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Roadfood restaurants aren't only about good food. They are places with memorable personality: diners, town cafes, BBQs, street carts, even some deluxe dining rooms.

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Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Alethea’s | Buffalo New York is America’s Best Candy City

Alethea's of Buffalo, New York (America's best candy city) is a chocolatier that features a great ice cream parlor with an array of homemade toppings and crisp nuts to top sundaes.

Amelie’s French Bakery

A French bakery with kitsch decor, Amelie's is a 24/7 beacon of croissants, quiches, tarts, tortes, sandwiches, soups and salads plus coffee in every good form.

Charlotte, NC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Avery’s On Tulane

Masters of the “specialty” po-boy, Avery’s on Tulane serves destination-worthy sandwiches and Creole specialties.

Baked and Wired

Delicious coffee and amazing baked goods, including many that are gluten free, make Baked and Wired a Washington, DC, must-stop.

Memorable | One of the Best

Bauder Pharmacy

Indulge in a turtle sundae, shake, malt, or soda. The ice cream is Bauder's own, the flavor rotation including fresh strawberry and peach in summer months.

Beerntsen’s Confectionery

Beerntsen's is a glorious little Wisconsin candy store where you can have a nice, inexpensive lunch and spoon into expertly-made sundaes.

Memorable | One of the Best

BenGable Savories

Country-casual and city-sophisticated, Chatham's BenGable Savories is foremost a bakery, specializing in cakes, quiches & frittatas that are second to none.

Bertie County Peanuts

Bertie County Peanuts' specialty is ultra-crunchy blister-fried nuts. They're great plain, honey roasted, peppered, chocolate covered or butterscotched.

Bishop’s Orchards

Pick your own apples or strawberries (in season) at Bishop's Orchards in Connecticut. We like the pies, loaf cakes, muffins, breads, and cookies. Take-out only.

Guilford, CT

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bissinger’s

Bissinger's makes the best candies imaginable. Raspberry, blackberry, and strawberry cremes and soft caramel-filled chocolates are excellent.

St. Louis, MO

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bridgewater Chocolate

World's best chocolatier? No doubt, Bridgewater Chocolate makes the greatest truffles. Barks, bars, turtles, & glazed fruits are sensational, also.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Camellia Grill

Camellia Grill, a vintage New Orleans diner with style, hosts a mix of locals, tourists & Tulane students. Must eat: butter-grilled pecan pie a la mode.

Cannatella Grocery

Baton Rouge's Cannatella Grocery, one of the oldest Acadiana delis, is a place for superb boudin links and exemplary muffulettas.

Canteen Lunch in the Alley

What some Iowans call loosemeats is known in Ottumwa as a canteen. Loosemeats and pie with a rich milk shake make Canteen Lunch a treasure.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Casa Sedona

Elegant breakfast in a secluded spot by the regal red rocks of Sedona. Ricotta pancakes are great, as is Arizona bagels and lox – sopaipillas and smoked salmon.

Catherine’s Chocolates

For chocolates of all kinds, especially the best chocolate-dipped fruit, Catherine's is the go-to place in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Memorable | One of the Best

Crown Candy Kitchen

St. Louis' Crown Candy Kitchen serves lunch, but its main attraction is the soda fountain, where specialties include glorious from-scratch malted milk shakes.

Cupcake Royale

Cupcakes are extraordinarily moist and tender, available in flavors that range from plain vanilla to banana/peanut butter/chocolate (think Elvis).

Custard’s Last Stand

Philadelphia-style ice cream and water ice by the Jersey shore. Specialty: chocolate ices that can, and should, be layered into soft-serve.

Good | Worth a Return

Dave’s Gourmet Ice Cream

A marriage of high-tech methods and quality ingredients, Dave’s Gourmet is unique ice cream tucked into a mini-mart.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Don’s Original

Don's Original at Sea Breeze Amusement Park is the place to taste Western New York's favorite hot dogs: red hots (aka Texas hots), white hots and chili dogs.

Doughnut Plant

Artisan donuts, including a Valrhona dark chocolate yeast donut and a Meyer lemon donut make Doughnut Plant a Lower East Side treasure.

Eat ‘n Meet Grill

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** It looks like a grocery store, but Eat 'n' Meet Grill in fact is an accomplished fine-dining restaurant in upstate New York.

Memorable | One of the Best

El Farolito

In the tiny New Mexico town of El Rito, El Farolito offers chiles rellenos, enchiladas, green chile and green chile cheeseburgers, plus fine Frito pie.

Memorable | One of the Best

Enstrom’s

Butter, sugar, almonds, milk chocolate, salt. Can't get much simpler than the ingredient list for Enstrom's superb milk chocolate almond toffee. A Denver best!

Florentine Pastry Shop

Florentine is an old Italian bakery in Utica specializing in "pusties," (pasticciotti) -- single-serving custard-filled tarts. Cannoli also are recommended.

