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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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Memorable | One of the Best
A-Bear’s
A-Bear's is a country cafe that serves locals such Cajun fare as chicken and sausage gumbo, oyster po boys, and bread pudding with rum sauce.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Agawam Diner
Agawam is a ship-shape vintage diner on the Massachusetts North Shore featuring such hash house classics as hearty chili and double-layer banana cake.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Beamie’s at the River | Seafood & Drinks | Augusta, GA
Just yards from the Augusta Riverfront, Beamie's is a casual eat-house popular among locals for southern seafood & drinks.
Augusta, GA
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.
Memorable | One of the Best
Brick Pit
** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED **
Mobile, Alabama. Brick Pit pork shoulder cooks for thirty hours; ribs for twelve. The result is butter-tender meat and one of the South's best BBQs!
Mobile, AL
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
C&K Barbecue
Take-out-only C&K smoke-cooks the best versions of St. Louis ribs, pork steaks, chicken, and hot links, all with super BBQ sauce.
St. Louis, MO
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Capitalist Pig
Operating out of a former jail, The Capitalist Pig is a sustainable BBQ restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri, serving meat conscientiously raised on local farms.
St. Louis, MO
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*
Augusta, GA
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.
Memorable | One of the Best
Croaker’s Spot
Croaker's Spot is a soul-food seafood restaurant with huge portions, friendly service, and a broad menu that includes wildly creative cocktails.
Richmond, VA
Memorable | One of the Best
Dandelion’s Cafe
A friendly, eccentric cafe in North Augusta, Dandelion's serves Quebec poutine, mac 'n' cheese skillets, exuberant pizza, & killer cheesecake. *CLOSED*
North Augusta, SC
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*]
North Augusta, SC
Memorable | One of the Best
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Billed as a "Genuine Honkey Tonk Rib Joint", New York's Dinosaur offers Americana in the form of BBQ and blues music. Don't forget Syracuse-style salt potatoes.
New York, NY
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Eastside Tavern
For unique appetizers, smoky barbecue, refreshing drinks, and a rustic vibe, look no further than Eastside Tavern in Austin, Texas.
Austin, TX
Good | Worth a Return
Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop
Eisenberg's is a minuscule NYC sandwich shop known for tuna salad, but also a good bet for hot sandwiches & square-meals meat loaf. * CLOSED *
New York, NY
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Fat Boy’s Bar B Que Ranch
Fat Boy's is a big, welcoming rural-themed BBQ parlor serving authentic smoke-cooked meals, as well as Alabama Camp stew, fried pies, and peach cobbler.
Memorable | One of the Best
Frankinbun | Hot Dog Heaven in Palm Springs
Frankinbun is Palm Springs Hot Dog Heaven, elevating the hot dog and more worldly sausages to gourmet status. Hot dog heaven! *CLOSED*
Palm Springs, CA
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.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Gates Bar-B-Q
A slick appearance and comfortable dining room belies the fact that Gates really is a cafeteria with sassy (but friendly) service, and real Kansas City BBQ.
Memorable | One of the Best
George’s Old Time Bar-B Que
Hospitable Alabama roadside BBQ parlor offers chopped pork, super-succulent brisket, spare ribs, and loaded potatoes. Plus early-morning breakfast.
Memorable | One of the Best
Highland Park Diner
Highland Park Diner of Rochester, New York serves diner food at diner prices, but does so with panache and high culinary standards. Everything's from scratch.
Rochester, NY
Memorable | One of the Best
Highroller Lobster
Maine seafood gets the Highroller treatment in Portland with locally-made brioche, charred pineapple mayo, & lobster grilled cheese you won't want to put down.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Hildebrandt’s
Hildebrandt's is a charming a 19th century Augusta grocery store that makes tall sandwiches and carries many hard-to-find candies, sodas, and nick-nacks.
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
Hofbrau der Albatross
Hofbrau der Albatross is an old-fashioned California-German roast beef carver hiding out in a beach town fish house.
Morro Bay, CA
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
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.
Good | Worth a Return
Janwiches | Fast Deli Sandwiches in Augusta, GA
Fast deli sandwiches are made with care at Janwiches, a take-out stand surrounded by Augusta, GA industry. Don't miss whole-lemon lemonade.
Augusta, GA
Memorable | One of the Best
Joe’s Poultry Farm
Meat is moist beyond belief on Joe's bronze-skinned chickens. Buy a whole one and they'll cut it up for you to go. (No seating in Joe's).
Good | Worth a Return
Joey’s Hot Dogs
Joey's snap wiener is the thing to eat: a taut, natural-casing frankfurter customarily dressed with mustard, chopped raw onions, and fine-grind, no-bean chili.
Memorable | One of the Best
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.
Memorable | One of the Best
La Barbecue
People of Austin, Texas, line up to eat La Barbecue, where smoke-pit specialties include pulled pork as well as brisket.
Austin, TX
Memorable | One of the Best
Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn
As good as the BBQ is at Leatha's in Hattiesburg, sides are better: crisp coleslaw and spectacular potato salad made with large hunks of skin-on potato.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Leo’s
Very friendly, Leo's BBQ in Oklahoma City serves fiery hot links, beef brisket, pit-cooked bologna, and magnificent spare ribs.
Oklahoma City, OK
Memorable | One of the Best
Louis Lunch
Louis Lunch of New Haven claims to have invented the hamburger. Maybe, but it's a great one -- thick and juicy, served on toast with or without Cheese Whiz.
