muscular vegetable walls, stuffed with cream-rich molten cheese and haloed in a coat of featherweight batter fried to a...
If you visit Los Angeles from the East and have a stubborn circadian rhythm governor that has you awake and hungry in the middle of the night, prepare to...