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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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24 Crows

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** 24 Crows is an extraordinary sandwich shop and town cafe, where everything on the menu is made with expertise and first-class ingredients. In addition to great food, it offers a selection of interesting crafts, fine wine and unique groceries. The ice cream, made here, is sensational.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

7 Mares

Mexican seafood is brilliant at 7 Mares, an unlikely shopping-center restaurant where highlights include shrimp-stuffed chiles rellenos & mile-high margaritas.

Lexington, SC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

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.

Aiken, SC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Al Campo

Find a spot under Al Campo’s bistro lights to dig in to The Guerrero, the tastiest spicy brisket sandwich with Dijon aioli, crispy shoestring fries and jalapeños.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Alonzo’s

Hugging the water, Alonzo’s Oyster Bar is a Key West favorite known for happy hour: an opportunity to eat Gulf shrimp, mussels al diablo, & raw or baked oysters.

Key West, FL

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Amen Street Fish & Raw Bar

Enjoy a "scream of southern" seafood meal at one of the best restaurant in Charlesron SC. Amen Street, an airy Charleston restaurant named for the two 18th-century churches located on this stretch of road.

Charleston, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Apalachicola Seafood Grill | Best of the Gulf Coast

A corner-store lunch room surrounded by a raised sidewalk, Apalachicola Seafood Grill serves exemplary Gulf Coast fare at reasonable prices.

Good | Worth a Return

Augusta Fish Market & Restaurant

The Augusta (Georgia) Fish Market & Restaurant will fry and serve any of the seafood it sells. The menu also offers wok-cooked Chinese-American standards.

Augusta, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Bacchanal

At a quiet corner of Bywater, New Orleans' Bacchanal draws easygoing crowds hungry for good food, live music, and camaraderie.

New Orleans, LA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Badlands Saloon & Grille

Wild West ambiance, large-portion meals, and close proximity to Badlands National Park are a few good reasons to visit Badlands Saloon & Grille.

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

Best Fish Taco in Ensenada

Cooked-to-order fish and shrimp tacos are the only selections at this small Los Angeles-area restaurant, and they are utterly fantastic. Payment is cash only.

Los Angeles, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Big T’s Seafood Restaurant

Expertly fried seafood stars on Big T's menu, which also includes traditional low-country boil, crab legs, & grilled fish. A hidden-gem detour off I-20.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Blue Dolphin

Katonah, New York: Blue Dolphin Diner is a diner-turned-restaurant offering homemade pasta, fresh seafood, sophisticated salads, and masterful cappuccino.

Memorable | One of the Best

Blue Plate

Blue Plate's chef-driven meals using local ingredients and stylish recipes make this casual country dinner house a Columbia County, New York top choice.

Chatham, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Bob Taylor’s Ranch House

Bob Taylor's Ranch House is an old-time prime rib place on the edge of Las Vegas. Come for true old time classics, at reasonable prices.

Las Vegas, NV

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Boiling Shrimp

Casual seafood at Statesboro, Georgia's Boiling Shrimp includes a traditional Lowcountry boil, excellent fried shrimp and scallops and po boy sandwiches.

Statesboro, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Bon Ton

New Orleans meets Vietnam at Atlanta’s Bon Ton, where everything is different, from spicy boiled peanuts to 5-spice shrimp with buttered bread.

Atlanta, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Bon Ton Cafe

Bon Ton is the New Orleans restaurant in which to taste such Creole classics as crawfish etouffe, jambalaya, and signature Red Fish Bon Ton.

New Orleans, LA

Memorable | One of the Best

Boss Oyster

Boss Oyster is one of the best places to eat the oysters for which Apalachicola is famous. Plus Florida shrimp, flounder, grouper, and redfish!

Memorable | One of the Best

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.

Richmond, VA

Memorable | One of the Best

Bush’s

A humble seafood restaurant where all kinds of fish are prepared with expertise. On the side: Dixie-best soul-food vegetables.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Café des Amis

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** For a full, true, and joyous taste of Acadian Louisiana, Cafe des Amis is peerless, from beignets to crawfish, with live Zydeco music for dancing on Saturday.

Memorable | One of the Best

Calabash Seafood Hut

A small, humble dining hut serving excellent examples of the fried seafood for which the town of Calabash is world-famous. Very popular: expect to wait.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

California Roll Factory

Crazy, over-the-top, iconoclastic sushi is the specialty at this Los Angeles restaurant's very American rendition of Japanese classics. Huge sushi rolls!

