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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Excellent | Worth a Detour

5 Sisters Blues Cafe

A polite and efficient soul food restaurant downtown Pensacola, Florida, 5 Sisters offers a broad sampler of traditional Southern comfort food.

Ace Biscuit & Barbecue

Ace of Charlottesville, Virginia, makes everything from scratch, extraordinarily well. Not just biscuits and BBQ; also pancakes, waffles & fried chicken.

Aiken Fish House & Oyster Bar

A locals' favorite for all manner of fresh seafood and fine accompaniments, Aiken Fish House & Oyster Bar is a nice, clean place to dine.

Andy Nelson’s Southern Pit Barbecue

A pig on the roof, a pile of hickory logs out back, and a man named Bubba preparing BBQ: Andy Nelson's is the real deal in Cockeysville, Maryland.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits

Bang Bang Pie bakes 6 flavors of pie daily. They are among Chicago's best, exquisitely produced with fresh ingredients plus a helping of value-added love.

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.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Big Boy’s Smokehouse

One of the best BBQs in South Carolina, Big Boy's is a casual restaurant serving ribs, pulled pork, chicken, turkey wings, even first-rate beef brisket.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Blue Ribbon BBQ

Blue Ribbon serves the absolute best BBQ we’ve enjoyed in New England. Pulled pork and ribs are a must, all accented by homemade sauces and hearty sides.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Blue Top Grill

It's a humble diner, but quality lunch counter burgers and meat-&-3 have made the Blue Top Grill a favorite lunch spot east of Augusta since 1951.

Bush’s

A humble seafood restaurant where all kinds of fish are prepared with expertise. On the side: Dixie-best soul-food vegetables.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Busy Bee Cafe

Busy Bee Café is one of Atlanta's best soul food restaurants. Try fried chicken sided by southern vegetables; save room for red velvet cake dessert.

Cafe Reconcile

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

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

Delectable Delight

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

Dennis BBQ | “Where the Good Food Is” | Augusta GA

An out-of-the-way Augusta BBQ where most business is take-out, Dennis' motto is: If you want good food, then come to where the good food is.

Memorable | One of the Best

DeShawn’s Seafood and Chicken

Top-quality, no-frills seafood and great fried chicken make DeShawn's a destination feast in North Augusta. [*PERMANENTLY CLOSED*]

Dip’s Country Kitchen

We love to start the day in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at Mama Dip's restaurant with eggs, pork chops and gravy or country ham, sided by biscuits and grits.

Fat Man’s Cafe

An Augusta favorite now located in a repurposed industrial complex, Fat Man's offers fine Dixie vegetables along with masterful fried chicken or pot roast.

Augusta, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Fire & Spice | Too Much Bacon? (Insert Irony Emoji)

Creative sandwiches, some with a Jamaican jerk twist, but also classics like BLTs with too much bacon, make Fire & Spice a South Carolina best bet. *CLOSED*

Memorable | One of the Best

Fish Eye Grill

Fish Eye Grill in the small town of Girard, Georgia, offers estimable southern-accented fare in modern/ rustic lodge-like setting. Save room for dessert.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Freeman’s Bar-B-Q

A third-generation BBQ serving superb South Carolina-style 'cue, Freeman's has ribs, chopped or sliced pork, and chicken -- all with wickedly flavorful sauce.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Frog and The Hen

Cutting-edge style, casual ambience, and a menu of brilliant takes on homespun Dixie dishes make Frog and The Hen an Augusta best bet.

Augusta, GA

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.

Harold’s New York Deli

Harold's is a brash restaurant that serves enormous portions of top-quality pastrami, corned beef, latkes, and other Jewish deli dishes.

Memorable | One of the Best

Harvest House

Expect the unexpected at Harvest House, where even familiar dishes are served with a twist. Don't miss the fried green tomato tower. Burgers are grand.

Landrum, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hell’s Backbone Grill

Get the best dinner for miles at Boulder’s Backbone Grill, from black pepper biscuits to zucchini fritters to chimayo-kissed pot de creme.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Highrail

A rustic / modern town cafe featuring Dixie fare, rugged burgers, evening pizzas, and peach-state cocktails, Thomson's Highrail is worth a detour off I-20.

Thomson, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Honey From the Rock Cafe

Serving 4-star Dixie cafeteria fare with spiritual purpose, Augusta's Honey from the Rock is known for baked chicken, crisp corn fritters & homemade ice cream.

Horace & Dickie’s

Expertly fried seafood stars on a menu that includes southern vegetables, banana pudding & sweet potato pie. Horace & Dickie's is a DC best!

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Hubba Hubba Smokehouse

Authentic, old-style BBQ slow-smoked for hours over native hardwood coals makes Hubba Hubba a foodie destination in the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills.

