Texas has a soft spot for fried pies, and the best ones rarely come from a big national brand. They come from trailers, gas station counters, barbecue joints, and highway shops where the crust is ...

Some summer traditions never really go out of style, and a frosty mug of root beer handed to you at your car window is one of them. Ohio still has a handful of old-school stands where you can pull in, ...

Most small towns lost their movie houses decades ago, when shopping malls and multiplexes took over the weekend crowd. Hamburg, Pennsylvania, never got that memo. Its downtown still runs a ...

Some of the best Mexican food in Oregon does not come from the newest spot in town but from the family kitchens that have been feeding the same neighborhoods for years, sometimes long enough to serve ...

Friday night in Ohio has its own menu, and walleye usually sits right at the top of it, with a scoop of coleslaw close behind. This list covers seven spots across the state, from Lake Erie harbor ...

Leavenworth has plenty of places selling sausages, and the debate over which one deserves the crown can get surprisingly heated among people who live nearby. One spot keeps winning those arguments, ...

A good crab cake should taste like crab, not like a pile of bread crumbs pretending to be seafood. Sadly, plenty of restaurants stretch a little crab meat with a lot of filler and hope nobody notices.

Oregon grows a lot of fruit, from Hood River apples and pears to marionberries and huckleberries, and some of the best of it ends up baked into pie. This list covers eight places where fruit pie is a ...

Peruvian rotisserie chicken, called pollo a la brasa, has a simple job: crisp, well-seasoned skin on the outside and tender, juicy meat underneath. New Jersey has plenty of places that roast it, from ...

Fallon runs on hearty breakfasts, bottomless coffee, and booths where the same families have been ordering the same favorites for years. Out here in the high desert, a good diner is more than a place ...

Ask anyone in New Jersey where to get a bagel, and you will get a strong answer fast. People here take their bagels seriously, from the crust to the chew to the cream cheese. This list covers seven ...

Some families plan their whole weekend around one question: which buffet has crab legs tonight? Across Missouri, from Kansas City to Springfield to the St. Louis suburbs, a handful of all-you-can-eat ...