Los Angeles, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Caro-Mi Dining Room | Heaven at the Blue Ridge Mountains

On the banks of the Pacolet River, Caro-Mi is Heaven at the Blue Ridge Mountains. Dixie comfort food reigns supreme!

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Casa Bella

Italian dinner-house classics skillfully prepared and handsomely presented make Casa Bella an Aiken locals' favorite. Truly a beautiful setting.

Aiken, SC

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Chicago Joe’s

Chicago Joe's is a rough-around-the-edges Las Vegas cottage that has been serving intimate Italian dinners for decades.

Las Vegas, NV

Memorable | One of the Best

Choices

A welcoming Caribbean Jamaican restaurant off the beaten path, Choices serves terrific jerk chicken, curried goat and shrimp, oxtails and ribs.

Graniteville, SC

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

Convenience West

Plan ahead and pick up the best brisket from Marfa’s Convenience West — and don’t forget the caramelized banana pudding.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Cosse’s on the Beach

Steps from Pensacola Beach, Cosse's puts a New Orleans twist on breakfast with fried honey gator biscuits and bacon po’ boys & cheap bottomless mimosas.

Memorable | One of the Best

Crabby Oddwaters

Oddwater's steamed buckets come packed with a classic low-country boil of seafood plus potatoes, corn, and Carolina sausage with a crisp, charred crust.

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

Dave’s Carry-Out

Dave's is a small carry-out restaurant specializing in fried shrimp and serving dinner long after other Charleston restaurants have closed.

Charleston, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Delaware Delicacies Smoke House

Delaware Delicacies is famous for its smoked eel, but it also offers smoked meats, shrimp, and cheese. Way off the beaten path; take-out only.

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

Memorable | One of the Best

Dixie Crossroads

The Number One reason to eat at Dixie Crossroads in Titusville, Florida, is shrimp: either rock shrimp (like tiny lobsters) or wild ocean shrimp.

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

Don Pepe Taqueria

Don Pepe is a Fresno, California, maverick Mexican restaurant that serves perfectly poached shrimp in many forms.

Fresno, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

El Camaron Feliz

Graniteville's hidden-gem Tex-Mex cafe isn't only about U-peel-'em happy shrimp ("Camaron Feliz"); the menu includes familiar Mexican meals, mild or very spicy.

Graniteville, SC

Good | Worth a Return

El Gallo Giro

A Mexican and Tex-Mex treasure southwest of Boise, Idaho, El Gallo Giro has a broad menu of expertly-made specialties from the Rio Grande and points south.

Memorable | One of the Best

El Torero: A Tucson Hidden Gem

El Torero is a Tucson, Arizona, Mexican restaurant that serves tacos, burros, enchiladas, and chimichangas, plus delicious moles.

Tucson, AZ

Memorable | One of the Best

Exmore Diner

A lovely vintage Eastern Shore Virginia diner where the locals eat, The Exmore is known for seafood from the Bay and the ocean.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Felipe’s

Felipe's is a modest storefront restaurant serving some of the best Mexican food in Palm Springs. Margaritas are great; dessert mustn't be missed.

Palm Springs, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Fish Peddler at Pacific Oyster

Primarily a wholesale oyster operation, Pacific Oyster's Fish Peddler Cafe offers bivalves raw or cooked, plus local crab and cheese sandwiches.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Flipside Cafe

Flipside Cafe's Dixie-flavored farm to table comfort food includes shrimp & grits, local greens & veggies, and white cheddar pimento cheese. Breakfast, too!

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

G&M Restaurant and Lounge

G&M's jumbo lump crab meat is the height of luxury -- in the form of magnificent crab cakes or the deluxe stuffing for shrimp or flounder.

Memorable | One of the Best

Geste Shrimp Truck

Maui’s most famous food truck makes what is likely the island’s best plate lunch based on some of the most flavorful crustaceans we’ve found on the road.

Kahului, HI

Memorable | One of the Best

Gordon’s Be Back Fish House

** THIS RESTAURANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED ** The name of this soulful Orlando-area seafood restaurant is no lie. Once you've had Gordon's flounder, mullet, or fried shrimp, you WILL be back for more!

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.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Happy House

Casual, friendly Happy House is a rare opportunity to join savvy eaters of Augusta's Korean community in savoring a full panoply of East Asian exotica.

