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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66 Diner

The 66 Diner of Albuquerque is a good place to taste food unique to New Mexico, including green chile cheeseburgers and green chile stew.

Aglamesis Bros.

A century-old sweet shop with an all-pink dining room, Cincinnati's Aglamesis Bros. makes great, unique-flavor ice creams and memorable sundae toppings.

Cincinnati, OH

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Alethea’s | Buffalo New York is America’s Best Candy City

Alethea's of Buffalo, New York (America's best candy city) is a chocolatier that features a great ice cream parlor with an array of homemade toppings and crisp nuts to top sundaes.

Anderson’s Frozen Custard

Year-around, Anderson's serves superb custard that is soft and creamy and rich. No indoor seating at this location in Buffalo.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Antoinette’s

Antoinette's is one of the candy shop / ice cream parlors that make Buffalo, New York, a sweet-tooth's paradise. Everything is made here, from scratch.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Betsy’s Around the Corner

A bustling Aiken restaurant serving sandwiches, salads, burgers, and square meals, Betsy's also is a layer cake-lover's dream. *CLOSED*

Go ahead and have the ice cream at Birdsall’s Ice Cream! One of the best things about being an adult is you can have ice cream for lunch if you like. It was in that frame of mind that I stopped into Birdsall’s in Mason City, Iowa, lured by the promise of the sign outside … Continue reading

Mason City, IA

Memorable | One of the Best

Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor

Wells’ Dairy, makers of Blue Bunny brand ice cream, produces more ice cream than any other single company. If you have a special fondness for ice cream, you need to know about this place! The ice cream parlor is a 1920s-style sweet shop with a soda-fountain counter and high-back booths.

Le Mars, IA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Borden’s

Borden's of Lafayette, Louisiana, is a blast from the past ice cream shop with art deco decor and sundaes and sodas made by confectionery masters.

Lafayette, LA

Memorable | One of the Best

Breakfast Shoppe

Open only for breakfast and lunch, this cheerful Maryland cafe offers freshly squeezed juice and beautiful pancakes as well as egg dishes plain and fancy.

Memorable | One of the Best

Cole Drug

The Cole Drug challenge is the Big Timber sundae: 9 scoops of ice cream plus sauces, whipped cream, and nuts. Huckleberry sundaes, too.

Memorable | One of the Best

Condrell’s Candies & Ice Cream

Condrell's sundaes are a Buffalo best: house-made ice cream and toppings, fresh whipped cream, and crisp toasted nuts. Plus fantastic chocolates of all kind.

Buffalo, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Doug’s Fish Fry | Upstate New York Seafood Best

Doug's fish sandwich is upstate New York seafood at its best: chunky, moist white fish encased in a crunchy crust.. Dessert: excellent fruit custard.

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Dr. Mike’s | Small Batch Artisan Ice Cream | Bethel, CT

Small batch artisan ice cream at its finest has made Dr. Mike's of Bethel, Connecticut, one of the very best ice cream parlors in the USA.

Bethel, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Fenton’s

From a repertoire of dozens of house-made ice cream flavors the stand-out at Fenton's is Swiss milk chocolate. House specialty: glorious sundaes.

Oakland, CA

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Gumbo Shop

In the heart of the French Quarter, the Gumbo Shop serves excellent seafood-okra and chicken-andouille sausage versions of the classic Louisiana dish.

New Orleans, LA

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Hawk’s Crawfish

Proudly “in the middle of nowhere,” Hawk's is a roadhouse destination for pristine purged crawfish, boiled in delicate spices. Great shrimp, too!

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

Hildebrandt’s

Hildebrandt's has been serving hamburgers and soda fountain treats to Long Islanders since 1926. Everything is excellent; be sure to try silver dollar fries. *CLOSED*

Williston Park, NY

Memorable | One of the Best

Hollyhock Hill

Skillet-fried chicken is wonderful at Indianapolis' Hollyhock Hill. With pan gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans and corn niblets, hot breads & apple butter.

Indianapolis, IN

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Ice Cream Shop

Ice cream at this breezy summer-only stand near I-84's Exit 10 in Newtown, Connecticut is made on-premises, and it is fine.

Newtown, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Il Bacio

From-scratch ice cream at Danbury's Il Bacio includes such memorable flavors as 7-chocolate Cardiac Arrest, Vanilla Pudding, and Peanut Butter Oreo Cheesecake.

Danbury, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

LeDuc’s Frozen Custard

LeDuc's is a good taste of Wisconsin favorites, including tasty burgers and silken custard. Sundaes are particularly recommended.

Memorable | One of the Best

Leon’s

A neon-edged fun ride for anybody who loves the profound goodness of Wisconsin custard, Leon's is a 1942 vintage Milwaukee favorite.

