Eliza Thornton

Road food on California’s rugged north coast does not get better than this. Picture a century-old general store…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 10

Game day in Georgia starts before you ever reach the gate. Atlanta feeds people well, and the blocks…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 9

Ribs smoked over pecan wood. Three-time Grand Champions at the biggest BBQ contest in the world. A roadside…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 9

This is the Idaho lake that should be on every road trip list this summer, and somehow it…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 9

The kind of place that leaves people wondering why it took them so long to visit. Ten miles…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 8

What if Montana had been hiding one of the most jaw-dropping underground worlds in the entire Northwest, right…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 8

The kind of place that wins people over fast usually has one big thing going for it. This…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 7

What do Iowa breakfast regulars agree on? Almost nothing, except this. When a plain little diner closes its…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 7

Comfort food the way it used to taste before shortcuts became the norm. Kentucky knows how to do…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 7

Crab legs piled high, a 70-plus item buffet, and a dining room that fits 400 hungry people. North…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 7

Have you heard about this Pittsburgh Italian restaurant? People are booking tables months out and it is not…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 6

Louisiana knows how to feed people, and there is one roadside spot between two lakes that has been…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 6

Houston keeps surprising people with buffets that overdeliver. This one on Westheimer pulls off crab legs, made-to-order hibachi,…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 5

Alabama does not always get the loudest table at the Southern food conversation. But pull up to this…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 5

Real Kansas BBQ does not need a billboard. It needs a smoker, a pitmaster who shows up every…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 5

Georgia has a donut shop that opens at four in the morning and still runs out of things…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 4

Dungeness crab, fresh-shucked oysters, and Elliott Bay stretching out beyond floor-to-ceiling windows. Washington state has been holding out…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 4

Oklahoma knows comfort food, and this place proves it better than anywhere else in the state. Picture a…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 4

Can a glazed donut really be worth a drive across three states? If you have never been to…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 3

Wyoming has exactly the kind of diner that makes you reroute your whole trip. A log cabin institution…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 3

Ready to discover why Idaho’s most jaw-dropping meals are hiding miles from the nearest highway? Picture yourself staring…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 3

North Dakota comfort food hits differently when the town around it feels this small and this real. That…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 2

What if slowing down was the whole point of the trip? Indiana has plenty of places to visit,…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 2

A meal here feels like it starts before the first plate ever hits the table. The room settles…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 1

You think you are stopping for one thing. That plan lasts about five minutes. Somewhere between the shelves,…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 1

Oklahoma, ever heard of a lake that keeps people guessing the second they step near it? This is…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 1

Long after the ticket booths went quiet, the twisted ride structures here kept holding their ground against the…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 1

Virginia has no shortage of places to spend a day outdoors, but this one raises the energy level…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 1

How does a steakhouse stay completely unchanged and still pack the dining room decades later? Nebraska has one…

By Eliza Thornton · May 31

This Historic Texas Town Is Home To The Oldest Bakery In Texas. That is a big claim, and…

By Eliza Thornton · May 31

Want a market that feels more like an event than an errand? This is the kind of place…

By Eliza Thornton · May 31

A really good brunch spot does not stay quiet for long. People hear about it, text a friend,…

By Eliza Thornton · May 31

What makes a diner meal stick with you long after the plate is cleared? Usually, it is not…

By Eliza Thornton · May 31

Open since the turn of the twentieth century, this Montana resort sits on 700 acres of Absaroka Mountain…

By Eliza Thornton · May 30

Maine can get wonderfully strange when the landscape decides to show off a little. This walk does exactly…

By Eliza Thornton · May 29

One look around, and you already know nobody is leaving hungry. That sounds like a kind of place…

By Eliza Thornton · May 29

The light feels different here. Softer, slower, almost like the whole day has been turned down to a…

By Eliza Thornton · May 29

Illinois does not usually come to mind for towering rock walls and narrow stone passageways, but this place…

By Eliza Thornton · May 29

Not everyone wants to commit to one thing for dinner. Honestly, that is the whole appeal here. In…

By Eliza Thornton · May 29