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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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Ann Sather

Ann Sather serves three meals a day, but most Chicagoans know it for superb breakfasts, including gorgeous Swedish waffles and flannel-thin pancakes.

Chicago, IL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Apizza di Napoli | Best Pizza in South Carolina … and Beyond

Apizza di Napoli's pizzas are quickly cooked at 900 degrees, emerging with elegant crisp and chewy crust. An Aiken, South Carolina best bet!

Bangers and Brews

Bangers and Brews is an Anglo-Argentinian sausage spot in a small-town strip mall. Excellent sausages, local beers, and chimichurri keep locals coming back.

Bavarian Bistro

You feel like you’re on a German vacation at Bavarian Bistro, where Washington ingredients take the form of crispy schnitzel and ‘wursts of all kinds.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Be’wiched

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** A "chef-driven deli," Be'wiched is a handsome three-meal-a-day restaurant in Minneapolis's North Loop. House-cured pastrami is the go-to dish.

Ben’s Chili Bowl

Home of the unique DC street food, the half-smoke, Ben's is a beloved institution in Washington, its smoky links and hot dogs big and delicious.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Beyond Bread

Beyond impeccably fresh loaves of bread, this Tucson favorite offers sandwiches, pastries, mac & cheese, salads, soups, omelets, and coffee drinks.

Tucson, AZ

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Black’s Barbecue

Black’s is one of the world-class BBQ restaurants of Lockhart, Texas, where ribs, sausage rings, and brisket are at their best.

Memorable | One of the Best

Boss Hogg’s BBQ

Family-friendly, comfortable, colorful BBQ just outside Pigeon Forge, Boss Hogg's serves great pork, brisket, chicken and all the right side dishes.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Camellia Grill

Camellia Grill, a vintage New Orleans diner with style, hosts a mix of locals, tourists & Tulane students. Must eat: butter-grilled pecan pie a la mode.

Carpenter Street Saloon

It's a tavern, but locals like Carpenter Street Saloon for big hot cakes and breakfast sandwiches, or, if you wish, the Mid-Atlantic fave, scrapple.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Charcoal Inn | Sheboygan Brats and Wisconsin Tortes

Famous Sheboygan brats are best at the Charcoal Inn, where sandwiches ooze a delectable blend of fire-cooked meat juice & melted butter.

Good | Worth a Return

Chris’s Pancake & Dining

3 meals a day are served, but breakfast stars. Local foodies know Chris's for its "Top of the Hill," a version of the outlandish kitchen-sink St. Louis slinger.

St. Louis, MO

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

City Market

The City Market of Luling, Texas, serves BBQ brisket, ribs, and sausage rings on butcher paper. They're great as-is, but house-made sauce is significant.

Memorable | One of the Best

Coletta’s | Memphis BBQ Italian Style in the Elvis Room

Coletta's is a vintage, old-style Italian-American restaurant that supplements a menu of spaghetti and parmigianas with Memphis BBQ Italian style.

Memphis, TN

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Coop’s Place

Coop's Place is a grubby but charming French Quarter refuge serving homey, authentic Cajun cuisine late at night in a dive bar atmosphere.

Cousin Jenny’s

Cousin Jenny’s is a modern Traverse City, Michigan cafeteria that serves old-fashioned (and newfangled) pasties for both breakfast and lunch.

Des Moines Dog House

In this neighborhood restaurant named for Des Moines, Washington, sausage options include brats, kielbasas, hot links, linguica, even vegetarian hot dogs.

Memorable | One of the Best

Don’s Specialty Meats

A modern butcher shop and grocery in the heart of Cajun country, Don's serves dramatically delicious plate lunch, especially Saturday's BBQ smoked pork chop.

Dwyer’s Cafe

In Lafayette, Louisiana, Dwyer's is the place to go for Cajun-accented hot lunch as well as breakfast sweet potato hot cakes with cane syrup.

Faicco’s Pork Store

Faicco’s is an old Greenwich Village butcher shop with great eat-it-now sandwiches and arancini -- crispy fried balls of risotto impossible to stop eating.

Flury’s Cafe

Flury's Cafe is a tiny Cuyahoga Falls diner serving breakfast all day ('til 2pm closing), as well as from-scratch square meals at lunch.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Frog and The Hen

Cutting-edge style, casual ambience, and a menu of brilliant takes on homespun Dixie dishes make Frog and The Hen an Augusta best bet.

Augusta, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Gab & Eat | Best Breakfast in Pittsburgh?

There is nowhere in Pittsburgh better for an early morning meal than the Gab & Eat, an urban hash house that just might serve the best breakfast in town.

Memorable | One of the Best

Glenda’s Creole Kitchen

Glenda Broussard is open for lunch only, 7 days a week, and prepares a different, limited menu each day: good Louisiana fare served in generous portions.

