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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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3 Caminos

In the back room of an old South Carolina gas station, 3 Caminos serves wonderful from-scratch Mexican fare along with brilliant house-made salsas.

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.

Amateur Coffee | Omaha’s Best | Vegan & Gluten-Free

An Omaha coffee house with masterful espresso and drip brews, Amateur Coffee is strictly vegan and offers many gluten-free pastries.

Annette’s Italian Ice

Italian ice, created with real fruit and great skill, makes Annette's a worthy destination in Chicago. Citrus flavors are especially refreshing.

Antique Sandwich Co.

This casual, quirky, family-owned restaurant in Tacoma's Port Defiance neighborhood has been serving healthy fare for over 40 years.

Bantam Bread Co.

This small bakery in Bantam, Connecticut, offers artisan breads & pastries that are some of the best. We love rosemary-perfumed Kalamata olive sourdough.

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

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Barrio Bread

Bread-lovers' heaven in Tucson. Barrio Bread's loaves are artisan baking at its finest: creative, honest, endlessly interesting, and southwest-soulful.

Becky’s

We love breakfast at Becky's Diner on the Portland waterfront. The headliner is a "Titanic Omelet": 4 eggs with bacon, ham, sausage, cheese, onions and peppers.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Beta Coffee House

All organic-food needs can be met at Beta Coffeehouse cafe in Cody, Wyoming, Gluten free treats and hearty recipes accompany freshly ground coffee.

Bishop’s Orchards

Pick your own apples or strawberries (in season) at Bishop's Orchards in Connecticut. We like the pies, loaf cakes, muffins, breads, and cookies. Take-out only.

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.

Brunch

Brunch is a happening spot in Richmond's Fan District serving 3 meals a day: a vast repertoire of New American cuisine accompanied by crazy, creative cocktails.

Bunnery

At this St. Augustine bakery, check out "blueberry boybait," a crumb-cake square chockablock with berries and topped with a blanket of powdered sugar.

Cafe Brasil

Just as colorful inside as it is on the outside, Cafe Brasil in West LA offers all-day breakfast, sandwiches, pastas, grilled meats, and traditional Feijoada.

Canter’s

A vintage Jewish deli open all night, Canter's offers classic deli sandwiches and comfort food, a personality-plus waitstaff and celebrity clientele.

Carver’s Applehouse Restaurant

In the rolling country north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Carver's is known for apple fritters, fried pies, and lovely local produce for sale.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Charlie the Butcher

Charlie the Butcher serves Buffalo's unique beef on weck sandwich at its best, plus a wide variety of excellent butcher-block specialties.

Memorable | One of the Best

Cody’s La Jolla

Cody's La Jolla serves breakfast, bunch, and lunch with a scenic view of the ocean cliffs.

Cold Hollow Cider Mill

Cold Hollow is known for fresh-pressed cider and cider donuts. It also sells Vermont cheeses, breads, and, of course, maple syrup.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Country Cupboard of Barnwell

Made-to-order sandwiches on house-baked bread, a copious salad bar & a rainbow of Mennonite desserts make Barnwell's Country Cupboard a South Carolina best.

Good | Worth a Return

Creekside at the Old Mill

An airy, family-friendly restaurant in a repurposed old mill building in Lexington, South Carolina, Creekside serves traditional Dixie breakfast and lunch.

Dave’s Gourmet Ice Cream

A marriage of high-tech methods and quality ingredients, Dave’s Gourmet is unique ice cream tucked into a mini-mart.

Memorable | One of the Best

Deep Barrel Roaster & Creamery

I cannot think of a better duo than coffee and ice cream. I adore each one on their own, but together, they create a myriad of counterbalances: sweet and bitter, hot and cold, laid-back and energetic. They are opposites in many ways, but that makes them perfect complements to each other. I stopped by Deep … Continue reading

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Deerfield’s Bakery

Buttercream frosting on cakes and cupcakes at Deerfield's Bakery is the best anywhere in the Chicago area; for that reason alone, it's worth the trek.

