Unique Eats

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to dive into some of the most unique seafood dishes. A traditional oyster roast and seafood boil prepared right on the water in Charleston, South Carolina. A New York City restaurant that features twenty-five different mussel pots, complete with French fries and bread to sop up all the unique flavors. A cozy restaurant in the heart of Boston's North End where you can get two different lobster rolls and lobster spaghetti. And Montreal, where a Texas chef adds global flavors to his seafood menu.

Find out where all the foodies go to fill their bellies with the best dumplings and noodles in Chicago. Take a seat at the bar and be dazzled by Japanese robata-style cooking in New York City's East Village. Sample creative Chinese cooking like tea-smoked chicken, salt and pepper shrimp and steamed duck egg custards in North Carolina. And step inside a funky retro diner in Boston where a husband and wife team are serving up innovative Cantonese and Taiwanese dishes.

Deli by day, intimate restaurant at night, Torrisi Italian Specialities in New York's Little Italy neighborhood is celebrating Italian-American food but peppered with many modern and delicious twists. Joan's on Third is the go-to gourmet deli in Los Angeles where you can rub elbows with celebrities while devouring a grilled cheese short rib sandwich. The humble hot dog gets a culinary upgrade at Neal's Deli in North Carolina. And for Jewish delicatessen classics just like bubby used to make, step into Eleven City Diner in Chicago.

Pull up a barstool at these unique pubs, where the food is delicious and daring. Joe Beef in Montreal for their signature creamy lobster spaghetti, rich Swedish Meatballs and indulgent Foie Gras Double D. Longman & Eagle in Chicago where there is a critically acclaimed gastropub downstairs and a cozy inn upstairs. Citizen Public House in Boston for the Carpetbagger: filet mignon with fried oysters and oyster butter. It's a step back in time at Henry Public in Brooklyn, New York for preprohibition cocktails and comfort foods like braised turkey sandwiches, and made-to-order doughnuts.

The beloved American comfort food is raised to new culinary heights. At Jane in Montreal, the thick, sweet, chewy pizza crust is a tribute to their city's bagels and they're covered with wild combinations like macaroni and cheese with meatballs, and smoked meat, cheddar and pickles. At Domenica in New Orleans, pizzas are baked in a wood-burning, rotating oven and some are topped with rare Mangalista pork. Pizza lovers cram into Great Lake in Chicago where they feature only three pizzas, and none of them are deep dish. And Neapolitan-style pizza is celebrated in the most delicious ways at Motorino in Brooklyn, New York.

It's a delicious taste of barbecue across America. Whether you like it pulled or chopped, you're guaranteed the best whole hog sandwich made by a legendary pit master in North Carolina. See why people line up early at an Austin eatery that serves the very best Central Texas-style brisket, ribs and something called the "Tipsy Texan." Follow the smoke signals to New Orleans where three Southern brothers cook barbecue tacos and smoked pork cakes in a one hundred year old house. And big global flavors mingle with barbecue at a small restaurant in Williamsburg, New York.

Featuring neighborhood gems that over time have become restaurant legends with a cult following. Willie Mae's Scotch House in New Orleans where they make "America's Best Fried Chicken." Garde Manger in Old Montreal where Chuck Hughes wows his customers with his seafood troughs and lobster poutines. Hominy Grill in South Carolina for the best low country classics morning, noon and night. And Olivia Restaurant where the folks of Austin have their weekend brunch.

Whether you like it fried, roasted, grilled or smoked, we've got a chicken dish you will want to sink your teeth into. Two different styles of Korean fried chicken are the delicious draw at Crisp in Chicago. Approximately 5000 people come to Wright's Farm in Rhode Island on the weekend for their ten dollar, all-you-can-eat roast chicken dinner. Romados in Montreal specializes in Portuguese rotisserie grilled chicken that's slathered with a top-secret sauce. And at Hill Country in New York, chickens and game hens are smoked with Texas post oak and the chickens are dunked in a sticky sweet and tangy barbecue sauce.

If you're hungry for big flavors without breaking the bank, these unique cheap eats will deliver. In the windy city, a honky-tonk whiskey bar serves amazing tacos, and a small restaurant dresses house-made haute hot dogs and sausages with global flavors. In downtown New York, students flock to a delicious Cambodian sandwich shop the size of a dorm room. And in Williamsburg, New York, a quirky Venezuelan restaurant offers seventeen different arepas that will fill you up quickly.

You don't have to go all the way to Europe to have the best bistro fare. In Los Angeles, a hip new restaurant updates French bistro classics. In Boston, seafood is highlighted in the famous Provencal dish bouillabaisse. La Fourchette in South Carolina celebrates hearty French countryside dishes. And at Landmarc in Tribeca, New York, Chef Marc Murphy pays homage to the foods he grew up eating in France and Italy

Longing to take that lunch break? These unique restaurants will encourage you to step out of the office and linger over a leisurely lunch. M. Wells in Long Island City, New York looks like a diner, but there is nothing ordinary about the food and atmosphere. At Parish Cafe in Boston, all the sandwiches are created by a famous local chef. At Valencia Luncheria in Norwalk, Connecticut one bite of the arepa or empanada lunch plate will transport you to the beaches of Venezuela. And in New Orleans, time seems to stop at Boucherie Restaurant so that you can enjoy your po' boys and glazed doughnut bread pudding.

It's the ultimate guilty pleasure. At La Banquise in Montreal, choose from twenty-five different topping to go with your poutine (French fries, cheese curds and gravy). Also in Montreal, a fish and chips shop that offers different fish and unique batters like orange soda and maple syrup. In Brooklyn, New York fried risotto balls go gourmet with unique sweet and savory fillings. And in Austin, Texas big fat doughnuts are piled high with the craziest combinations like deconstructed peach cobbler and fried chicken and honey butter.

Some of the country's best wine bars are serving innovative small plates to go with your glass or bottle. Simple, rustic Italian dishes shine at Terroir in Tribeca, New York. At the Purple Pig in Chicago, a young chef impresses with his Mediterranean menu. At Cochon Butcher in New Orleans, shop for provisions and then have a delicious bite to eat and a glass of wine to sip. And at Max's Wine Dive in Austin, the portions and flavors of their American comfort food menu is anything but small.