Augusta, GA

Memorable | One of the Best

Harold’s Chicken Shack

Harold’s Chicken Shack is a veritable institution on Chicago’s South Side, providing deliciously fresh fried chicken in a hot sauce that clears sinuses upon first sniff. Although technically a chain, Harold’s is pure Roadfood. Harold Pierce opened the first Shack in 1950, and its growth was largely fueled by the major fast-food chains’ refusal to … Continue reading

Chicago, IL

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Harry’s Local Bar and Restaurant

What looks like a honky-tonk biker bar is a source of excellent seafood, fried or broiled. Harry's is a must for food-focused folk in Aiken, South Carolina.

Aiken, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Havana

Havana is a Palm Beach, Florida sit-down restaurant serving great steak and seafood, but it also has a 24-hour walk-up window with superb Cuban sandwiches.

Good | Worth a Return

Herby-K’s

There are gumbos, po boys, oysters, and catfish, but the not-to-miss dish is Herby-K's sauced Shrimp Buster sandwich.

Shreveport, LA

Memorable | One of the Best

Hudson’s On The Docks

Hudson's began as an oyster processing plant and has become a huge restaurant serving impeccably fresh seafood in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Memorable | One of the Best

Hunt’s Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar

Start with a dozen freshly shucked oysters, then plates of fried shrimp or scallops. Hunt's also is a great place to try the Alabama specialty fried crab claws.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Hyman Seafood

A big, popular Charleston, South Carolina restaurant with a wide array of seafood, Hyman is a great place to have the coastal delicacy, broiled flounder.

Charleston, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Jamrock Caribana

Jamrock Caribana is a hospitable, out-of-the-way cafe serving Deep South Jamaican food at its best, including jerk chicken and oxtails

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

JB’s Fish Camp

JB's is a boisterous fish camp restaurant south of Daytona Beach where the menu offers nearly every kind of Gulf and Atlantic seafood, blue crabs a specialty.

Memorable | One of the Best

JC’s Seafood

Hail the Low Country boil! JC's makes it with seafood from the coast along with succulent sausage, corn, and potatoes, all veiled in one of 3 degrees of spice.

Aiken, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

La Cantina

Fabulous steaks cooked outdoors in an 1800-degree oven are stars of a creative, fine-food menu in this unique restaurant deep in the Carolina countryside.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

La Cocina

Sopapillas are hot and fresh at La Cocina just off I-25 in New Mexico. Note also the stacked enchiladas with green chile, beef, cheese, and a fried egg on top.

Memorable | One of the Best

La Parma

La Parma of Williston Park, New York, is an Italian restaurant serving super-sized family portions for dinner, and more personal-sized portions for lunch.

Williston Park, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Leonard Copsey’s

Leonard Copsey’s more a seafood market than it is a restaurant, but you can buy steamed, spiced crabs ready to eat and pints of yummy hot crab soup.

Memorable | One of the Best

Les Sisters’ Southern Kitchen

Les Sisters Southern Kitchen serves the San Fernando Valley with fine Southern and Cajun fare. Pan-fried chicken can’t be beat, and jambalaya rates a close second.

Los Angeles, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

LG’s Prime Steak House

LG's is prime steak paradise in Palm Springs, California. The restaurant's dry-aged beauties are best accompanied by great Parmesan-garlic mashed potatoes.

Palm Springs, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Long Lake Sporting Club | Northern Maine’s Unique Ployes

Crusty fried chicken, a house specialty, comes with northern Maine's unique ployes (buckwheat crepes), butter and a pitcher of syrup.

Memorable | One of the Best

Lou’s Fish Shack

Try Dungeness crab and other local San Francisco seafood near Fisherman's Wharf at the family-friendly Lou's Fish Shack.

San Francisco, CA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Louie’s Back Yard

A romantic Key West dining spot overlooking the Ocean, Louie's serves stylish Caribbean food in a laid-back way. Don't miss: Key lime pie on gingersnap crust.

Key West, FL

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.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Lusco’s

Lusco's is the place for steaks, pompano, and Mississippi Delta food with a twist of sophistication in the mysterious back room of an old grocery store. A downsouth classic.

Greenwood, MS

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Lynn’s Quality Oysters

Friendly, happy, rough-around-the-edges, Lynn’s is a restaurant for oyster-lovers along Florida’s “forgotten coast.” Raw or baked, they're some of the best.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Magnolia Downtown

A downtown Aiken restaurant where healthy eating is the goal, with vegan and vegetarian options (meat, too!). Magnolia's chocolate zucchini cake is a must.

