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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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Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Alcenia’s
Alcenia's is a warm, friendly Memphis, Tennessee, restaurant serving homey soul food meat-and-3 meals that end with glorious pies or bread pudding.
Memphis, TN
Good | Worth a Return
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 Bad Wolf BBQ
A BBQ truck that parks along Rt. 25 in London, Kentucky, from March to October, Big Bad Wolf offers fantastic ribs, pork, chicken, even praiseworthy catfish.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
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.
Augusta, GA
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Blue Willow Inn
Social Circle's Blue Willow Inn is the best Sunday Supper restaurant every day. Huge buffet includes fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, countless desserts.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Boll Weevil Cafe & Sweetery
Huge layer cakes rule at Boll Weevil, a jolly cafe by Augusta's waterfront where fine southern fare shares menu space with modern salad, soup & sandwiches.
Augusta, GA
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.
Atlanta, GA
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.
Knoxville, TN
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Delta Meat Market
Soulful, southern, bistro fare at the Delta Supper Club showcases local products and tradition with New American savoir faire.
Memorable | One of the Best
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.
Chapel Hill, NC
Memorable | One of the Best
Fisherman’s Wife
This charming Carrabelle town cafe really is run by a fisherman's wife. Count on impeccable Gulf Coast seafood and perfect Key lime pie.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Four Way Restaurant | Memphis Soul Food Destination
Legendary home-cooking cafe since 1946, Four Way has been through many changes, but it remains a worthy Memphis soul food destination.
Memphis, TN
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Furn Saj Bakery
The Furn Saj Bakery is Lebanese food worth traveling for. Open flame oven & saj griddle make some of the tastiest exotic breads in the Los Angeles area.
Los Angeles, CA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Great Southern Cafe
A casual, sophisticated restaurant with a seafood-focused menu, Great Southern Café offers "new-fashion Southern cuisine." Best bet: smoked Gouda cheese grits.
Good | Worth a Return
Grumpy’s | Sports Pub Cuisine & Best Beer Menu | Aiken, SC
Sports pub cuisine (wings, burgers, nachos) and 100 kinds of beer plus televisions everywhere make Grumpy's a place to escape from the world.
Aiken, SC
Memorable | One of the Best
Gus’s World Famous Hot and Spicy Chicken
Memphis glory: Gus's fried chicken is cased in an envelope of crust with vigorous crunch, radiating the ecstatic flavor combination of chicken fat and pepper.
Memphis, TN
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Hall’s on the River
Hall's is a Kentucky destination for handsome steaks, hot browns, and mud pie dessert, all in a bucolic country setting. Fine Roadfood dining.
Memorable | One of the Best
Hammond’s Ferry Larder
Small plates, Saturday brunch, blissful patio dining, and a wide variety of creative meals (plus a full bar) make the Larder a treasured foodie destination.
North Augusta, SC
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
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Hill’s Cafe
From an era when cowboys still ruled this Texas town, Hill's recalls a simpler time when a cold beer, a warm meal, and country music could wrap up a long day.
Austin, TX
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Hominy Grill
Hominy Grill is the best opportunity in Charleston to savor lowcountry cuisine at reasonable prices. It's all good, especially breakfast and desserts.
Charleston, SC
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.
Augusta, GA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Hot Suppa
Craving comfort food? Head to Portland’s West End and Hot Suppa, home of crisp corned beef hash, fried green tomato Benedict, and Cajun bloody Marys
Memorable | One of the Best
J.R.’s Ribshack
A humble roadside BBQ with some of the finest chicken and ribs in the Florida panhandle. JR's Brunswick stew is not to be missed.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Jambonz Deux
A taste of Louisiana in South Dakota, Jambonz Deux offers Cajun flavors in everything, from catfish to hushpuppies to fried green tomatoes.
Rapid City, SD
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
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Keeter Center | Sophisticated Country Fare in Branson
The Keeter Center restaurant, staffed by students from College of the Ozarks, is an oasis of sophisticated country fare and warm hospitality.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles
Lo-Lo's specialty is crisp fried chicken and soulful sides accompanied by waffles you can gild with butter and syrup or beefy onion gravy. A Phoenix find!
Phoenix, AZ
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Local Goat
Local Goat is Pigeon Forge's stylish (but casual) New American eatery with a menu of interesting burgers (& more), and a wide selection of adult beverages.
Pigeon Forge, TN
Memorable | One of the Best
Marie’s BBQ House
A north Alabama destination in Heflin just off Interstate 20, Marie's serves some of the best smoke-cooked meats and a cornucopia of Dixie favorite side dishes.
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
Memorable | One of the Best
Nellie’s Restaurant
Nellie’s is a small-town favorite that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When tres leches cake is on the menu, it's a must.
Newburgh, IN
Excellent | Worth a Detour
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 **
Aiken, SC
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
Root Cellar
Downhome southern food with an uptown twist makes the Root Cellar a fun Lexington, South Carolina, restaurant for culinary traditionalists & adventurers alike.
Lexington, SC
Memorable | One of the Best
Seeds Cafe
A country-road, farm to table cafe that gets ingredients from local sources and cooks from scratch, Seeds Cafe is constantly surprising, always delicious.
Memorable | One of the Best
Sisters and Brothers
Nashville-style hot fried chicken rules at Seattle's Sisters and Brothers, where spice levels go all the way to "insane." Good sandwiches & side dishes, too.
Seattle, WA
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
Southern Comfort
Comfort food, southern-style, is what this charming little restaurant offers. Don't miss white-sauced smoke-cooked chicken, an Alabama specialty.
Memorable | One of the Best
The Floridian
Southern food meets sustainable ingredients at The Floridian, home of pickled pepper shrimp, biscuits with pork belly, & fried chicken with hot-sauce honey.
St. Augustine, FL
Good | Worth a Return
The Tomato Place
Vine-ripened tomatoes and other local produce fuel creative southern cooking at this funky roadside shack. There’s an entire menu of B.L.T. variations.
Good | Worth a Return
The Waterstop
For the best comfort food in Marfa, visit The Waterstop for silky mac and cheese and a roasted jalapeño chicken sandwich on potato bread.
Memorable | One of the Best
West Egg Café
From roasted corn and fried chicken hash to fluffy biscuits with hot pepper jelly, excellent and large breakfast dishes abound all day at Atlanta’s West Egg Café.
Atlanta, GA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Whistle Stop Cafe 573
Deluxe diner fare and Dixie hospitality make the Whistle Stop Cafe a good bet for breakfast or lunch in downtown Augusta, Georgia. * CLOSED *
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
Winnie’s Tavern
Deluxe dive bar at the edge of Wilmington's downtown, Winnie's Tavern is famous for spectacular, well-dressed hamburgers.