Memorable | One of the Best

Golden Turtle

The Golden Turtle is a full-service chocolate shop with a wide variety of caramels, creams, and nuts enrobed in light or dark chocolate.

Memorable | One of the Best

Green Salmon

Enticing as its coffee is, it's Green Salmon food that wins fans in Yachats, Oregon: superb pastries, hot cereals and egg sandwiches far beyond ordinary.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hank’s Hamburgers

Hank's hash-house hamburgers are good and greasy, a Tulsa best. Also on the menu: Frito chili pie, corn dogs and chocolate-covered peanut butter bon bons.

Hart’s Turkey Farm

Thanksgiving dinner every day at Hart’s Turkey Farm in Meredith, New Hampshire: traditional or, if you wish, tempura, Parmesan, croquettes, divan, etc.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hidden Valley Eatery

Breakfast and lunch are outstanding at Hidden Valley Eatery, a casual, rustic restaurant in the foothills of the Berkshires.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hinkley Bakery

Hinkley Bakery is a popular, century old donut shop in Jackson, Michigan. Try chocolate crescents and glazed donuts, especially when they're still warm.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hodgman’s Frozen Custard

Few sweet things are more satisfying on a warm summer day in Maine than a cool cone or cup of Hodgman's freshly made frozen custard.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hopkins Farm Creamery

Hopkins Farm Creamery is a Delaware best bet for the creamiest ice cream around. Flavors we especially like are black raspberry and chocolate banana walnut.

Memorable | One of the Best

Il Bacio

From-scratch ice cream at Danbury's Il Bacio includes such memorable flavors as 7-chocolate Cardiac Arrest, Vanilla Pudding, and Peanut Butter Oreo Cheesecake.

Jacques Torres Chocolate

Jacques Torres is a world-class chocolatier whose iced hot chocolate is noteworthy: a blenderized combo that is frothy, bittersweet, and invigorating.

Good | Worth a Return

Knapp’s

Knapp's of Tacoma is a bastion of old-fashioned square meals, from hotcakes and morning omelets to turkey and mashed potatoes at lunch.

Tacoma, WA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

L.A. Burdick

Artisan pastries accompany coffee and the world's best hot chocolate at L.A. Burdick, one of New England's top chocolatiers.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

La Petite Grignote

A more secluded version of Key West's fine French bakery serves the best pastries in town. Egg breakfasts, bread, coffee & smoothies all are grand.

LeDuc’s Frozen Custard

LeDuc's is a good taste of Wisconsin favorites, including tasty burgers and silken custard. Sundaes are particularly recommended.

Memorable | One of the Best

Lemon Drop

Milk shakes galore at the oldest restaurant in Anderson, Indiana. The lemon shake packs strong citrus flavor and a perfect balance of sweet and tart.

Memorable | One of the Best

Leo’s Bagels

It's hard to find a really good bagel these days, even in New York. But Leo's delivers the goods: just-right chewy but not too dense, simply flawless.

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** Les Halles is a true taste of New York, including quality provender, high prices, and a celebrity connection in the form of Anthony Bourdain, executive chef.

New York, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Liliha Bakery

Liliha, a bakery/cafe famous for such island classics as malasadas and taro donuts, is best-known for its unique Coco Puff.

Honolulu, HI

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Lithuanian Bakery | Old-World Pastry in Omaha

Omaha's Lithuanian Bakery is famous for a spectacular Napoleon torte; it's also a source of kolaches, cookies, breads, and cakes.

Omaha, NE

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Magpies | All Butter All the Time | A Knoxville Best

Magpies' cupcakes, cookies, and cheesecake slices, made according to the motto "all butter all the time," are sweet-tooth Nirvana in Knoxville.

Knoxville, TN

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Manuel’s Bread Cafe

In this town cafe with a French accent, specialties range from trout Reubens to variations of the croque monsieur. Save room for 5-flavor pound cake.

North Augusta, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Mike’s Candy Shop

Of Buffalo's many great candy shops, Mike's is among the best. Sponge candy is superb, as are the city's unique Charlie Chaplins, made with fresh marshmallow.

Memorable | One of the Best

Monica’s Chocolates

Lubec, Maine: Monica's chocolate-covered marzipan is the best we've ever had. Try the peanut butter cups, too. They will make you all but forget Reese's.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Namaste Indian Street Food

Located in a common shopping center, Namaste offers uncommonly good Indian food, dine-in or take-out. Go in a group: There are so many good things to taste.

Good | Worth a Return

New Palace Bakery | Detroit’s Polish Pastries At Their Best

Enjoy Detroit's Polish pastries, from donuts to soft buttery cookies at New Palace Bakery. Macaroons and paczi are particularly great.

Good | Worth a Return

Numinous Coffee Roasters

Cozy up to a cup of freshly roasted coffee, sandwich on house-made rosemary sourdough, and apple-molasses cookies at Marble Falls' town favorite Numinous.