Memorable | One of the Best

Dish | Idaho Panhandle Food-Lover’s Destination

Waterside grill and fine restaurant, Dish is an Idaho Panhandle food-lover's destination. Bests: smashed potatoes, bacon, anything with huckleberries.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Do Your Thing

Savor the best sourdough toast in Marfa at Do Your Thing, from butter-soaked cinnamon sugar to the Everything with cream cheese and tomato.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Donnelly’s Soft Ice Cream

Donnelly's is a summer-only Saranac Lake institution (since 1953) that serves one and only one fantastic flavor each day, always twisted with vanilla.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Durgin-Park

Boston's landmark restaurant, Durgin-Park serves traditional meals with a Yankee accent: IT CLOSED FOR GOOD JANUARY 12, 2019.

Boston, MA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Dutch Restaurant

Amish cooking in central Delaware! Highlights of the menu include scrapple, creamed chipped beef and the hot apple dumpling with milk.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Eden Alley

Kansas City's superb vegetarian restaurant, Eden Alley is a big, open dining room staffed with people for whom The Right Food is a mission. * CLOSED *

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Edisto River Creamery & Kitchen

An earnest little ice cream shop in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Edisto River Creamery also offers surprisingly good all-beef hot dogs and hand-cut French fries.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Elvira’s Cafe

A big country restaurant with small town charm and a broad menu to make everyone happy, Elvira's is a getaway in the beautiful rolling hills of East Tennessee.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Enrico Biscotti Co.

Mostly a bakery making great biscotti, macaroons, and cookies, Enrico Biscotti also is a charming little Italian restaurant, a treasure of Pittsburgh's Strip

Pittsburgh, PA

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.

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Florentine Pastry Shop

Florentine is an old Italian bakery in Utica specializing in "pusties," (pasticciotti) -- single-serving custard-filled tarts. Cannoli also are recommended.

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

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Friske Orchards

Friske’s Orchard's cafe offers apple brats with kraut and apple relish, a (Michigan) cherry brat, and, of course four-star apple pie.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

George & Pink

A vegetable stand as folksy as can be, George & Pink reflects the effulgent year-around harvest of Edisto Island, from melons & squash to sunshiny tomatoes.

Memorable | One of the Best

Graeter’s

Now a national favorite, Graeter's is too big to be Roadfood. But we are happy to bend the rules for chocolate chip ice cream this good.

Cincinnati, OH

Memorable | One of the Best

Hadley Fruit Orchards | Trail Mix & Date Shakes in California

Claiming to have invented trail mix, Hadley Fruit Orchards of California is a top source for a date shake as thick as a Midwestern concrete.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Hans’ Bakery

German-American pastries are great at Hans. The specialty is a Beehive - a tender cake filled with honey-sweetened Bavarian cream, topped with slivered almonds.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hawaiian Ice Cones

Hawaiian Ice Cones is a true Kona gem, a local place with delicious shave ice, the uniquely refreshing thirst quencher.

Memorable | One of the Best

Heid’s hot dogs

German franks, Texas hots (red wieners), and white hots made of beef, pork and veal are stars of Heid's menu: a vintage upstate New York treasure.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

High Note

High Note of Austin, Texas, serves health food, 3 meals a day, in a modern & airy atmosphere. Don't miss: Boozy Juice.

Austin, TX

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hinkley Bakery

Hinkley Bakery is a popular, century old donut shop in Jackson, Michigan. Try chocolate crescents and glazed donuts, especially when they're still warm.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

John O’Groats

John O’Groats on West Pico Boulevard, not far from Century City and Beverly Hills, is a comfortable neighborhood restaurant filled with regular customers. Service by the entire staff is friendly and efficient, from the hostess to the waitresses and busboys. The restaurant is made up of three attractive rooms, the brightest and most crowded of … Continue reading

Los Angeles, CA

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Josie’s German Cakes & Market

Fans of unpretentious family-owned restaurants that serve quality homemade meals, German fare in particular, will love Josie's in Mechanicsburg, PA.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Julio’s

Julio's is a fine Italian restaurant in Clarksburg, West Virginia. We love the pasta fagiole and "paisano salad" - red peppers stuffed with hot ground sausage.

Clarksburg, WV

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

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La Jalisiense | From-Scratch Mexican in North Augusta, SC

From-scratch Mexican meals from familiar fajitas & chile rellenos to menudo & pozole are made with skill and style at North Augusta's La Jalisiense.

North Augusta, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

La Petite Grignote

A more secluded version of Key West's fine French bakery serves the best pastries in town. Egg breakfasts, bread, coffee & smoothies all are grand.

