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Hunt’s Oyster Bar

Frankly, a bit of a dive

Hunt’s Oyster Bar is a Florida Panhandle institution, wildly popular with tourists and locals alike. The restaurant is located in an old house, with a parking lot covered in crushed oyster shells.

Jacques-Imo’s Café

Half traditional Creole, half brilliant innovation

The food at Jacques-Imo’s Café is half traditional Creole, half brilliant innovation from chef/owner Jack Leonardi. The restaurant is a noisy, dark, joyous place to have some serious fun.

“Fried chicken and champagne? ... Why the hell not?!" that’s the slogan at Max’s Wine Dive, a unique bar and restaurant in Houston, Texas. The atmosphere straddles the divide between upscale and casual, with a hip and festive decor.

Binkley’s Restaurant

A never-ending flow of surprising and delightful bites

It is best to order a tasting menu at Binkley’s and entrust yourself to Chef Kevin Binkley. You are guaranteed not to regret the decision.

Heartland Cafe

Some hippies neither die nor fade away—they just open successful restaurants

The healthy and inventive menu at the Heartland Cafe appeals to vegetarians, vegan, and sustainable food activists—not to mention rabble rousers of all stripes.

Full of Life Flatbread

Wood-fired oven + local ingredients makes this spot worth traveling for

A locally-focused restaurant where you'll be in the company of wild rosemary bushes, rustic wood picnic tables and a handpainted sign boasting “Eat Good Food.” Full of Life Flatbread is housed in the production room where 200 certified-organic pizzas are created every hour during the day.

Que Crawl

The best restaurant on wheels in the South

When chef Nathaniel Zimet realized that food was truly his largest passion, he left the Wake Forest pre-law program to attend Le Cordon Bleu. After several jobs in renowned New Orleans restaurants, he launched his own operation inside a big, purple truck. Thus was born Que Crawl.

Cupcake Stop

Manhattan food truck that changes locations and alerts customers via twitter

Street food meets gourmet meets the mini-dessert in the form of the Cupcake Stop—a Manhattan food truck that changes locations and alerts customers via Twitter.

Cafe Pasqual’s

Southwestern culinary excellence

Award-winning chef Katharine Kagel has been creating innovative cuisine at this small, friendly, chile-infused restaurant for over 25 years, and it just keeps getting better. This pillar of the Santa Fe dining community features flavors to challenge every taste bud you’ve got. A loosely Southwestern theme combined with culinary excellence will keep you coming back for more.

The French Laundry

A four star restaurant that redefines “exquisite”

Embodying the best of cuisine nouveau, The French Laundry is a four star restaurant that redefines “exquisite”. It’s both enormously expensive and worth twice what you’ll pay.