Memorable | One of the Best

Harriet & Oak Cafe and Roaster

Harriet & Oak is a place to recharge any time of day with inventive coffee and tea, homemade pop-tarts, fresh grain bowls, burritos, even beer.

Rapid City, SD

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hell’s Kitchen

One of America's best restaurants, Minneapolis' Hell's Kitchen does everything better, from house peanut butter to Mahnomin porridge. Breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Henry’s Smokehouse

Cooked low and slow over hickory smoke, Henry's pulled pork and ribs are Dixie delights served with dandy sides -- especially a (very) sweet potato casserole.

Herb & Thelma’s Tavern

Herb & Thelma's is a vintage Covington Tavern known for cold beer, hand-fashioned burgers, locally-sources wursts and welcoming good cheer.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hi Spot Cafe

A laid-back Seattle neighborhood cafe specializing in breakfast and lunch, Hi Spot is known for huge scones and cinnamon rolls as well as copious omelets.

Seattle, WA

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.

Hilltop Pub & Grill

Mitchell's is a friendly tavern offering a wide variety of local microbrews, grilled bratwurst, fresh cheese curds, and a great Friday fish fry.

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.

Hunter’s Cafe

Jackson, Georgia's cafeteria-style soul food town cafe offers meat-and-3 lunch and spectacular sausages, ham, & sausage gravy at breakfast. Open 7 days a week.

Jay Bee’s

Foot-long hot dogs, giant burgers, chopped BBQ, plus brash drive-through service make Jay Bee's a favorite North Carolina destination.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Jeanette’s Edelweiss

Jeanette's Edelweiss transports you to a German Bierhaus. Menu options range from schnitzel and spatzle to pretzels, sausages, and apple strudel.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Joe’s Diner

At the edge of Lee, Massachusetts, Joe’s Diner was inspiration for Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Runaway.” Locals and tourists eat well on the cheap.

Memorable | One of the Best

Johnny’s Hots

Johnny Hots is a stand-up restaurant in Philadelphia's fish town where the specialty is hot sausages topped with hot peppers or pepper hash.

Philadelphia, PA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Johnson’s Boucaniere

Johnson's Cajun boudin sausage is grand in a "Parrain Special" - stuffed grilled cheese with crumbled boudin & BBQ sauce in the center.

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

Kamp Dog | The Crazy-Good Wiener of Connecticut

Making a crazy-good wiener and hearty hamburger in southeastern Connecticut, Kamp Dog also serves mighty breakfast and Frito pie.

New London, CT

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Katz’s

The best deli sandwiches are made at Katz's on the Lower East Side. It's the grandaddy of urban delicatessens – since 1888, an only-in-New York experience.

Killen’s | True Texas BBQ | South of Houston

Fall-off-the-bone ribs and sweet-and-juicy pulled pork draw hungry diners from near and far to Killen’s for true Texas BBQ.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Kramarczuk’s

In the heart of downtown, one of the Twin Cities’ oldest lunch spots is a cafeteria that serves old-world flavors and charm by the ladle.

Minneapolis, MN

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.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Liehs & Steigerwald North

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** This family run German meat market's countless sausages include "Pepperettes" (hot dried beef sausage) and the "Landjaeger" (mild dried beef sausage).

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Little Miss BBQ | Southwest BBQ At Its Best | Phoenix, Arizona

Southwest BBQ at its best – one of the best BBQs anywhere – Little Miss makes brisket, pork and beans that belong on all foodies' bucket list.

Phoenix, AZ

Excellent | Worth a Detour

m. henry

M. Henry is about locally sourced, organic provisions and healthy eating. But taste comes first, and the breakfasts in this Chicago restaurant are sensational.

Chicago, IL

Memorable | One of the Best

Matt’s Big Breakfast

Looking for memorable breakfast in Phoenix? Matt's makes it from scratch and with kitchen expertise. At lunch, have a butter burger.

Phoenix, AZ

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Mickey Lu Bar-B-Q

This colorful eatery specializes in charcoal-cooked burgers, hot dogs, and bratwurst, all at very low prices.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Milwaukee Brat House

The Brat House is a sports bar across the street from Usinger’s Sausage factory, making it THE brat destination in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, WI

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.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Mother Hubbard’s Cafe

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** Cool Tucson cafe serving Native American Comfort Food, Mother Hubbard's serves great breakfast, including vegetarian and vegan options. Waffles are a specialty.

Tucson, AZ

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Mr. Beef | A Chicago Street Food Best: Italian Beef Sandwich

Mr. Beef is one of Chicago's premier sources of the sloppy, big-flavored Italian beef sandwich. Add spicy giardiniera as a condiment.

Chicago, IL

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Nick Tahou Hots | Rochester Garbage Plate | Upstate New York

Nick Tahou invented the Rochester garbage plate -- a higgledy-piggledy kitchen-sink meal that will challenge the most voracious appetite.

