Restaurants

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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Memorable | One of the Best

82 Queen

82 Queen is deluxe and expensive, serving inspired versions of coastal Carolina's regional specialties. Number One best-eat is shrimp and creamy grits.

Amish Oven

Despite its name, the Amish Oven serves traditional Deep South meat-and-three meals, including excellent side dishes, plus cobbler, pie and pudding for dessert.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bar B Que Shack

Christian County, Kentucky, BBQ at its finest includes hot-sauced mutton, pulled pork and ribs, burgoo and hot slaw on the side, peach cobbler for dessert.

Memorable | One of the Best

Bartley’s Bar-B-Q

First-class Texas BBQ just minutes from DFW airport. Bartley's serves tender smoked meats along with excellent side dishes and knock-out cobbler for dessert.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Beacon Drive-In

The Beacon is a bustling South Carolina drive-in with instantaneous counter service as well as car hops. Have the pork-a-plenty plate with sweet, sweet tea.

Memorable | One of the Best

Bean Palace

Located in a 19th-century Arkansas grist mill, the Bean Palace is a family-friendly cafe that offers real country lunch and weekend breakfasts.

Good | Worth a Return

Beaver House

"Sunday dinner every day," is how Beaver House of Statesboro, Georgia, bills its Dixie-classic boardinghouse-style meals, from fried chicken to peach cobbler.

Bevrick’s Char House Grille

Just off I-16 west of Savannah, Georgia, Bevrick's is a convenient buffet & menu restaurant with something for everyone: beef, chicken, seafood, salads, etc.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Big Daddy’s Dish

Fried chicken, spare ribs, catfish, etc. accompanied by expertly-cooked vegetables and Georgia peach cobbler make Big Daddy's an Atlanta best bet for soul food.

Big Mama’s Soul Food

A restaurant in an Augusta, Georgia shopping mall, Big Mama's serves soul food meat-and-3, from fried or smothered chicken to peach cobbler & red velvet cake.

Big Mike’s Soul Food

Locals know and love Big Mike's as the best of Myrtle Beach. Offering authentic soul food and genuine hospitality, it's a treasure.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bobop’s Famous Chicken

Bobop's is a gas station / convenience store / Blimpie shop that also includes a short cafeteria with extraordinarily flavorful fried chicken & fixins.

Memorable | One of the Best

Brown’s

A Charlottesville gas-station mini-mart, Brown's serves some of the best fried chicken in an especially chicken-rich part of Virginia.

Bryce’s Cafeteria

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** Bryce's is a beautiful Texas cafeteria serving more casseroles and vegetables than most Yankees see in a year. Dessert: peach cobbler, please.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Buckwheat’s BBQ

Buckwheat's pitmaster is a formidable player in BBQ competitions. Authentic smoke-cooked fare at his restaurant in Aiken, South Carolina, reflects that talent.

Burris Farm Market Bakery

Burris is a Gulf Coast Alabama farm stand with a bakery in back that serves strawberry shortcake, Key lime pie, and apple dumplings.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Cafe 209

Locals love this downtown Augusta, Georgia, lunch-only meat-and-3 for vivid southern vegetables, fried chicken, pork chops, Wednesday ribs and Friday catfish.

Cafe Reconcile

Cafe Reconcile is a New Orleans treasure, serving Creole soul food in a Central City location that brims with personality.

Cafe Strudel

South Carolina's hip, friendly Cafe Strudel makes everything from scratch using the best local ingredients It's a breakfast, lunch & dinner favorite.

Cahill’s Chicken Kitchen

Cahill's is a boisterous Bluffton farm-market restaurant with a menu beyond fried chicken, including local oysters and shrimp and a dozen different vegetables.

Memorable | One of the Best

Carbone’s

Carbone’s of Hartford, Connecticut, has been serving white-tablecloth Italian fare since '38. For a big deal, old-world meal, it reigns supreme.

Memorable | One of the Best

Carolina BBQ

A family-run restaurant since 1969, Carolina BBQ is a traditional all-you-can-eat pig pickin: smoky pulled pork plus a constellation of side dishes around it.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Carolina Buffet

A no-frills but big-flavored southern-style buffet featuring great fried chicken, vegetables, and banana pudding and/or peach cobbler for dessert.

