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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.

Buffalo, NY

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Arthur Bryant’s | Legendary BBQ At Its Best In Kansas City

Arthur Bryant's ribs, brisket, and burnt ends are legendary BBQ. His unique, gritty, red-orange sauce is in a class by itself.

Memorable | One of the Best

Belgrade Gardens

Fried chicken cooked in lard has earned renown at Belgrade Gardens, which serves it as part of a full, fabulous Barberton chicken dinner.

BK Carne Asada & Hot Dogs | Taste of Tucson

BK Carne Asada is a true taste of Tucson. Its specialty is the baroque and delicious bacon-wrapped Sonoran hot dog, one of the best in the city.

Tucson, AZ

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Bob’s Clam Hut

Maine shoreline summertime seafood, eat-in-the-rough style. Bob's clam plates and clam rolls, scallops, shrimp, and lobster rolls are Kittery, ME bests.

Memorable | One of the Best

Border Taco

An inconspicuous Douglas, Arizona, taqueria, Border Taco serves good food beyond tacos, from breakfast burritos to chimichangas and weekend menudo.

Brookville Hotel

Fried chicken is the lure to this Kansas destination restaurant. It's skillet fried and served with mashed potatoesand all appropriate side dishes. *CLOSED*

Memorable | One of the Best

Brown’s Quality Seafood

Expect impeccable seafood (fried, steamed, or broiled) in this spacious eat-in-the-rough shack between Augusta and Savannah, Georgia. It's all from scratch.

Bunn’s Bar-B-Q

In a vintage gas station, Bunn's serves BBQ pork, with or without Brunswick stew, accompanied by tart, tangy coleslaw. A Windsor, North Carolina classic.

Cahawba House

For breakfast in Montgomery, Alabama, Cahawba House is a best best. Create your own biscuit sandwiches from top-notch ingredients. Lunch is served, too.

Carlson’s Drive-In

Carlson's of Michigan City, Indiana is a genuine, old-fashioned curb-service drive-in featuring hot dogs, burgers, and superlative root beer.

Memorable | One of the Best

Cleve Edmunds’ Bar-B-Que

Everything on the Central Savannah River Area BBQ menu is done right at Cleve Edmunds', including chopped pork, ribs, chicken, and hash on rice. *CLOSED*

Dalessandro’s

Dalessandro's is a humble sandwich-shop diner that is among Philadelphia's best cheese steak sources.

Denmo’s Snack & Dairy Bar

Denmo’s is a happy Connecticut drive-in restaurant serving excellent fried seafood & hot lobster rolls as well as beautiful foot long hot dogs with hot relish.

Dolly’s

An inexpensive three-meal-a-day cafe/diner in the northernmost part of Maine, Dolly's features ployes (the Acadian buckwheat pancake) and soulful chicken stew.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Doogie’s

Doogie's is one of Connecticut's best hot dog restaurants. Beyond dogs, the menu includes good char-cooked burgers, Philly cheese steaks and a hot lobster roll.

Newington, CT

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Eaton Street Seafood

Fresh fish at its finest makes casual Eaton Street Seafood an essential Key West food-lover's destination. In season, stone crabs are a must.

Eckl’s

Eckl's restaurant, famous for Buffalo's juice-dripping beef on weck sandwich, has a full menu of steaks, chops, seafood, and opulent weekend surf-n-turf.

Memorable | One of the Best

Frankie’s

Frankie's of Waterbury is one of Connecticut's top hot dog restaurants, notable for the hot-sweet relish available for its foot longs. No indoor dining.

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.

Memorable | One of the Best

Gator’s BBQ

One of Jacksonville's best BBQ restaurants, Gator's smoke-cooks pork, ribs, brisket, chicken, & sausage. On the side: Brunswick stew, fried corn, fried squash.

Gnaw Bone Sorghum Mill

The Gnaw Bone Sorghum Mill makes its own molasses as well as all kinds of jellies, jams and preserves. We are especially fond of the apple butter and pear butter.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Golden Lamb

A vintage hotel restaurant in antiques-rich Lebanon, Ohio, the Golden Lamb serves heartland square-meals lunch and dinner with Shaker sugar pie for dessert.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hawk’s Crawfish

Proudly “in the middle of nowhere,” Hawk's is a roadhouse destination for pristine purged crawfish, boiled in delicate spices. Great shrimp, too!