Rochester, NY

Good | Worth a Return

Nunzio’s Pizzeria

Nunzio's is an insider's Jersey Shore pizza spot serving charming homespun Italian classics since 1953. Thin crust pizza is excellent.

Memorable | One of the Best

O’Betty’s Red Hot Dogs and Sausages

O'Betty's of Athens, Ohio, offers every imaginable dressing for hot dogs, from ketchup and mustard to habanero salsa, baked beans and chili. Tofu dog, anyone?

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

OliBea

In Knoxville's Old City, OliBea restaurant makes memorable breakfast from biscuits to pork cheek tacos. All fresh, all local, all delicious.

Knoxville, TN

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Otto’s Sausage Kitchen

Otto's of Portland, Oregon, makes some of the best hot dogs and sausages in the West and cooks them outdoors on a sidewalk grill. Great deli sandwiches, too.

Portland, OR

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Pancake Circus

Sacramento's Circus Pancakes are behemoths that are light and fluffy with a hint of buttermilk. Crisp, thin waffles and golden hash browns are noteworthy.

Sacramento, CA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pecan Lodge

In the heart of Dallas' Deep Ellum, Pecan Lodge uses a unique combination of Texas and North Carolina styles to smoke brisket.

Dallas, TX

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Prause’s Meat Market

Order your meat by the pound or by the link at Prause's, a vintage Texas meat market BBQ. No frills, but it's a memorable and utterly delicious meal.

Memorable | One of the Best

Rizer’s Pork & Produce

On a quiet Lowcountry road, Rizer's Pork & Produce is an all-you-can-eat buffet serving pork it raises and vegetables it grows. A memorable taste of Dixie.

Memorable | One of the Best

Roseland Apizza

Roseland is a family-run restaurant in Derby, Connecticut, famous for huge portions of Italian-American food, including superb New Haven-style pizza.

Memorable | One of the Best

Royal Guard Fish & Chips & More

Royal Guard is a spanking-clean fish & chips restaurant that also has a clay oven from which emerge excellent seekh kabobs, chicken tikka and naan flatbreads.

Danbury, CT

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Ruben’s Argentinian Steakhouse

Argentine-style grilled steaks of every cut and size are Ruben's specialty. Also: chicken, sausage, and breaded beef. Herb-speckled chimichurri sauce over all!

Aiken, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

S&S Dugout

The Dugout is a colorful Westport, Connecticut restaurant where sandwiches rule. Roast beef or ham sliced thin and piled high are especially excellent.

Fairfield, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Salt Lick

In the Hill Country west of Austin, the Salt Lick is a theme park of BBQ, serving a full range of smoke-cooked meat with all the fixins. A Texas legend!

Good | Worth a Return

Sarabeth’s Kitchen

Famous for its jellies, marmalade, and breakfast, Sarabeth's has grown from a cute little cafe to a culinary empire in New York and beyond.

New York, NY

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Saukville Meats

While it isn't a restaurant, we cannot resist Blau’s Saukville Meats for its fabulous supply of smoked sausages, cheeses, and lake fish.

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.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Seoul Sausage Co.

Choose either Seoul's Galbi, an all-beef sausage served with minced kimchi dressing and aioli sauce, or a Spicy Pork topped with slaw: a Korean slaw dog!

Los Angeles, CA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Smitty’s

Lockhart is the BBQ heart of Texas; Smitty's is the town's star: butter-tender brisket, prime rib & sausage rings are cooked and served the old-fashioned way.

Memorable | One of the Best

Smoque

Smoque's devoted clientele come to eat scrupulously created replicas of barbecue from around the United States: St. Louis ribs, Chicago baby backs, Texas sausage, southern-style pulled pork, and even, on occasion, smoked salmon.

Chicago, IL

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Sonny Bryan’s

Sonny Bryan’s of Dallas is a Texas BBQ shrine, its specialty hickory-smoked brisket so moist and tender that it falls apart when you pick up a slice.

Dallas, TX

Memorable | One of the Best

Southern Kitchen

Good old vintage Virginia restaurant, just off I-81 in New Market. Southern Kitchen serves fine peanut soup, country ham, and cream pies.

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

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

San Francisco, CA

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

Memorable | One of the Best

Taylor’s Bar-B-Que

BBQ plus a meat-and-three cafeteria make Taylor's a country-cooking destination (open at 4:30am) in the Bird Dog Capital of the World.

Waynesboro, GA

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 Crab Shack

Sit right on Chimney Creek and eat as much fresh crab, deviled crab and Brunswick stew as you can handle at The Crab Shack.

Tybee Island, GA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

The Dory

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** A pint-size breakfast-only nook on the waterfront, The Dory is where commercial and sport fishermen come before dawn for coffee, conversation, hearty breakfast, and more coffee. The menu is big, including egg sandwiches on white, wheat, Italian bread, or giant-size English muffins, and stacks of pancakes.

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