West Columbia, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Chandler’s Deli

Chandler's Deli is a soul food cafeteria restaurant that serves some of the best BBQ, fried chicken, and classic southern side dishes in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Charles Seafood

Local families & friends crowd into Charles Seafood for mullet, crab legs, grouper, shrimp & all that swims. It's casual quality, especially fun weekends.

Memorable | One of the Best

Chef Eddie’s

Chef Eddie's is a superb soul-food destination in Orlando, serving three meals a day and great feasts for after church on Sunday.

Chef’s House

A cozy pink home on a commercial strip of road in Augusta, the Chef's House offers a soul-food buffet that shows the hand of a skilled cuisinier.

Corrales Mexican Food

Corrales is an exceptional Mexican roadside patio offering true examples of Ventura, CA town snack, little known to outsiders: corn burritos.

Good | Worth a Return

Cottage Cafe

"Home for hungry travelers since 1935," Cle Elum's Cottage Cafe is a diner with hearty fare that includes corned beef hash and large pies.

Crossroads Cafe

From-scratch Southern comfort-food served cafeteria-style in a diner as comfy as favorite slippers makes Crossroads Cafe a good stop for breakfast & lunch.

Memorable | One of the Best

Delectable Delight

A hospitable hole-in-the-wall on Edgefield's town square, Delectable Delight offers sandwiches & hot meals prepared with expertise . *CLOSED*

Dick’s Drive-In

Dick's is an exuberant drive-in with a classic burger-fries-shakes menu. A Seattle favorite since 1954. Open until 2am.

Dino’s Bar

Dino's is a shot-and-beer dive, but its burgers are a Nashville treasure, and its short, simple, smart bar menu doesn't miss.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Billed as a "Genuine Honkey Tonk Rib Joint", New York's Dinosaur offers Americana in the form of BBQ and blues music. Don't forget Syracuse-style salt potatoes.

Doughnut Plant

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

Du-Par’s

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Du-Par's in the Los Angeles Farmer's Market is a fantastic destination for a snack, a stack of pancakes, or a chicken pot pie.

Dukes

Dukes is an Aiken, South Carolina all-you-can-eat BBQ buffet, featuring pulled pork plus terrific fried chicken and a couple dozen exemplary side dishes.

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Memorable | One of the Best

Evo

Evo is a modern pizzeria in the trendy Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston that employs a wood-fired oven to cook superb pizzas using local ingredients.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Fat Boy’s Bar B Que Ranch

Fat Boy's is a big, welcoming rural-themed BBQ parlor serving authentic smoke-cooked meals, as well as Alabama Camp stew, fried pies, and peach cobbler.

Memorable | One of the Best

Florida Avenue Grill

A soul-food diner in Washington, DC, the Florida Avenue Grill serves square meals to government glitterati as well as taxi drivers and ordinary folks.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Frog Hollow Tavern

Local, seasonal, organic: Augusta's Frog Hollow Tavern does it right. Shrimp & grits is kaleidoscopic; in-season peaches are spectacular; cocktails are clever.

Augusta, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Gullah Grub

Gullah Grub is on a mission to celebrate & serve the vivid creole cuisine of the Lowcountry's Sea Islands. A South Carolina regional-food best!

Good | Worth a Return

Hap’s Pit Barbecue

Hap's is a Phoenix BBQ where meats are rubbed with spice and slow-cooked with smoke. Lamb and chicken are the two outstanding dishes.

Phoenix, AZ

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Harvest Table Buffet

For over 40 years, Augusta families have flocked to the Harvest Table, a hospitable buffet offering a tremendous variety of expertly-prepared Dixie favorites.

Augusta, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Hunter’s Cafe

Jackson, Georgia's cafeteria-style soul food town cafe offers meat-and-3 lunch and spectacular sausages, ham, & sausage gravy at breakfast. Open 7 days a week.

