Serious Eats
This Week in Eating Out
Fried Pickles on the East Coast: Deep-fried bread-and-butter pickles make a very welcome appearance in restaurants from Florida to Massachusetts. West coasters, get on it!
In Llano, Texas, Taxidermy and All Erin Zimmer feasts on real 'cue at Cooper's Old-Time Pit Bar-B-Que. She finds pork chops, sausage, whole chickens, beef ribs, brisket and a real cowboy.
The Other Kind of Chi-Town Pizza Daniel Zemans dispels the misconception that Chicago-style pizza is limited to deep dish and stuffed pies. Vito & Nick's, on the South Side, serves up exceptional thin-crust pizza with fresh toppings.
From Baby Bok Choy to Face Bacon: Ed Levine calls Blue Hill at Stone Barns "the most important and gutsiest restaurant in America right now."
Manna in Jersey: Two of America's most historically significant Hamburger establishments are White Manna in Hackensack, New Jersey, and White Mana in Jersey City, New Jersey. Nick Solares makes a pilgrimage to both burger meccas.
In New Orleans, the Monday Muffuletta Conundrum: Muffuletta lovers, heed this warning: Central Grocery, the mother source of the seminal sandwich, is closed on Mondays. Find where else to get your fix.