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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
Al’s Breakfast
Al's Breakfast serves the best imaginable diner breakfast in Minneapolis's Dinkytown. Pancakes are wonderful, with or without blueberries, nuts or sweet corn niblets.
Minneapolis, MN
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Alcenia’s
Alcenia's is a warm, friendly Memphis, Tennessee, restaurant serving homey soul food meat-and-3 meals that end with glorious pies or bread pudding.
Memphis, TN
Memorable | One of the Best
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
Memorable | One of the Best
Avalon Diner | Lunch Counter Burgers at their Best | Houston
A meal at Houston's Avalon Diner is a sociable event. Lunch counter hamburgers are some of Texas' best. Lemonade & shakes are made to order.
Houston, TX
Memorable | One of the Best
Bean Palace
Located in a 19th-century Arkansas grist mill, the Bean Palace is a family-friendly cafe that offers real country lunch and weekend breakfasts.
Memorable | One of the Best
Bearcat
Coffee & breakfast spot by day and bar by night, Bearcat is a hip Brooklyn hangout with a menu of unique coffee (and non coffee) drinks & gluten-free options.
Memorable | One of the Best
Bette’s Oceanview Diner
Gorgeous souffle pancakes at Bette's diner in Berkeley are a taste of heaven. A Bay area breakfast best!
Berkeley, CA
Good | Worth a Return
Biscuits & Waffles
Biscuits & Waffles is a bright, casual downtown Richmond breakfast cafe with a menu that is entirely gluten free, and in the case of biscuits, dairy-free, too.
Richmond, VA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Bruxie
About a year ago three friends bought Dairy Treet, the oldest hamburger stand in Orange. They renamed it Bruxie and started writing their own history selling gourmet waffle sandwiches. A lot of people lamented the passing of Dairy Treet, which had been flipping burgers for over 60 years. If the long lines are any indication, … Continue reading Bruxie
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.
New Orleans, LA
Memorable | One of the Best
Dutch Kitchen
A convenient diner off I-81 in Pennsylvania Coal Country, the Dutch Kitchen is a family restaurant serving hearty local fare including shoofly pie.
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
Farmer’s Daughters
In the newly renovated RSVP Hotel, Farmer’s Daughters serves such healthful comfort food as beet-cured salmon on fresh sourdough with vegan cream cheese.
Bozeman, MT
Good | Worth a Return
Fatty’s Eatery
Fatty’s is a funky spot on the southern tip of the Outer Banks serving crunchy fried chicken & waffles and other stick-to-your-ribs southern favorites.
Memorable | One of the Best
Glo’s
For breakfast in Seattle's Capitol Hill, go to Glo's. Best bets: beautiful eggs Benedict, waffles topped with fresh berries, sour cream coffee cake.
Seattle, WA
Memorable | One of the Best
Griddle | Best Breakfast in Winnemucca Nevada
A diner / town cafe radiating Roadfood charm, The Griddle is the place to go for the best breakfast in Winnemucca -- including chicken-fried steak breaded to order.
Winnemucca, NV
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.
Minneapolis, MN
Excellent | Worth a Detour
High Street on Market
Sourdough waffles with malted butter, breakfast sandwiches with a twist, & iced cardamom coffee pay homage to Philly ingredients at High Street on Market.
Philadelphia, PA
Memorable | One of the Best
Hob Nob Hill
Hob Nob Hill of San Diego is the great Southern California coffee shop, serving three square meals a day with grace and hospitality. Must eat: morning pastries!
San Diego, CA
Memorable | One of the Best
Hot Plate
Decor at Minneapolis' Hot Plate is kitsch, including Paint-by-Numbers art; but there's nothing silly about the food -- a mindful exaltation of diner fare.
Minneapolis, MN
Good | Worth a Return
Knapp’s
Knapp's of Tacoma is a bastion of old-fashioned square meals, from hotcakes and morning omelets to turkey and mashed potatoes at lunch.
Tacoma, WA
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Kowloon Tong Dessert Cafe
Our two meals at Kowloon Tong Dessert Cafe, a late-night Hong Kong-style cafe in the Inner Richmond district, were easily our finest during a recent trip to San Francisco. Both took place around midnight, on consecutive nights, and on each occasion, even at this late hour, the small tables were jam-packed with scores of people. … Continue reading Kowloon Tong Dessert Cafe
San Francisco, CA
Memorable | One of the Best
Lisa’s Radial Cafe
Lisa's Radial Cafe is an urban diner serving excellent breakfast, including magnificent chicken-fried steak and crisp hash browns.
Omaha, NE
Memorable | One of the Best
Moore Coffee
A cute little coffee house specializing in crisp, elegant waffles and beautiful latte art. Moore Coffee is an only-in-Seattle experience!
Seattle, WA
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
Original Pancake House
The 1st Original Pancake House in Portland serves the best pancakes imaginable. Everything is first rate, from rich cream for coffee to thick-cut bacon.
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
Memorable | One of the Best
Paris Coffee Shop
A Fort Worth legend for hearty breakfast and lunch as well as blue-ribbon pies, Paris Coffee Shop is a taste of old-time Texas.
Fort Worth, TX
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
Rick & Ann’s
Rick & Ann's is an isle of square meal breakfast (and more) in Berkeley, California, its specialties including red flannel hash and gingerbread corn waffles.
Berkeley, CA
Legendary | Worth driving from anywhere
Shaky Alibi
Los Angeles' Shaky Alibi is all about the best imaginable Liège Belgian waffles, both sweet and savory. On the side: best-in-the-city coffee.
Los Angeles, CA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
The Mud Hole of the Black Hills
Hidden inside a thrift store, The Mud Hole is a charming biscuit dive that serves clever and satisfying home-style breakfast.
Rapid City, SD
Excellent | Worth a Detour
The Old Post Office Cafe
Hungry in North Lake Tahoe? Head to the Old Post Office Cafe for bacon waffles, fried eggs, and fluffy biscuits with a side of old school kitsch.
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Uncle Bill’s Pancake House
By the Ocean in Manhattan Beach, Uncle Bill's is known for eggs, pancakes, and waffles; we love the hash brown scramble known as potatoes Stroganoff.
Manhattan Beach, CA
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Waffle
The wafflecentric menu of this self-consciously proletarian place offers more than a dozen different variations of the large, rectangular Belgians; but for non-waffle eaters, there are alternative breakfasts and a whole menu of lunch, supper, and cocktails.