Jackson, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Ike’s Chili House

Ike's is an early 20th century urban chili parlor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eats are cheap and cross-counter attitude is served in abundance.

Tulsa, OK

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Island Restaurant

Island Restaurant is an Upper East Side neighborhood retreat with yacht-like decor & menu of fine Northeast seafood and New York comfort-food standards.

New York, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Ivery’s

A bargain all-you-can eat buffet west of Augusta, Georgia, Ivery's is downhome cooking at its best, including splendid fried chicken and Dixie vegetables.

Thomson, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Jake’s Famous Crawfish

Thick white tablecloths & jacketed wait-staff are emblems of a classic Pacific Northwest fish house. Jake's has been a Portland best-bet for over a century.

Portland, OR

Excellent | Worth a Detour

John Mull’s Meats/Roadkill Grill

When this deer processor and butcher started a BBQ stand, it caused a sensation. John Mull's beef ribs are worth driving out of town for.

Las Vegas, NV

Memorable | One of the Best

John’s Famous Stew

A bowl of John's Famous Stew is filled with huge clods of beef and chunks of vegetables. Down some beer with lunch in this friendly Indianapolis tavern.

Indianapolis, IN

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Junction of Gowensville

The Junction is an upstate South Carolina crossroads cafe renowned for its country-style buffet, which always features sublime, gnarled-crust fried chicken.

Landrum, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Juniper

Elegant southern cooking makes Juniper a destination restaurant for food lovers who come for Friday shrimp and grits, Monday meat loaf, and Sunday brunch.

Ridge Spring, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Killen’s | True Texas BBQ | South of Houston

Fall-off-the-bone ribs and sweet-and-juicy pulled pork draw hungry diners from near and far to Killen’s for true Texas BBQ.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Kool Kone

Kool Kone is a longtime roadside attraction in Wareham, attracting crowds for lunch, dinner, ice cream and miniature golf in the adjoining “Dolphin Cove.”

Excellent | Worth a Detour

La’wan’s Soul Food Restaurant

Serving such soul food favorites as fried chicken, salmon cakes, catfish, and pork chops, La'wan's has become a Charlotte soul food landmark.

Charlotte, NC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Lexington Barbecue #1

Lexington Barbecue #1 has defined North Carolina excellence since '62. Smoky pork is a festival of tenderness with crunchy bits from the shoulder's outside.

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

Memorable | One of the Best

Marcy Jo’s Mealhouse and Bakery

The menu is limited: a daily special served until it's gone, then burger, soup, or chicken salad sandwich. Dessert features Coca-Cola cake and peach cobbler.

Memorable | One of the Best

Martha’s Menu

A small-town cafe with fried chicken and a plethora of Dixie vegetables, plus corn bread and sweet tea: all for under $10 at Martha's of Corinth, Mississippi.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Maxey’s Steakhouse

As much as it's known for BBQ, Texas's state dish is the chicken fried steak. Maxey's in Childress serves one of the best and biggest.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Meridian Corner

Meridian Corner is a remote roadside tavern that upholds traditional South Dakotan foodways, nailing every dish.

Memorable | One of the Best

Midway BBQ

A Carolina BBQ meat-&-three restaurant specializing in old-fashioned hash and chicken stew, Midway is a best-bet for all seeking rare, authentic American fare.

Memorable | One of the Best

Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House

Mary Bobo's Boarding House offers old-fashioned, boarding-house dining in Lynchburg, Tennessee, the home town of Jack Daniel. The menu varies day to day.

Memorable | One of the Best

Model Pharmacy

A vintage lunch counter serving true New-Mex green chile stew, warm fruit cobblers, and soda fountain specialties, Model Pharmacy is a taste of old Route 66.

Albuquerque, NM

Memorable | One of the Best

Moody’s Restaurant

Moody's Restaurant is a Northern Louisiana destination for a memorable meat-and-three meal, followed by a dessert of homemade pie or cobbler.

Good | Worth a Return

Moose Cafe

A restaurant boasting affiliation with the Asheville farmers market, Moose Cafe serves traditional southern fare from biscuits & apple butter to fruit cobbler.

