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Diners

May 2020

  • Woman pouring tea through a strainer from teapot at Bettys in Harrogate

    Missing the simple joys of eating out

    Letters: Ann Pearson, Margaret Driver, David Conroy and Dorothy Brown share Grace Dent’s sense of loss at the lack of social activities

August 2018

  • Partly enveloped in mist, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, US.

    10 of the best restaurants near San Francisco's main attractions

    When you’ve admired the Golden Gate and done Haight-Ashbury’s hippie shake, skip the tourist trap restaurants and refuel at these local favourites

August 2017

  • Huge Pink plastic pig in front of the Depot Chevron barbecue gas station in Foley, Alabama

    Alabama pit stops: 5 of the best gas station barbecue joints

    Alabama excels at the gas station barbecue – a sub-genre of one of the few truly American cuisines – which is tailor-made for lovers of the open road

July 2017

  • Emma Brockes

    What does a sandwich choice say about your class?

    Emma Brockes
    British-style indicators are now being scrutinised in the US – as well as money and education, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

March 2017

  • The Dowtown Phoenix skyline at sunset, the city is witnessing a food and drink boom.

    Rising Arizona: how Phoenix is becoming a foodie city to savour

    Phoenix is working hard to reinvent a food scene once regarded as flatter than a pancake. Guardian restaurant critic Marina O’Loughlin eats her way round the diners and restaurants fusing cuisines and creating fresh twists on American classics

September 2016

  • USA, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Ronks, Red Caboose Motel, accomodation in historic caboose railroad cars

    Readers' travel tips
    10 of the best US road trip stopoffs – readers’ travel tips

  • Exterior shot of the front of Phoenicia Diner in Phoenicia, New York state. Autumn foliage frames the box-like structure and its large, white 'Diner' sign.

    A great little place I know
    Eggs and Joe: tuck in at the classic American diner in New York state

June 2016

  • The popular Franklin Barbeque in Austin, Texas, US

    Top 10 southern barbecue joints in the US

    A road trip around the American south led Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn to open a BBQ restaurant in the UK in homage. Here are their favourite US smokers

October 2014

  • Waitress Renee Donati, Harry’s Plaza Cafe, Santa Barbara, California

    Counter Culture: a tribute to the American diner waitress – in pictures

    In America, waitresses are central to the diner experience, dispensing wisdom and wit as well as coffee and apple pie. Author Candacy Taylor visited more than 44 US cities collecting stories from ‘lifers’ who have been serving tables for up to 60 years

March 2014

  • Customers in the Home Grown restaurant sit in front of a sign left behind from the filming of "Troub

    Atlanta city guide
    Top 10 restaurants in Atlanta

  • Chef Donald Link (left) and Chef Stryjewski Stephen at Cochon restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.

    New Orleans city guide
    Top 10 budget restaurants, cafes and diners in New Orleans

20 September 2013

  • Cheesesteak sign

    Road trips USA: East coast
    Where to eat the best Philly cheesesteak in Philadelphia

    The Philly cheesesteak is a longstanding food favourite. Here's where to find the very best of them, writes blogger Adam Erace

  • The Slipway restaurant, in Thomaston, Maine

    Road trips USA: East coast
    Maine: a coastal destination for dining on classic American food

    The rocky coast of Maine, with its beaches, fishing villages and thousands of islands, offers fantastic eating opportunities that stretch way beyond the traditional lobster roll, say bloggers Jillian and Malcolm Bedell

  • Summer Shack Boston

    Road trips USA: East coast
    Top 10 restaurants and cafes in Boston

    Seafood or comfort food, pizza or sushi, Boston's eclectic restaurant scene offers all kinds of good eating. Here are 10 of the best chosen by Leah Bhabha

16 August 2013

  • Hillbilly Tea, Louisville

    Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
    Top 10 restaurants, diners and coffee shops in Louisville, Kentucky

    Expect burgers, BBQ and other southern staples – but a tour of Louisville's restaurants reveals a more diverse offering of cuisines served in a range of distinctive venues and diners, writes Michelle Jones

  • Superdawg

    Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
    Top 10 restaurants, diners and coffee shops in Chicago

    In Chicago you can bet your bottom dollar you'll lose your blues, but you may add a few waistline pounds at the city's selection of top restaurants, everyday diners and coffee hangouts, says Kate Bernot

  • Mason's Southern Provisions

    Road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis
    Top 10 restaurants and diners in Nashville

    From Southern classics like hot chicken, BBQ and fried green tomatoes in down-to-earth diners, breakfast and a caffeine fix in a hip coffee shop or gastro delights in an upmarket restaurant, Nashville has somewhere that caters for every hungry visitor, says Beth Sachan

July 2013

  • The Kitchen, Boulder

    Road trips USA: West
    Top 10 restaurants and other places to eat in Boulder, Colorado

  • Copper Onion

    Road trips USA: West
    Top 10 restaurants and diners in Salt Lake City, Utah

June 2013

  • Chilz Frozen Custart, Albuquerque

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Top 10 restaurants, cafes and diners in Albuquerque, New Mexico

    New Mexico's food traditions and world cuisine are served up fresh, and inventive, in the best of Albuquerque's cafes, diners and restaurants, says Andrea Feucht

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