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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
Barbecue Inn
The Barbecue Inn has an interior of a 1950’s diner and offers word-class fried shrimp and chicken. Plus BBQ dinners of ribs, pork and chicken.
Houston, TX
Memorable | One of the Best
Barnacle Bill’s
Fried shrimp are the big attraction at Barnacle Bill's, which also features hot sauce and hot wings made with St. Augustine's own datil pepper.
St. Augustine, FL
Memorable | One of the Best
Blue Crab Crabhouse
The Maryland-style Blue Crab Crabhouse in Jacksonville, FL is a family-friendly restaurant. Cindy, an ex-school teacher, and her husband Tom run this crab house the right way. They take care of you. What should I eat at Blue Crab Crabhouse? Order a half-dozen blue crabs or three jumbo crabs when they are in. The blue … Continue reading Blue Crab Crabhouse
Jacksonville, FL
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.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Boudin King
This ultra-casual Cajun restaurant serves not just boudin (mild or spicy), but also great local seafood, hog's head cheese, and legendary gumbo.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Bowen’s Island
At the end of a rutted dirt road in the marsh of Folly Beach, South Carolina, Bowen's Island is a ramshackle restaurant that serves a four-star oyster roast.
Charleston, SC
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.
Waynesboro, GA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
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.
Good | Worth a Return
Calumet Fisheries
Calumet is a tiny Chicago South Side seafood shack with a great smokehouse: catfish, chubs, eel, trout, salmon, shrimp, sturgeon, trout, whitefish and more.
Chicago, IL
Memorable | One of the Best
Captain Joey Patti’s Seafood Restaurant
A full menu of expertly-prepared Florida seafood makes Joey Patti’s a destination dining experience in Pensacola. Crisp-fried mullet is especially good.
Pensacola, FL
Memorable | One of the Best
Cliff’s Seafood & Grill
Cliff's is a humble roadside shack that attracts customers from all around South Carolina for its excellent fried seafood and crab-leg Lowcountry boil.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Crab Claw
Started as a wholesale crab shack, The Crab Claw has become one of the premier places to indulge in Maryland hot blue crabs and cold beer.
Memorable | One of the Best
Crystal Grill
Cream pies are some of Mississippi's best at the Crystal Grill, where pre-pie lunch includes classic Dixie vegetables and hot tamales.
Greenwood, MS
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Doe’s Eat Place
The Little Rock Doe's has lost its tumbledown character, but the steaks, French fries, hot tamales and lemony-garlicky salad remain among the best anywhere.
Little Rock, AR
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Doe’s Eat Place | Best Steak and Delta Hot Tamales
Doe's is a historic backroom restaurant in the Mississippi Delta serving the best steak and Delta hot tamales at ramshackle kitchen tables.
Memorable | One of the Best
Fatso’s Last Stand | Better Burgers & Red Hots, Chicago Style
Fatso's delivers the elevated fast food experience without elevated prices: fried shrimp, better burgers & red hots dressed Chicago style.
Chicago, IL
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
Memorable | One of the Best
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
Hosanna Fish Market
Just outside Augusta, Georgia, prices are low and quality high at Hosanna, a hole-in-the-wall fish market cafe with a Korean accent. * CLOSED *
Memorable | One of the Best
Jack’s Bar & Grill
Juicy steaks, golden French fries, and a warm welcome make this dive-y steakhouse a Redding, California, neighborhood gem.
Redding, CA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Johnny’s Reef
Johnny's Reef calls itself 'a little bit of New England in the Bronx.' That means fried shrimp, scallops and oysters and picnic tables with a waterside view.
Memorable | One of the Best
La Cameronera | Miami Crisp Fried Shrimp at their Best
Known for big, crisp fried shrimp, La Cameronera is a tremendously popular Miami seafood market / cafe with a Cuban accent.
Miami, FL
Memorable | One of the Best
Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale
Lenny & Joe's sets high standards for casual shoreline seafood in Connecticut, especially for whole-belly clams, hot lobster rolls & fried scallops & shrimp.
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.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
LuLu’s Waterfront Grille
LuLu's Waterfront Grille in Ponte Vedre Beach, Florida is a restaurant to kick back and enjoy 1st rate shrimp and oysters overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway.
Good | Worth a Return
Mahoney’s Po-Boys
Mahoney's is a perennial award-winner for its chef-driven versions of New Orleans’ favorite sandwich, the po boy.
New Orleans, LA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Marina Oyster Barn
Marina Oyster Barn is a family-run seafood restaurant overlooking Bayou Texar and offering a fine taste of Florida's Gulf Coast bounty, priced right.
Pensacola, FL
Good | Worth a Return
Maryland Fried Chicken
A surviving Augusta, Georgia, outlet of a once-bigger franchise, Maryland Fried Chicken offers good eats at reasonable prices in a colorful urban setting.