New Haven, CT
Memorable | One of the Best
Mahogany Smoked Meats
Mahogany is a vintage California bacon & ham smokehouse that serves dozens of varieties of superb jerky and great deli sandwiches.
Bishop, CA
Good | Worth a Return
Marshall Diner
A sign outside the Marshall Diner says Home Cooking, but meals in this modest cafe are true Diner Cooking, much of it from-scratch good.
Marshall, VA
Memorable | One of the Best
Marty’s Cafe
Right in charming downtown Truckee, Marty’s offers all-day breakfast that includes Southwest sloppy Joes and a huge egg-and-chorizo burrito.
Memorable | One of the Best
McPartlan’s Corner
McPartlan's Corner is a Buffalo, New York tavern popular for Friday fish fry. Haddock comes wrapped in a salty crumb crust along with warm German potato salad.
Buffalo, NY
Memorable | One of the Best
Neal’s Bar-B-Que
Simple, basic, excellent Georgia BBQ, weekends only, at Neal's in Thomson, west of Augusta: saucy chopped pork, heavy ribs, and uniquely meaty hash on rice.
Thomson, GA
Good | Worth a Return
Pappy’s Smokehouse
St. Louis' hugely popular BBQ with a checked-tablecloth rustic theme, Pappy's serves a full array of smoke-cooked ribs, pork, beef and classic side dishes.
St. Louis, MO
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Park Row Market #1
In a well-preserved & restored 19th century Edgefield, South Carolina, general store, Park Row Market offers a modern menu of sandwiches & salads plus fine BBQ.
Edgefield, SC
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Pitty’s
Pitty’s of Tulare, Calilfornia, feels like a family backyard BBQ, except for the fact that you eat inside an airplane.
Good | Worth a Return
Pot Smoker BBQ
Pork butts, ribs, chicken, and brisket are featured smoke-cooked meats, along with traditional sides in this Aiken locals' favorite BBQ
Memorable | One of the Best
Primal Cuts
Bend, Oregon's Primal Cuts is an artisan butcher making thoughtful sandwiches from house-cured products. Get the “porkstrami.”
Bend, OR
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Schmankerl Stube Bavarian Restaurant
For authentic German food such as roast pork shank or wiener schnitzel with spaetzel and beer served by the stein, Schmankerl Stube is the place.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Schwabl’s
Schwabl's is a tavern restaurant that serves Buffalo beef on weck at its best. This very well might be be America's #1 roast beef sandwich.
Buffalo, NY
Memorable | One of the Best
Scott’s Barbecue
Halfway between Memphis and Nashville, Scott's Barbeque is a whole-hog barbecue parlor that serves superb slow-smoked pork with homemade fried pies for dessert.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Shaffer Farms Texas BBQ
First-class BBQ -- ribs, pulled pork, brisket -- with potato salad, beans, corn cakes, and cole slaw make Shaffer Farms a Tennessee delight.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Smokin Guns BBQ
In a land of excellent BBQ, Smokin Guns' meticulous, from-scratch, smoke-cooked pork, beef & chicken are some of the best. *** CLOSED ***
Aiken, SC
Memorable | One of the Best
South Street Smokehouse
Lafayette, Indiana: the South Street Smokehouse BBQ pulled pork sandwich is Memphis-worthy, served with slaw on top. Good ribs and side dishes, too.
Memorable | One of the Best
Swan Market
The Swan Market is a German meat market/grocery located in a residential Rochester neighborhood offering bargain lunch four days a week.
Rochester, NY
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Terry Black’s BBQ
Terry Black's is a best bet for delicious barbecue smoked daily in downtown Austin, Texas.
Austin, TX
Excellent | Worth a Detour
The Joint
A NOLA Bywater BBQ, the Joint is a carnivore’s delight for superb ribs, brisket, pulled pork & Cajun sausage. Baked beans are some of the best anywhere.
New Orleans, LA
Memorable | One of the Best
The Pasty Kitchen
A fast food shop inspired by the savory pies of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The recipes are vintage 1960s; the pies will thrill Michigan transplants.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
The Pub Iron Horse Brewery
Pub fare with an innovative beer-infused twist makes the Pub Iron Horse Brewery a favorite stop in Ellensburg, Washington.
Ellensburg, WA
Memorable | One of the Best
The Rathskeller
Indianapolis's oldest restaurant, the Rathskeller sports beer hall decor and serves excellent pork schnitzel along with a full selection of German beers.
Indianapolis, IN
Memorable | One of the Best
Tip Top Meats
Tip Top Meats is a restaurant, butcher, German grocery store, and fish market. Great sausages are what keep us coming back.
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Vandy’s Bar-B-Q | Southeast Georgia BBQ Legend
Since 1929, elegant smoke-cooked pork has made Vandy's a southeast Georgia BBQ legend. Creamy mustard sauce that crowns pork is magnificent.
Statesboro, GA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Village Cafe
The Village Cafe is a casual restaurant where food is a cut above: BLTs with smoked salmon added; house-cured pastrami; sophisticated salads & espresso drinks.
Aiken, SC
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Waterwheel Road Grocery
Saturday is the day to bring big appetite to this country-road grocery store. That's BBQ day, when Waterwheel's slow-smoked meats are followed by peach cobbler.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Willie Mae’s Scotch House
Willie Mae's is a soul-food Mecca in New Orleans -- a favorite not only among locals but also of food pilgrims in search of the fried-chicken holy grail.