Marble Falls, TX

Excellent | Worth a Detour

PA Dutch Market

Annapolis, Maryland's PA Dutch Market is the place for hearty, from-scratch Pennsylvania Dutch-style cooking, three meals a day.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Park Row Market #1

In a well-preserved & restored 19th century Edgefield, South Carolina, general store, Park Row Market offers a modern menu of sandwiches & salads plus fine BBQ.

Edgefield, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pasqual’s

Pasqual's is Santa Fe's favorite corner eatery, serving bright, modern versions of New Mexico classics. Corned beef hash is some of the best in the West.

Santa Fe, NM

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Paula’s Donuts

An inventive Western New York Donut haunt, Paula's is home of a legendary fried-dough curiosity: the peanut stick.

Good | Worth a Return

Pocketstone Cafe

Bigfork’s Pocketstone Cafe is a sweet tooth’s dream of raspberry scones, cinnamon-swirled buns with cream cheese frosting, and ‘the galaxy’s best pancakes.’

Memorable | One of the Best

Red’s Dairy Freeze

Red's Dairy Freeze is one of America’s last great soft-serve stands, a favorite of Portlanders for over sixty years

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Ronnie’s Michigan Stand

Ronnie's is a long time hot dog stand/drive-in that has been slinging Michigan-style hot dogs in the greater Plattsburgh area since 1959.

Memorable | One of the Best

Second Ave. Deli

A defining New York delicatessen, the Second Ave. Deli is a best-bet for such Jewish comfort foods as matzoh ball soup, chopped liver, and potato pancakes.

New York, NY

Excellent | Worth a Detour

SloDoCo Donuts

SloDoCo offers colorful, creative strip mall donuts. It's open all night to feed and caffeinate college students and the road weary.

San Luis Obispo, CA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Standard Baking Company

Beyond baguettes, boules, rye, 5-grain & rustic loaves, Standard bakery ovens produce airy croissants, brioches, and galettes. A Portland, Maine treasure!

Memorable | One of the Best

Sugar ‘N Spice

Thank Sugar 'N Spice for frozen bananas' popularity on Newport Beach's Balboa Island. Since 1945.

Memorable | One of the Best

Sweet Water Cafe

Restaurant, bakery and bar with an elevated consciousness, Sweetwater Cafe serves exemplary meals locally-sourced and made from scratch. A Marquette must!

Marquette, MI

Excellent | Worth a Detour

The Brigittine Monks

In this monk-run Oregon fudge shop, you will find well over a dozen buttery-smooth confections, boxed and ready to go.

Memorable | One of the Best

The Daily Scoop

Babcock Hall ice cream, made on campus since 1951, is a Badger student favorite available to all who appreciate the art and science of frozen dairy treats.

Memorable | One of the Best

Tony’s Lunch

Tony's is a Pennsylvania coal country legend, open from 7:30pm until 2am, serving an outrageous burger called The Screamer, which includes Marshmallow Fluff!

Memorable | One of the Best

Triple Oak Bakery

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** A charming little bakery by the side of the road, Triple Oak is a delightful source of cake, pie, and coffee-companion pastries of all kinds. All gluten-free.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Turtle Alley

Turtle Alley's various chocolate turtles are inventive & delicious. The delightful Gloucester, Massachusetts store makes a full range of barks & bon bons.

Gloucester, MA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Val’s Burgers

Enthusiasts get Val's burgers up to one pound. Milkshakes are some of the best. Long wieners are beauteous at this popular Hayward, California, restaurant.

Memorable | One of the Best

Vescio’s Franklin Hotel

Vescio's is a good place for old-fashioned, red-sauced Italian-American food such as chicken parmesan, ziti & sausage, and sauteed veal over penne noodles.

Rome, NY

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Village Coffee Shop

Low prices, welcoming service and excellent large breakfasts make the Village Coffee Shop popular among blue and white collar workers and university students.

Boulder, CO

Memorable | One of the Best

Voss’ Bar-B-Q

At Voss the barbecue is sliced beef piled into a bun and topped with sauce. The sandwiches are mellow and enjoyable, and a real taste of upstate NY.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Wagon Wheel | Chocolate Gravy in Arkansas | Best Pie, Too

Tall meringue pies are Arkansas-excellent at the Wagon Wheel, which also is a great place for biscuits and regular or chocolate gravy.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

White Duck Taco

Mexico is the inspiration for some of White Duck's tacos, but most are a fascinating fusion that reflects flavors of the world, from Buffalo, NY to Thailand.

Asheville, NC

Memorable | One of the Best

Widman’s Candy Shop

Widman’s is a North Dakota candy store known for its unusual chocolate-covered savories, including "chippers" -- chocolate covered potato chips.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Woody’s Towne Cafe

Especially noteworthy are Woody's hashes -- corned beef or sausage -- made fresh in-house, and the big, soft, yeasty Woody Roll. A New Jersey highlight!

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