Milwaukee, WI

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Luv-It Frozen Custard

Tucked behind a gas station, Luv-It is a little Las Vegas custard stand that has been churning silk since 1973.

Las Vegas, NV

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Magnifico’s Ice Cream

Stick with pure vanilla ice cream at Magnifico's, or have a sundae extravaganza with hot caramel or fudge or an orchard's variety of fruit toppings.

Memorable | One of the Best

Mark’s In and Out

If you are looking for a mouth-watering burger to eat on the run or an enjoyable sit-down meal out in the Livingston, Montana sun, Mark’s in and Out is the place for you!

Memorable | One of the Best

North Hadley Sugar Shack

Sugaring-season breakfast, summer maple ice cream, and wintertime Christmas trees make the North Hadley Sugar Shack a nearly year-round country destination.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Oink’s Dutch Treat

Oink’s is a Michigan ice cream shop serving cones, sundaes and other creations. Our favorite flavor is Mackinaw Island fudge -- chunks of fudge in fudge ripple.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Parkside Candy

Built in 1927, Buffalo's Parkside Candy is a temple of chocolate & ice cream. Sundaes, sodas are fine; the candy selection is staggering.

Buffalo, NY

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Pink Dipper

A vintage ice cream parlor in North Augusta, South Carolina, Pink Dipper offers classic sundaes, shakes, frappes & floats as well as kiddie toys and candy.

North Augusta, SC

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pinpoint Restaurant

Pinpoint is a Wilmington beacon of high-end farm (and sea)-to-table fare that is original, radiant with flavor, and glossy-magazine beautiful.

Memorable | One of the Best

Prohibition Creamery

Prohibition Creamery of Austin, Texas, brings together alcohol and ice cream,. infusing the former into the latter and offering craft cocktails, too.

Austin, TX

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Pumphouse Creamery

Small-batch ice cream is made at Pumphouse using local dairy products and fruits. The result: ice cream with big, fresh flavor and pure farm character.

Minneapolis, MN

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Putz’s Creamy Whip

Putz’s is a drive-in with a menu of hot dogs, burgers, and BBQ, but it’s soft-serve ice cream that makes it a Cincinnati, Ohio destination restaurant.

Cincinnati, OH

Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere

Ridgefield Ice Cream Shop

Connecticut's Ridgefield Ice Cream Shop makes the best soft serve ice cream. And a full menu of sundaes, milk shakes and ice cream cakes. No indoor seats.

Ridgefield, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Sardine Lake Resort

The Sierra Buttes and Sardine Lakes serve as a breathtaking backdrop for fine food in a small, quaint cabin at Sardine Lake Resort.

Memorable | One of the Best

Snowflake Ice Cream

Homemade ice cream, hard and soft, comes in cups and cones and as the basis for sodas, shakes, and sundaes of all variety. Snowflake is a roadside classic.

Memorable | One of the Best

Star Drug Store

Star Drug has survived three hurricanes and a fire, providing citizens of Galveston bacon-tomato soup, grilled cheese & frothy egg creams for over 100 years.

Galveston, TX

Memorable | One of the Best

Sugar Bowl

With its pink-upholstered booths, Scottsdale's Sugar Bowl is a classic American ice cream parlor serving magnificent sodas, sundaes & malts.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Superior Dairy Products Company

Superior Dairy Products is a step back in time -- a creamery that serves Brobdingnagian scoops and sky-high sundaes.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Timmy O’s

Timmy O's is a Midwestern-style custard stand in Queens, New York, serving concretes (extra thick shakes), sundaes, floats, sodas and splits.

Excellent | Worth a Detour

Ultimate Ice Cream Company

Milk from local cows is used to make small-batch artisan ice cream in flavors plain and fancy. Sundaes are available with wonderful toppings.

Asheville, NC

Memorable | One of the Best

Wentworth’s Ice Cream

Ice cream at Wentworth's is rich but not cloying. Fave flavors: Creamsicle, Mounds, strawberry shortcake. Hot fudge is superb, as is hot peanut butter.

Hamden, CT

Memorable | One of the Best

Wilton Candy Kitchen

Wilton Candy Kitchen in Iowa may be America's oldest soda fountain. Enjoy cherry cokes, pink ladies, floats and sundaes of all kinds.

Memorable | One of the Best

Wise Acre Eatery | Farm to Table At Its Best in Minneapolis

Farm to table dining at its finest in Wise Acre Eatery, a casual, modern Minneapolis restaurant located in a former gas station.

Minneapolis, MN

Memorable | One of the Best

Young’s Jersey Dairy

Using ice cream and milk from their own farm, Young’s of Yellow Springs, Ohio, blends extra-thick shakes in every flavor imaginable.

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