Asheville, NC

Memorable | One of the Best

Mr. Bartley’s

Mr. Bartley's is a Cambridge, Mass, institution with a menu of sandwiches and burgers named after politicians, sports stars, and local glitterati.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe

Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe is a small Phoenix, AZ cafe that has become a southwestern legend for its exemplary soul food, especially fried chicken and fried pork chops.

Phoenix, AZ

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.

Memorable | One of the Best

Nikki’s Place

A small soul food restaurant with a big personality, Nikki's is an Orlando gem. Shrimp & grits, available all day, is a Roadfood best.

Orlando, FL

Memorable | One of the Best

Norma’s Seafood and Steak

An Oregon coast restaurant with excellent seafood, Norma's makes especially good crab Louis. Also: yummy local sole and a large variety of fish and chips.

Memorable | One of the Best

Old Country Store

The Old Country Store serves a classic Southern buffet for very little money. Deep-fried chicken is juicy and deeply flavorful. Great vegetables galore!

Memorable | One of the Best

Old Edgefield Grill | New American Dixie

Contemporary culinary style meets Southern tradition in the polite dining rooms of the Old Edgefield Grill. New American Dixie dining!

Edgefield, SC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Old Town Bakery

On a corner in Key West, Old Town Bakery is the local go-to for breads, cakes, croissants, crunchy palmiers, and even a cup of brie-tomato soup.

Key West, FL

Memorable | One of the Best

Opie’s BBQ

A family eatery in the small town of Spicewood, Opie's is a Hill Country best: no-frills BBQ for which people drive miles away from Austin.

Memorable | One of the Best

OST

Saddles for counter stools and cowboy decor everywhere, OST is a vintage Texas town cafe serving great chicken-fried steak and Tex-Mex classics.

Memorable | One of the Best

Peaches ‘n’ Such

A farm-stand cafe surrounded by South Carolina orchards, Peaches 'n' Such serves breakfast, lunch and, of course, peach ice cream and peach cobbler.

Memorable | One of the Best

Pearl’s Saltwater Grill

Fifteen minutes from downtown Savannah, Pearl's is an oasis of coastal calm, offering expertly prepared seafood plain & fancy, and splendid waterside seating.

Savannah, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pecan Lodge

In the heart of Dallas' Deep Ellum, Pecan Lodge uses a unique combination of Texas and North Carolina styles to smoke brisket.

Dallas, TX

Memorable | One of the Best

Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana of Fairfield

Pepe's pizza delivers the perfect balance of crunch and chew, savory burnt edge, and debris-strewn underside that characterizes Connecticut's best.

Fairfield, CT

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Peter Luger

Peter Luger is an ancient (since 1887) neighborhood Brooklyn steak house that serves stupendous porterhouse. Is this America's best steak? (Cash only)

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Pheasant Restaurant and Lounge

This former gas station and snack shop has been serving local game and comfort food to 'hungry-mous' travelers since 1949. A super prairie stop, Roadfood-style.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Prime Steakhouse | Best Beef | Aiken, SC

Sophisticated but not the least bit snooty, Prime Steakhouse is first-class all the way, featuring the best beef for miles around.

Aiken, SC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Purple Hull Market | Southern Plate Lunch And Big Steaks

Southern plate-lunch and weekend steak dinners make the Purple Hull Market a beloved country-casual destination in North Augusta, SC.

North Augusta, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Ray’s Diner

Omelets, hash browns, and creamy grits make this neighborhood diner a breakfast destination in Columbia. Ray's lunch is top-notch meat-and-three soul food.

Memorable | One of the Best

Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge: Tasty Pit-cooked Pork and Hushpuppies

Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge in Shelby serves some of the best North Carolina BBQ: pit-cooked pork as a sandwich, tray or plate, along with crunchy hushpuppies.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Red Shed Diner & Produce

A colorful, welcoming roadside restaurant & produce stand, Graniteville's Red Shed serves hearty cafe meals and blue ribbon pies & cakes. * CLOSED *

Graniteville, SC

Good | Worth a Return

Rogerland Restaurant

A vintage Arkansas town cafe where the locals eat, Rogerland features a downhome buffet as well as BBQ cooked in an adjoining smoke house.