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Helena’s Hawaiian Food

Helena's is the place to taste the genius of native Hawaiian cuisine: the interplay of earthy and oceanic flavors.

Herby-K’s

There are gumbos, po boys, oysters, and catfish, but the not-to-miss dish is Herby-K's sauced Shrimp Buster sandwich.

Hermie’s Drive-In

Triple-deck burgers, milk shakes, and one of the West’s best fry sauces make Hermie's a good, old-fashioned destination Utah drive-in.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hitching Post

Hitching Post steaks, cooked over fire of live oak wood, come with a full dinner of Santa Maria side dishes that are an old California ranch country tradition.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Hot Stuff Mon

Hot Stuff Mon is a small store specializing in all manner of hot food, especially hot things made from St. Augustine's locally grown datil peppers.

St. Augustine, FL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

House of Prime Rib

San Francisco's House of Prime Rib serves 21-day aged prime rib that’s cut tableside and served with fluffy Yorkshire pudding in true English style.

Jackie M’s and Son Cafe

Superior Philly cheese steaks are the signature of this family-run Augusta cafe. Must-eat dessert: Jackie M's powerhouse red velvet cheesecake.

Jean-Kay’s

Jean-Kay's is a small Marquette restaurant specializing in Michigan Upper Peninsula pasties, made fresh daily using steak, rutabaga and suet.

Jerry’s Drive-In

A Pensacola, Florida, restaurant known for having created the bacon cheeseburger, Jerry's also serves good Southern plate lunch.

Pensacola, FL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Jocko’s Steakhouse

Jocko's is an historic, rough and tumble steak house where choice cuts are grilled over live red oak, Santa Maria BBQ style.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Ken’s Place

Ken's is a rollicking eat-in-the-rough Maine drive-in restaurant with fried clams, haddock, scallops & shrimp plus whole lobsters. A local fave since 1927.

Kennedy’s B.B.Q.

Kennedy's is a tiny eat-shack in Ohio with a short sandwich menu of BBQ ham, pork, turkey, & beef topped with famous proprietary relish.

Canton, OH

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Landi’s is a grocery – a pork store to be precise – and there is no place here to eat. We came home with all kinds of Landi’s sausage – hot, sweet, fennel, cheese-and-parsley filled – as well as pints and quarts of spaghetti sauce in varieties that included fresh tomato and basil, white clam, marinara, and Bolognese.

Memorable | One of the Best

Lenny’s Indian Head Inn

A well-worn seafood house on Branford Connecticut’s scenic coast, Lenny’s is a neighborhood place with a full menu beyond excellent shore dinners.

Memorable | One of the Best

Liberal Club | Fall River Portuguese American Fare

Located in a vintage Fall River social club, the Liberal Club restaurant serves New England's Portuguese American fare, including seafood at its best.

Fall River, MA

Memorable | One of the Best

Lobster Claw Seafoods

Lobster Claw clams are superior to the fried clam strips found elsewhere. Freshly-made onion rings are superlative and chowders are dense with seafood.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Long Creek Fish Fry

A Gaston County treasure known for big plates of catfish, flounder, shrimp & oysters (with hushpuppies, natch), Long Creek Fish Fry is a Carolina best.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Maravillas Restaurant

Las Maravillas is a friendly Mexican-American Chicago Hyde Park eatery known to locals for its hefty burritos and full repertoire of south-of-the-border beers.

Chicago, IL

Memorable | One of the Best

McKay Cottage Restaurant

The Mackay Cottage Restaurant is in a historic craftsman home that could be an Inn. There are no beds here, just excellent breakfasts.

Bend, OR

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Merichka’s | Chicago Best: Butterine-Sopped Poor Boy Steak

Saturday-night splurge meals are Merichka's specialty, but the Roadfood lure is Poor Boy Steak, sandwiched in a sea of margarine & garlic.

Memorable | One of the Best

Miami Smokers

Miami Smokers' artisan smoke-cooked BBQ is classic fare with a modern edge. The restaurant is a serious venture, but a fun place with urban-hip vibe.

Miami, FL

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

Mike Linnig’s Restaurant

Outdoor dining by the Ohio River make Mike Linnig's of Louisville a good-weather destination for fried seafood and beer. Indoor dining is fun, too, year around.