Kingsman

The Kingsman is a Columbia restaurant with a full menu, but burgers put it on the Roadfood map, magnificent pimento cheeseburgers in particular.

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.

M & M Soul Food Cafe

M&M is a modest, downhome soul food restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada: fried chicken with highly seasoned crust, succulent pork chops and pancake-style cornbread.

M&M Catering

M&M is a take-out only Knoxville BBQ with four-star pulled pork, ribs, brisket, etc., outstanding side dishes, and a choice of 5 brilliant sauces.

Marina Variety Store

Marina Variety Store is a quality seafood restaurant, a brash diner, & a locals' favorite. Dine with a view of Charleston's Yacht Basin beyond the marshes.

Martha Lou’s Kitchen

Martha Lou's is a small, hospitable Charleston soul-food restaurant where everything is cooked with brio and served with grace. *CLOSED*

Charleston, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Martin’s

Martin's serves meat & 3 at its best: great fried chicken, vegetables galore, plus pies that are the pride of Montgomery, Alabama.

Montgomery, AL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Miss Myra’s Pit Bar-B-Q

Miss Myra's is the place to go in Birmingham for BBQ chicken covered in unique north Alabama white sauce. Banana pudding is world class!

Moose Cafe

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

Nana’s Soul Food

Offering some of the best soul food in Charlotte, Nana's is a cafeteria with a vast array of choices. Great vegetables! Prices are low and service is friendly.

Niki’s West

Niki's West is a Greek-accented cafeteria near the Birmingham farmers market. Specialties are seafood and a vast selection of Southern vegetables.

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.

Off Da Chain Seafood & Mo

Fine fried seafood plus crab legs, pork chops, chicken wings, burgers and "Mo," make Off Da Chain a colorful, unique destination. ** CLOSED **

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

Perry Foster’s BBQ

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** In this 365-days-a-year Augusta BBQ, lamb and beef are standout meats. Perry Foster's good sides include mac 'n' cheese and thick, porky baked beans.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Perry’s Pig

At this hidden Augusta BBQ, chopped pork sandwiches are garnished with succulent bits of crisp cracklin: one of the great smoke-pit sandwiches anywhere.

Pot Smoker BBQ

Pork butts, ribs, chicken, and brisket are featured smoke-cooked meats, along with traditional sides in this Aiken locals' favorite BBQ

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Ray’s Smokehouse BBQ

Ray's is a welcoming, low-key BBQ with blues music in the background and excellent meats on plates & sandwiches. Ribs are superb. Sauce is bright, tangy, sweet.

Revival

Revival offers superb Southern soul with some Northern twists, like cheese curds fried in buttermilk. Fried chicken is as good as it gets.

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.

S&S Cafeteria

A grand cafeteria in the southern tradition, Augusta's S&S offers a vast array of classic comfort food from Sunday-supper baked chicken to beguiling desserts.

Santangelo’s Cafe

Hoagies star at Santangelo's in Norristown, Pennsylvania. We love the breakfast hoagie with sausage, bacon, pork roll and eggs (plus, please, roasted peppers).

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

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Sgt. White’s Diner

A humble restaurant near Paris Island, Sgt. White's offers excellent BBQ along with such fine sides as mac 'n' cheese, smothered cabbage, and cornbread.

Memorable | One of the Best

Singleton’s Seafood Shack: A perfect Florida Seafood Spot

Singleton's restaurant serves nut-sweet shrimp, briny oysters, devil crab, and Minorcan chowder. Mayport's favorite seafood shack!

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

Slab BBQ

Classic South Side Chicago BBQ made in an aquarium smoker puts Slab in the top echelon of American barbecue parlors. Side dishes sparkle, too

Memorable | One of the Best

Smith House

The Smith House of Dahlonega, Georgia, serves classic southern food boarding house style. Count on fried chicken, Brunswick stew, catfish and hushpuppies.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Soul Fire BBQ

***THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED*** Soul Fire is among the Boston's best BBQs. Fried mac & cheese appetizers are worth the trip and pulled pork seals the deal. Ribs are caveman-sized.

Sunset Family Restaurant

A no-frills Tennessee restaurant serving such hearty fare as broasted chicken and country ham, Sunset has fine desserts, too: banana pudding and buttermilk pie.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse

Sweet Lucy's offers pulled pork, chicken, brisket, chicken, wings, turkey and kielbasa. Sides are better than at many other area BBQs. Sauce is served warm.

The Hollar

At The Hollar in Madrid, order Southern-inspired favorites like fried green tomatoes with lavender béchamel and a chile-accented turkey melt.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

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Memorable | One of the Best

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