Aiken, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Malibu Seafood | Best Place To Eat in Malibu, California

The best place to eat in Malibu offers a prime seaside location and fresh seafood of the highest caliber. Keep it simple here.

Malibu, CA

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

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Marina Variety Store

Marina Variety Store is a quality seafood restaurant, a brash diner, & a locals' favorite. Dine with a view of Charleston's Yacht Basin beyond the marshes.

Charleston, SC

Memorable | One of the Best

Mariscos Chihuahua

Mariscos Chihuahua is the place for Mexican-style shrimp in Tucson, Arizona - from cool cocktails to a fiery garlic pepper version called endiablados.

Tucson, AZ

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Mayflower Cafe

A Mississippi gem featuring okra gumbo, fried shrimp and oysters, Mayflower is known for comeback dressing, for dipping fries as well as adorning salad.

Memorable | One of the Best

Mexicali Rose

Four star Mexican mole in Connecticut: a culinary oxymoron? Not at Mexicali Rose, a hole in the wall that will make your head spin with authentic recipes.

Newtown, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Moishes

Moishe's is Montreal's high-end steak house with a Jewish accent. Side a gorgeous filet mignon with latkes (potato pancakes) or twice baked Monte Carlo potato.

Montréal, QC

Memorable | One of the Best

Neptune’s Net

A county line beach shack favored by bikers, Neptune's Net offers fresh seafood, large format beers & one of California's nicest beaches across the street.

Malibu, CA

Memorable | One of the Best

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

Nom Wah Tea Parlor, one of the oldest restaurants in New York City, also happens to be a dim sum mecca.

New York, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Nonna’s Italian Kitchen

Nonna's serves abundant portions of high-quality Italian-American food in a casual Main Street storefront restaurant in Edgefield, SC. * CLOSED *

Edgefield, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

OB Noodle House & Sake Bar

Fantastic Asian-fusion fare and quick service have made OB Noodle House & Sake Bar Ocean Beach's favorite noodle spot.

San Diego, CA

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

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Paul’s Pasta Shop

Paul's makes fresh pasta daily. Bring it home or find a precious table here in Groton and enjoy rustic Italian fare served beautifully and without pretensions.

Groton, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Pearl Oyster Bar

Pearl Oyster Bar is a tiny New York restaurant known for simple classics of the Maine coast, especially smoky clam chowder and a lavishly buttered lobster roll.

New York, NY

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Poor Boy Lloyd’s

A well-worn Creole cafe in the heart of Downtown Baton Rouge, Poor Boy Lloyd's serves textbook po boys & cannon Louisiana cooking with frosted chalices of beer.

Baton Rouge, LA

Memorable | One of the Best

Prejean’s

Cajun food galore at Prejean's restaurant in Lafayette, Louisiana, including crawfish every which way. Combo platters comer with deep-flavored dirty rice.

Lafayette, LA

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

Purple Hull Market | Southern Plate Lunch And Big Steaks

Southern plate-lunch and weekend steak dinners make the Purple Hull Market a beloved country-casual destination in North Augusta, SC.

North Augusta, SC

Good | Worth a Return

Rae’s Coastal Cafe

Rae's of Augusta is famous for its marinated-lettuce green salad, a classic concoction to accompany seafood both Carolina and Caribbean style.

Augusta, GA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Ramon’s

Far off the beaten path in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ramon's is a colorful restaurant serving fine fried shrimp and sensationally luxurious chicken livers.

Clarksdale, MS

Memorable | One of the Best

Red Rabbit Drive In

Enjoy a Red Rabbit Bunny Burger (bacon, cheese, sauce, etc.) in your car or at a picnic table at this 50+ year old drive-in in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.

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

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

Safe Harbor Restaurant

At Safe Harbor, the fish is as freshly-caught as you’d expect in a fish market next to the water. The menu's must-eat: spicy blackened shrimp.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Salsas

Salsas is a Cathedral City storefront restaurant with a full California Mexican menu that includes fantastic shrimp dishes and grilled tacos.

Cathedral City, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Sarapes Restaurante

Hungry for something more authentic than Taco Bell? Serapes Restaurante in Enfield, Connecticut, has the answer: homestyle Mexican cooking.

Memorable | One of the Best

Savage Shrimp

Shrimp trucks are especially common on the north shore of Oahu. However, the best we found is actually on the island of Kauai. Savage Shrimp is housed in a “used to be bright green” truck and is right outside Poipu beach at the intersection of Lawai and Hoonani under a big tree. What should I … Continue reading

Excellent | Worth a Detour

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