Lottsburg Café Lottsburg, VA I like scrapple. Call me crazy, but to me, scrapple personifies the joy of eating my way through the nooks and crannies of America. Trying the different regional cuisine t…
Southern Fried Nirvana At Arnold’s
Arnold’s 605 8th Ave. South Nashville, TN I’ve previously written about that middle-Tennessee institution known as “the meat-and-three.” But it was time to quit fooling around and review the pinnacle …
Making A Mess At Dari-ette
Dari-ette Drive-In 1440 E. Minnehaha Ave. St. Paul, MN Beer selection: None Food: Out-of-this world Italian food – served drive-in style! My excessive dry cleaning bill has often prompted me to wonder…
How to Eat Your Way Through America’s Most Delicious City
I’ve long considered Charleston, South Carolina to be the best city to eat in America. Shrimp ‘n grits, buttermilk biscuits, and fresh oysters are nowhere so abundant and delicious as in this beautifu…
Filling Up At T-Ray’s
T-Rays Burger Station 202 South 8th St. Fernandina Beach, FL Beer selection: A few standard domestics if you really need one. Food: Five Star burgers! Life isn’t all T-bones and microbrews for me, alt…
Cantler’s Just Can’t
Cantler’s 458 Forest Beach Rd. Annapolis, MD There are some traditions I’m glad only come around once a year. Like Valentine’s Day. Road trips to Vegas. Or midget wrestling at the local minor league b…
They Don’t Mess With Perfection At The Roast Grill
The Roast Grill 7 S. West St. Raleigh, NC Sometimes, choices are overrated. You know the phrase—keep it simple, stupid. So when a restaurant has a grocery store’s worth of condiments on its tables, it…
Why a Seaplane is the Perfect Way to Visit America’s Most Remote National Park
Key West might be the end of the road — but it isn’t the end of the Florida Keys. If you happen to own a boat, you can hopscotch across these mangrove and palm-covered tropical islands and head…
The Agony of Jersey Girls at Chickie’s and Pete’s
Chickie’s and Pete’s 183 US Highway 130 Fieldsboro, NJ Have you ever walked into a bar full of people yelling and screeching at the top of their lungs? Fun! Well, maybe fun, depending on your…
Feeling Stiffed in Moab
Eddie McStiff’s 57 S. Main St. Moab, UT What a letdown. I had been eagerly anticipating Eddie McStiff’s. I was excited, but a little nervous. What if the place is packed? What if all those hipster mou…