Good | Worth a Return

Miner’s Drive-In | Yakima Burgers Fries and Shakes

Oversize burgers shakes & fries lead the menu at Yakima, Washington's popular Miner's Drive-In. Signature item: a giant-size Big Miner burger.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

O’Steen’s Restaurant

St. Augustine's best shrimp are served at O'Steen's. Also unique local red Minorcan clam chowder and fine Southern-style side dishes. Popular & always crowded.

St. Augustine, FL

Memorable | One of the Best

Pepperhead

Pepperhead of Cortez offers fantastic New Mexico style chiles rellenos, mole and artisan margaritas. Dessert is all about puffy sopapillas drizzled with honey.

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)

Memorable | One of the Best

Philadelphia Soft Pretzels, Inc.

Fresh from the oven, Philadelphia soft pretzels are impossible to stop eating. The chewy rectangular twists of salt-crusted bread are a Roadfood best.

Philadelphia, PA

Memorable | One of the Best

Polish Villa

In this humble dining room you will eat magnificent Polish food served by an able staff that makes newcomers feel like family.

Buffalo, NY

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Polly’s Pancake Parlor

Pancakes are made from stoneground flours or cornmeal and served with elegant maple syrup, plus maple sugar. maple hurricane sauce & smooth maple spread.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pommes Frites

Pommes Frites is a New York City Belgian-style frites shop with a long history of serving one of the best versions of this late-night street food.

New York, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Pulaski Deli | Best Old World Polish in Myrtle Beach

Pulaski Deli is a Myrtle Beach anomaly: old world Polish food in a quiet, personable market. The Sampler plate includes some of everything.

Good | Worth a Return

Puritan’s Back Room

A popular, all-purpose New Hampshire restaurant, Puritan's has something for everyone; it boasts of being the place chicken tenders first were served.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Ray’s Place

Ray's is a small town dive bar with tavern sandwiches and peasant soups that recall simpler times. White-hot house-made mustard is memorable.

Memorable | One of the Best

Redwood Steakhouse

The Redwood is one of Iowa’s grand old steakhouses, hearkening back to a more formal era when relish trays, fresh bread, and hearty portions were standard fare.

Memorable | One of the Best

Rock Cafe

A Route 66 landmark known for a well-seasoned griddle that imparts deliciousness to everything that touches it, Rock Cafe is a best-stop in Oklahoma.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Rutt’s Hut

Rutt's Hut hot dogs are called rippers because their skin tears and crinkles when they're deep fried. With spicy-sweet relish, a New Jersey best.

Clifton, NJ

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Serb Hall

Milwaukee Wisconsin's Serb Hall is the largest fish fry on earth: an eating stadium restaurant serving Friday-only cod or perch with all the trimmin's.

Milwaukee, WI

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Slows BBQ

A full-menu BBQ parlor in the heart of Detroit, Slow's signature is the Triple Threat: applewood smoked bacon, pulled pork, and ham stacked high and mighty.

Detroit, MI

Memorable | One of the Best

Southside Market

Elgin sausage made by the Southside Market is the best in the Southwest. Brisket is great, too -- luscious and flavorful, a Texas classic.

Elgin, TX

Memorable | One of the Best

Spencer Makenzie’s Fish Company

Spencer Makenzie's is a little surf shack fish taco place that serves big portions, fiery sauces, and ocean fresh grilled fish and shrimp.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Spud Fish and Chips

A humble eat-in-the-rough Seattle area seafood restaurant, Spud serves some of the best fried cod and halibut anywhere, sided by superb French fries.

Memorable | One of the Best

Stamey’s

Stamey’s serves Lexington-style North Carolina BBQ: pork shoulders pit-cooked over hickory coals until ridiculously tender, then chopped or sliced.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Stanleo’s

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** The "Kitchen Sink" at Stanleo's is an OMG sandwich of seven meats, three cheeses, and zesty Triple Chop relish. An Augusta favorite!

Augusta, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Stubby’s Hik-Ry Pit Bar-B-Que | An Arkansas BBQ Best

Stubby's of Hot Springs is an Arkansas BBQ best, serving pork, ham and beef. Side dishes of smoked pit potato and pot-o-beans are unequaled.

Hot Springs, AR

Memorable | One of the Best

Suppenküche

Just as pizza, pastrami, and Virgil’s BBQ are necessary components of every New York trip I go on, Suppenküche is the key to my trips to San Francisco. What should I eat at Suppenküche? We always try to plan a SF trip with a Saturday involved, since it’s the only day they serve their special … Continue reading

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