Memorable | One of the Best

Royal Guard Fish & Chips & More

Royal Guard is a spanking-clean fish & chips restaurant that also has a clay oven from which emerge excellent seekh kabobs, chicken tikka and naan flatbreads.

Danbury, CT

Good | Worth a Return

Ruth’s Family Restaurant

A favorite Augusta diner known for breakfast, Ruth's also serves good meat-and-two lunch and desserts made by the waitresses.

Augusta, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Saffron Salmon

The best distraction from a stunning view of Yaquina Bay is with a plate of Saffron Salmon's calamari, pan-sauteed in olive oil. Salmon here is always wild.

Newport, OR

Memorable | One of the Best

Salt Lick

In the Hill Country west of Austin, the Salt Lick is a theme park of BBQ, serving a full range of smoke-cooked meat with all the fixins. A Texas legend!

Memorable | One of the Best

Serving Spoon | Hospitality and Good Vibes Soul Food in L.A.

Estimable soul food is the specialty of the Serving Spoon, a Los Angeles restaurant that fairly rocks with hospitality and good vibes.

Inglewood, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Shealy’s Bar-B-Que

Shealy’s is the dominant BBQ in central South Carolina, a buffet-style feast that includes pork, pulley bones & countless southern sides.

Batesburg-Leesville, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Sidetracked Cafe

Only open for lunch on Sunday, Sidetracked Café is a classic Southern restaurant with a meat and three menu. Do not skip dessert!

Memorable | One of the Best

Skipper’s Fish Camp

Skipper's is a polite Georgia fish camp with a wide menu of local seafood that includes superb sweet shrimp. Sweet potato souffle mustn't be missed.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Sweet T’s

Downhome cafeteria style southern fare makes Sweet T's a best-bet lunch destination between Atlanta & Augusta, Georgia. Glorious desserts!

Thomson, GA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Swett’s

Swett's is a Nashville restaurant serving traditional soul food including BBQ, fried chicken and good southern vegetables, plus, of course, pies and cobblers.

Nashville, TN

Good | Worth a Return

Takosushi

Culinary fusion of Japan and the American Southwest includes sushi rolls, flash-fried stuffed jalapenos, bento boxes and flank-steak tacos.

Aiken, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Taylor’s Bar-B-Que

BBQ plus a meat-and-three cafeteria make Taylor's a country-cooking destination (open at 4:30am) in the Bird Dog Capital of the World.

Waynesboro, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Terry Black’s BBQ

Terry Black's is a best bet for delicious barbecue smoked daily in downtown Austin, Texas.

Austin, TX

Memorable | One of the Best

The Planing Mill Artisan Pizza | Visalia California’s Best Pizza

The Planing Mill is a local favorite for Visalia California's best pizza. A classic pizza parlor with innovative toppings and a killer craft beer list.

Visalia, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Timothy’s

Timothy's of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a destination for some of the best small-batch artisan ice cream in the Northeast. Silky fudge for sundaes is superb.

Memorable | One of the Best

Tyler’s Barbecue

Good news to anyone living in the Texas Panhandle or anyone driving along Route 66 through Amarillo. At Tyler's BBQ, brisket is king.

Amarillo, TX

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Wade’s Restaurant

Legendary meat-&-3 destination since 1947, Wade's draws Spartanburg crowds for well-priced, very-Southern vegetables, fried chicken, & motherly dinner rolls.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Waterwheel Road Grocery

Saturday is the day to bring big appetite to this country-road grocery store. That's BBQ day, when Waterwheel's slow-smoked meats are followed by peach cobbler.

Memorable | One of the Best

Whitney Restaurant and Bar

A handsome, hospitable downtown restaurant/bar serving upscale square meals and elegant cocktails, the Whitney is a charming date-night destination.

Aiken, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Zarzour’s

Zarzour's of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a family-run lunch-only cafe serving the best square meals and burgers in town, plus homespun Dixie dessert.

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