{"id":26305,"date":"2015-06-27T12:23:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/alton-browns-favorite-restaurants-from-a-cross-country-trip\/"},"modified":"2015-06-27T12:23:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:23:27","slug":"alton-browns-favorite-restaurants-from-a-cross-country-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/travel\/alton-browns-favorite-restaurants-from-a-cross-country-trip.html","title":{"rendered":"Alton Brown&#8217;s favorite restaurants from a cross-country trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-photo vertical\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/6d5dc794e8179aa43da645247279d502ee29cef4\/c=0-37-1219-1662r=383c=0-0-380-510\/local\/-\/media\/2015\/06\/25\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/635708394845907651-AltonBrown-Credit-EddyChen-LR.jpg\" alt=\"While on tour, Food Network star Alton Brown relies\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Brown calls a Croque Garcon, served during Block 16 in\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Brown loves a candies, cashews and treats during Nifty\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"The secret's out about Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland,\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Tucson Tamale Company has been a internal favorite for\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Ross' Restaurant, a dear 24-hour caf\ufffd in Bettendorf,\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"11:Eleven Caf in Fort Meyers, Fla., serves a grilled\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Franklin Fountain, an old-school soda fountain in Philadelphia,\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Boise's Westside Drive-In is famous for a finger steaks,\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"Cyd's Gourmet Kitchen in Peoria, Ill., serves a Breakfast\" \/><img class=\"gallery-photo horizontal\" alt=\"New Jersey knows a prohibited dogs, that is because Brown recommends\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"thumbslist scrollable-content\">\n<li class=\"thumb-item  first-thumb active\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item  last-thumb\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Last Slide<\/a><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Next Slide<\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"module-position-OOSKhgjk1tY\" class=\"storymetadata-bucket expandable-photo-module\">\n<aside class=\"single-photo expandable-collapsed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand-img-horiz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/62594391aff6f2c6dab3be8b724bc269c3b2f4ad\/c=5-0-1022-765r=x404c=534x401\/local\/-\/media\/2015\/06\/25\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/635708394845907651-nb-Block16.jpg\" alt=\"635708394845907651-nb-Block16\" \/><span class=\"toggle\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit-wrap\"><span class=\"js-caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"cutline js-caption\">Brown calls a Croque Garcon, served during Block 16 in Omaha, his favorite hamburger in a country. It&#8217;s done with a 1\/3-pound burger, cheese, ham, a sunny-side-up egg, mustard and truffle mayo on a ciabatta roll.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Alton Brown)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p>When Food Network star <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><b>Alton Brown<\/b><\/a> trafficked a nation progressing this year on a 46-city harangue and opening tour, he got grill recommendations everywhere he visited. &#8220;These were all places that fans put flattering high adult on their list,&#8221; he says. &#8220;When you&#8217;re eating there, we really many feel like a partial of a community.&#8221; Brown, who&#8217;s also a best-selling author and James Beard Award winner, shares some all-American favorites, ideal for a Jul Fourth holiday weekend trip, with <b>Larry Bleiberg<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Eventide Oyster Co. <\/b><br \/>Portland, Maine<br \/>The secret&#8217;s out about Eventide, that was nominated for a James Beard grill endowment after Brown&#8217;s visit. He calls it a best oyster bar he&#8217;s seen in his life, though he desired a Fried Oyster Bun and was blown divided by a Brown Butter Lobster Roll. &#8220;It was usually about 4 inches long, though each taste was positively perfect, from a beef to a seasoning to a butter.&#8221; <i>207-774-8538; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">eventideoysterco.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Hank&#8217;s Franks<\/b><br \/>Lodi, N.J.<br \/>New Jersey knows a prohibited dogs, that is because Brown recommends this artless stand. &#8220;If we could spin on everybody in America to one prohibited dog, this would be it. There&#8217;s no table. There&#8217;s no menu,&#8221; he says. &#8220;In my mind, it&#8217;s a ideal prohibited dog.&#8221; But don&#8217;t come for a ambience. &#8220;Hank&#8217;s friendly, though not too friendly. Hey, it&#8217;s Jersey.