Key West, FL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Manny’s Coffee Shop & Deli | Corned Beef Chicago-Style

Manny's is a big, cafeteria-style restaurant with a vast menu that features corned beef Chicago-style, sided by great potato pancakes.

Chicago, IL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Mosca’s | Vintage Roadhouse | New Orleans’ Best Italian Food

Mosca's is a vintage roadhouse restaurant outside New Orleans, Louisiana, that serves spectacular Italian fare with a south-Louisiana twist.

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.

Good | Worth a Return

Mrs. Rowe’s Family Restaurant

A tourist-friendly restaurant off I-81 in Staunton, Mrs. Rowe's is an easy opportunity to enjoy southern comfort classics, three meals a day.

Memorable | One of the Best

MTO Café

Childish comfort food attains maturity thanks to fresh ingredients and sharp execution. MTO Café is a must stop, if only for its apple rings.

Las Vegas, NV

Excellent | Worth a Detour

O&H Bakery | Home of the Racine Kringle | Best Danish Pastry

O & H Bakery is home of the original giant Racine Kringle. Of many tasty fillings, the best is tart Door County cherries. A Wisconsin Best!

Memorable | One of the Best

Pacific Way Bakery & Cafe

2-for-1: Pacific Way is a casual coffee house with world-class pastries and an adjoining restaurant with eclectic Oregon seafood and creative pizzas.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Palms Krystal Bar and Grill

Palms Krystal Bar is is one of the last locations serving Chicken in the Rough, an early chain known for fried chicken with piles of shoestring French fries.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Papa’s Kitchen

Located off Atomic Road near the SRS nuclear reservation, Papa's Kitchen is a cheerful cafe serving breakfast, meat-&-2 lunch & supper, and handsome burgers.

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

Penn State Creamery

The Penn State Creamery in University Park, Pennsylvania, sells made-on-premises ice cream that is incredibly rich. 18 flavors available at any one time.

Memorable | One of the Best

Pie Hut

In Idaho's panhandle, the Pie Hut is a charming little restaurant that offers blue-ribbon cream & fruit pies, savory chicken pot pie, and beguiling sandwiches.

Sandpoint, ID

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.

Memorable | One of the Best

Purdys Farmer & the Fish

At once rustic and sophisticated, Farmer & Fish is a rollicking culinary Shangri-La that sources produce from its own backyard garden and seafood from nearby.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Putah Creek Cafe

Putah Creek Café is the Winters, California town restaurant and a destination diner for bicyclists from Davis and breakfast fans all the way to wine country.

Memorable | One of the Best

Red’s Dairy Freeze

Red's Dairy Freeze is one of America’s last great soft-serve stands, a favorite of Portlanders for over sixty years

Memorable | One of the Best

Rest Haven

In the home of the blues many restaurants have a Lebanese heritage. Rest Haven still actually serves Lebanese dishes -- with a heavy Southern accent.

Clarksdale, MS

Memorable | One of the Best

Rise Bakeshop

Columbia's heaven for pastry lovers includes a splendid apple galette and massive sticky buns. Rise also makes artisan baguettes and worldly sandwiches.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Rolled & Baked

** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **Great biscuits are the basis of an inventive menu in which southern classics are created with a modern twist. Rolled & Baked is one-of-a-kind-wonderful.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Safari Xpress

Safari Xpress is a Somalian food-court concept centered around such Horn of East Africa dishes as camel stew and sambusas.

Minneapolis, MN

Memorable | One of the Best

Schmidt’s Bakery

Schmidt's is an historic Danish bakery skilled in the soft pastry arts. Their cake bar creation, “The Mokol,” and Tart Cookies provide a delightful sugar rush.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Sherman’s Deli | Kosher Style Meals in Palm Springs

Sherman’s of Palm Springs, California, is an old-fashioned kosher style deli with tall sandwiches, salami omelets, and smoked fish plates.

Palm Springs, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Shields Date Gardens | Date Shakes in Retro California

Located by a grove of stately California palm trees, Shields sells sumptuous date shakes and has a cafe serving excellent Mexican-accented food.

