D.I.’s Cajun Restaurant 6561 Evangeline Highway Basile, Louisiana Beer selection: The usual suspects, plus local Abita Amber Food: Best crabs on earth! I’m always in search of “the real deal.” …
Americans Don’t Travel Like Anthony Bourdain
Editor’s Note: We want to offer our sincerest condolences to Anthony Bourdain’s family, friends, and colleagues. While Proud American Traveler genuinely disagreed with most of his politics and some o…
Politics And Southern Charm
Mecca Restaurant 13 E. Martin St. Raleigh, NC Beer Selection: You can order a long neck Bud if you need one, but this isn’t a beer drinking kinda place. Food: Stick with the southern cooked vegetables…
Trying Not To Get Whacked For An Italian Hot Dog
Tommy’s Italian Sausage 900 2nd Avenue Elizabeth, NJ Sometimes while I wind my way through the backwoods and alleyways of America, I let my imagination run wild. Like maybe I’ve been here before in a …
Evangelizing About Fish Tacos
South Beach Bar & Grille 5059 Newport Ave. San Diego, CA By Matt Norris One of the greatest pleasures of being a proud American traveler is trying out all the quirky foods unique to certain corner…
Take My Advice—Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Kitty O’Sheas 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL by Matt Norris “I don’t trust no one who don’t take their own advice.” Black Crowes; “Bad Luck, Blue Eyes, Goodbye” Chris Robinson may hav…
Twenty-Four Inches Of American Heaven
Doogies and the Clam Digger 2525 Berlin Turnpike Newington, CT Visited July 14, 2010 Beer Selection: None Food: Someday you’ll tell your grandkids about it. By Matt Norris I’ve known about Doog…
Luck Shines Down in Natchez, Mississippi
Biscuits & Blues 315 Main St. Natchez, MS Beer Selection: Unusually good variety of national and regional beers. Food: As good as Southern cooking gets. (Real good) By Matt Norris I don’t believe …
Big Time Fun in the “Big Mamou”
Fred’s Lounge 420 6th St. Mamou, LA By Matt Norris It’s 9:30. Every parking spot is full. The dull thump of music reverberates down 6th St.—the main drag in this no-stoplight town in the heart of Loui…
Summer’s Never Out Of Reach With Char-Grilled Beef
LDR Char Pit 4753 Lake Ave. Rochester, NY By Matt Norris If somehow you really tick off the gods and are sentenced to live the remainder of your days in up-state New York, you could do a lot worse tha…