&#8221; <i>973-473-8589<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Franklin Fountain<\/b><br \/>Philadelphia<br \/>Try this old-school soda fountain for a phosphate, a sour selected soda. Brown favourite Hemingway&#8217;s Dream, done with lemon juice, mint, anise syrups, seltzer, citric poison and an absinthe-soaked sugarine cube. &#8220;You feel like you&#8217;ve stepped behind in time in a best approach possible,&#8221; he says. <i>215-627-1899; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">franklinfountain.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Ross&#8217; Restaurant<\/b><br \/>Bettendorf, Iowa<br \/>Diner lovers rejoiced when they schooled this 24-hour caf\ufffd was relocating. It was confronting closure to make approach for a new highway bridge, and when Brown visited he accepted a concern. The Magic Mountain\u2014a bottom of Texas toast lonesome with belligerent beef, French fries, cheese and chopped onions\u2014is a thing of wonder, he says. &#8220;You feel 20 pounds heavier after eating it, though it&#8217;s totally value it.&#8221; <i>563-355-7573; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">rossrestaurant.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Block 16<\/b><br \/>Omaha<br \/>Brown calls a Croque Garcon his favorite hamburger in a country. It&#8217;s done with a 1\/3-pound burger, cheese, ham, a sunny-side-up egg, mustard and truffle mayo on a ciabatta roll. He says it has a ideal meat-to-bun ratio. &#8220;They&#8217;ve incited a hamburger into high art,&#8221; he says. <i>402-342-1220; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">block16omaha.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Nifty Nut House<\/b><br \/>Wichita<br \/>Brown says this outrageous store is a inhabitant value with hundreds of opposite informal candies and nuts on offer. The third-generation business offers nuts raw, roasted and salted. &#8220;Roasted nuts don&#8217;t sound like a large deal, though they do them perfectly. I&#8217;m a outrageous cashew fan and if we told me we could usually have cashews from one place, it would be here,&#8221; he says. <i>316-265-0571; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">niftynuthouse.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Cyd&#8217;s Gourmet Kitchen <\/b><br \/>Peoria, Ill.<br \/>Brown was astounded by this bistro, that served one of a best breakfast sandwiches he&#8217;s had in his life. The Breakfast BLT had uninformed tomato, crispy bacon, lettuce, a boiled egg and basil mayo on toasted Italian bread. &#8220;It was a many ideally baked egg. we could take that sandwich and travel it to New York City and we&#8217;d make a million dollars in a week.&#8221; <i>309-685-1100; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">cyds.biz<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Westside Drive-In<\/b><br \/>Boise<br \/>Brown had never listened of finger steaks until he attempted this retro Boise eatery. The red-meat chronicle of duck fingers were improved than he could have imagined. &#8220;They&#8217;re a moment heroin of boiled beef,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s all ideal about French fries, boiled duck and beef during once.&#8221; <i>208-342-2957; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">cheflou.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Tucson Tamale Company <\/b><br \/>Tucson<br \/>While Brown doesn&#8217;t fake to have detected this internal favorite, he&#8217;s a follower now. &#8220;I stood 20 mins in line to get dual tamales and we would have spent 20 mins to get another two,&#8221; he says. After his uncover that night, he snacked on more. His tip tamale picks: a Santa Fe, with pig loin, immature chile salsa and cheese; and a Chile relleno, with immature chiles pressed with cheese, and wrapped in a roasted red pepper. <i>520-305-4760; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">tucsontamale.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>11:Eleven Caf\u00e9<\/b><br \/>Fort Myers, Fla.<br \/>Brown was indeterminate when he initial saw this strip-shopping core eatery. But afterwards he detected one of a coolest grill concepts he&#8217;s encountered: a menu formed on grilled cheese, naan prosaic bread, baked potatoes or waffles. He systematic avocado grilled cheese, and a Buffalo chicken, mac and cheese baked potato. &#8220;Afterwards we could have laid down underneath a brush like a pressed python,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They are masters of a combinations.&#8221; <i>239-208-8100; <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">11elevencafe.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/97915016\/0\/usatodaycomtravel-topstories~Alton-Browns-favorite-restaurants-from-a-crosscountry-trip\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last SlideNext Slide Brown calls a Croque Garcon, served during Block 16 in Omaha, his favorite hamburger in a country. It&#8217;s done with a 1\/3-pound burger, cheese, ham, a sunny-side-up egg, mustard and truffle mayo on a ciabatta roll.(Photo: Alton Brown) When Food Network star Alton Brown trafficked a nation progressing this year on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-26305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-top-travel-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}