Memorable | One of the Best

Smiarowski Farmstand & Creamy

Produce, ice cream, and a short menu of hot dogs and Polish food make Smiarowski's farm stand a Massachusetts roadside delight. Dine al fresco at picnic tables.

Good | Worth a Return

Southern Manners

Southern Manners is a personable small-town cafe serving handsome plates of breakfast, brunch, and lunch from dawn to mid-afternoon.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Southwest Diner

Southwest diner provides hearty dishes with regional identity, including Santa Fe pancakes & chiles rellenos. Plus hefty pies and giant mason jar cocktails.

Memorable | One of the Best

Sugar ‘N Spice

Thank Sugar 'N Spice for frozen bananas' popularity on Newport Beach's Balboa Island. Since 1945.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Swan Street Diner

The Swan St. Diner is an impeccably restored 1937 Sterling diner serving best of the past hash house classics made with 21st century brio.

Buffalo, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Tacos El Paisa

Tacos El Paisa in the Logan Heights neighborhood of southern San Diego offers some of the best adobada tacos and Mexican beverages in the region.

San Diego, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Taqueria Las Catrinas

Drive past the flea market into the dusty part of town for the juiciest al pastor tacos with caramelized pineapple at Taqueria Las Catrinas.

Memorable | One of the Best

Tasaka Guri-Guri

Pioneers of Sherbet, this is one of Hawaii’s oldest businesses, and one of the oldest ice cream traditions in the U.S. Get the pineapple, and lots of it.

Kahului, HI

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Ted Drewes

Ted Drewes’ frozen custard, a Roadfood legend of St. Louis, Missouri, is fresh, pure and tons of fun. Must-eat: a concrete milk shake, thicker than thick.

St. Louis, MO

Memorable | One of the Best

Ted’s Hot Dogs

Ted's is a Buffalo, New York, treasure, its charcoal-grilled hot dogs with hot sauce, a side of O-rings, and a loganberry a great American meal.

Buffalo, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

The Daily Scoop

Babcock Hall ice cream, made on campus since 1951, is a Badger student favorite available to all who appreciate the art and science of frozen dairy treats.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

The Daily Scoop

In Bristol, across the street from Independence Park, the Daily Scoop is a small ice cream shop with the picture-perfect view of Narragansett Bay.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

The Donut Shop

A roadside stand that boasts hot, fresh raised glazed and other creative expressions of the donut art. But the biggest draw may be Big Pappa’s hot tamales.

Memorable | One of the Best

The Glitz

Lunch-only tea room cuisine in what once was a school cafeteria. Note very limited hours and seasons of operation.

Memorable | One of the Best

Tiny Diner

Local, sustainable, organic, natural, low-impact biointensive urban farming: a gamut of culinary virtues sets the beat at the green Minneapolis Tiny Diner.

Minneapolis, MN

Memorable | One of the Best

Toasted

The theme is grilled cheese, which Toasted of Winter Park, Florida, makes plain and fancy. Also featured: cheeseburgers and a roster of vegan alternatives.

Memorable | One of the Best

Tocabe

Colorado's Tocabe puts a modern twist on traditional Native American cuisine with a variety of build-your-own menu options.

Memorable | One of the Best

Top Pot Doughnuts

Even a plain old fashioned doughnut at Top Pot is a sensuous experience. Seattle's downtown location is an airy space with book-lined walls and retro décor.

Seattle, WA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Two Ladies Kitchen

The Big Island’s busiest counter serves colorful, artistic mochi desserts with unusual fillings, including fresh island fruit.

Memorable | One of the Best

Una Mas Taqueria

Fresh ingredients, bright flavors, and low prices make Aiken, South Carolina's quick & casual Una Mas Taqueria a Mexican restaurant to treasure.

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

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Village Bakery

In an adorable enclave of good eats and clever shopping called Little Rainbow Row, Village Bakery is a brick-oven gem for breads, breakfast, and pizza.

Flat Rock, NC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Westernco Donut

You name the donut, Westernco's got it, at $1 apiece: raised, cake, rings, bars, twists, rounds, fritters, bear claws, donut holes, and crullers.

Bellevue, WA

Good | Worth a Return

What’s Cookin’ Downtown

A family-run breakfast & lunch town cafe in the heart of Aiken, South Carolina, What's Cookin Downtown is a reliable source of good, clean food.

Aiken, SC

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

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