Marisa Tindall

Corn-gratulations, your next road trip may already have a delicious destination. Out in Tennessee, a quiet farm stand…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 19

Taco ’bout a detour worth taking. California road trips often prove that the best stop is the one…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 19

Dinner just found a view capable of stealing half the applause. Along Iowa’s eastern edge, restaurants have learned…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 18

A plain rock with a magical secret inside. You just have to love geodes. Iowa turns geology into…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 17

Pennsylvania found a shortcut to summer vacation and forgot to advertise it. Near the Ohio border, Conneaut Lake…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 17

Massachusetts has plenty of snack appeal, and that is no half-baked claim. The Bay State has a knack…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 16

You had me at Alabama. This state really knows its way around the kitchen, so when a dish…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 16

Ordinary cinnamon rolls should probably start updating their résumés. An Iowa bakery is raising the breakfast bar so…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 16

Can a steak dinner feel like a secret handshake without anyone whispering the password? A quiet dining room,…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 15

A packed reservation list really tells you a lot about the magic happening inside a kitchen. In Los…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 15

Who doesn’t love the feeling of discovering a nice waterfall? That magical moment when you go around the…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 14

Crack open some hometown pride, because Maryland knows how to make flavor feel like family history. These are…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 13

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world,” Henry David Thoreau wrote. Honestly, here he would have needed…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 13

Peanut soup sounds like the sort of idea someone invents during a very confident kitchen experiment, yet Virginia…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 12

No cozy Italian kitchen waiting for you at home? Same here. This place can make up for it,…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 12

What separates a truly great BBQ trailer from the ones that just smell good from the road? Good…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 11

Why go through all the passport drama when a gorgeous vacation awaits in Florida? Old Florida charm does…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 11

Texas is big enough to make a person suspicious of short drives. If a restaurant claims it deserves…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 10

Fried chicken is always the answer, no matter the question. Alabama knows crunch can carry an entire conversation,…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 9

Can fried chicken really taste like it showed up wearing an apron and Grandma-level confidence? Oh, absolutely. In…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 9

Florida has a habit of showing off, and honestly, this might be one of its best flexes. It…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 8

Grandma’s recipe book might be the most powerful kitchen equipment in the state. These Indiana pasta spots understand…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 8

Hot griddles, soft buns, and melted cheese can make a whole road trip feel urgent, right? Even when…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 7

What makes a burger truly legendary? Some say it is the beef. Others swear by the bun. Texans…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 6

Chicago does not treat sandwiches like a casual snack. It treats them like civic business, preferably wrapped in…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 6

What kind of restaurant stays wildly popular after more than 120 years without chasing a single food trend?…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 5

What if you could travel to Italy without ever leaving Connecticut? The good news is that you practically…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 5

Who says you can’t have crab cravings just because the mountains get in the way? This place turns…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 4

Ever heard about a seafood spot where the North Carolina coast feels like it is keeping a secret?…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 4

Ever notice how summer feels different when there’s a date on the calendar you refuse to miss? In…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 3

Texas has never been shy about turning natural wonders into local legends. Give Texans a spring bubbling up…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 2

What if the meal everyone talks about is not the one with the biggest sign out front? In…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 2

A good buffet gives you a different kind of excitement, right? Well, this place is reason enough to…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 1

Massachusetts does fried seafood like it has been training for this moment since birth. Which, honestly, might not…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 1

Imagine a dining room that feels like it hijacked a VHS tape and turned it into a full…

By Marisa Tindall · Jun 30

Calle Ocho moves like it’s always mid-conversation: horns, grills, people leaning into doorways. Somewhere in that noise sits…

By Marisa Tindall · Jun 30

Providence is the place to go if you want to argue about food, and a few local dishes…

By Marisa Tindall · Jun 29

What happens when a farm grows your lunch before you even arrive? That’s the kind of delicious surprise…

By Marisa Tindall · Jun 28

California gets plenty of taco glory. True. But its burger game deserves a loud, greasy round of applause…

By Marisa Tindall · Jun 28