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
McClellanville Diner
A modest diner by the side of the highway northeast of Charleston, McClellanville Diner is known for good fried shrimp and, on occasion, excellent crab cakes.
Memorable | One of the Best
Metompkin Seafood | Best Casual Eastern Shore Seafood
Metompkin is a happy, colorful shack by the side of the highway serving exemplary Eastern Shore seafood with casual panache at low prices.
Memorable | One of the Best
Noah’s Hof Brau
Noah's Hof Brau is an old-fashioned Modesto, California, sandwich carvery that has morphed into a Chinese-American cafeteria. BBQ pork is superb.
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
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
Palmetto Seafood Bar and Grill
Palmetto Seafood Bar & Grill is a South Carolina fish house serving crab legs, shrimp, and all manner of flatfish. * CLOSED *
Aiken, South Carolina
Memorable | One of the Best
Phil’s Chicken House
Phil's is a source for a Cornell chicken dinner built around a bird that's slow cooked and relentlessly basted until glazed gold and dripping juice.
Memorable | One of the Best
Price’s Chicken Coop
Price's Chicken comes encased in crunchy skin imbued with the silky, savory goodness of chicken fat. A Charlotte, North Carolina, fried chicken best bet.
Charlotte, NC
Memorable | One of the Best
R & J Southern Homecooking
Soul food heaven! Kudos to owner Julie Peterson's quote: "A chef makes things they want to serve to people; a cook makes people things they want. I'm a cook."
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Rhinehart’s Oyster Bar
A graffiti-covered eating barn where the motto is "Beyond Casual," Rhinehart's is an Augusta favorite for raw oysters, po boys, shrimp, and jambalaya. And beer!
Augusta, GA
Good | Worth a Return
Schooner’s Seafood House
Schooner's is a friendly seafood house with booths and counter seating serving North Florida shrimp as well as St. Augustine's unique Minorcan clam chowder.
St. Augustine, FL
Memorable | One of the Best
SeeWee Restaurant
Specials chalked on the board at SeeWee can include country-fried steak, whole catfish, Jamaican jerk chicken & fish stew. Layer cakes are superb!
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!
Jacksonville, FL
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.
Good | Worth a Return
T’s Seafood Restaurant
Long hushpuppies and catfish have made T's Seafood Restaurant an Augusta favorite for decades. Don't forget the bountiful "Boat Load Salad Bar." *CLOSED*
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
Tokyo Stop Teriyaki
Seattle's signature Japanese-American dish is at its best in the humble Bellevue storefont called Tokyo Stop Teriyaki.
Bellevue, WA
Memorable | One of the Best
Triangle Restaurant
Loyal customers come to the 1961-vintage Triangle Restaurant for steaks at supper and meat-and-three cafeteria lunch. A South Carolina diamond in the rough!
Memorable | One of the Best
Triplet’s Blue Store II
A spin-off of a roadside chicken shack, catering to LSU students and savvy locals who know that this little shack has destination-worthy fried chicken.
Baton Rouge, LA
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Upperline
Modern Creole fare at Upperline includes fried green tomatoes with shrimp remoulade and Cane River shrimp is served in a sauce of bacon, mushrooms and garlic.
New Orleans, LA
Memorable | One of the Best
Variety Restaurant | Old-School Cool | Seafood & Steaks
Portions are huge, service is old-style cool at the Variety, a favorite of square-meals eaters who know good steaks and fresh seafood.
Aiken, SC
Memorable | One of the Best
Westfair Fish & Chips
Westfair Fish & Chips is a kitchen with an order window and a few tables. Fried clams, sole, scallops, shrimp & oysters all are Connecticut bests.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
White River Fish Market
A fish market and semi-cafeteria restaurant, White River is a seafood gem in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Have it your way: fried, broiled, or grilled.
Tulsa, OK
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Wife Saver
An Augusta-area sextet of fast-food restaurants, Wife Saver is known for crunch-crusted chicken, fried shrimp, and bountiful southern-style vegetables.
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
Wintzell’s Oyster House
Like its more famous sister restaurant in Mobile, the Guntersville location of Wintzell's serves big platters of seafood and legendary West Indies Salad.
Memorable | One of the Best
Wo Hop: A NYC Institution
Wo Hop is a Cantonese-style Chinese spot under a sidewalk in Chinatown, NYC and has been dishing out egg rolls, lo mein and sweet & pungent chicken since 1938.
New York, NY
Memorable | One of the Best
Wonder Seafood
There are no dim sum restaurants in North Jersey to compare to Edison's Wonder Seafood. For the full Roadfood experience, we urge a weekend visit.
