Unique Eats

Restaurants offer comfort foods.

Fried chicken and fried green tomatoes; old school sandwiches; family seafood tradition.

Korean and American BBQ come together; seafood is brought to new heights; global touches are added to southern food.

Eight flavors of bacon; smoking barbecue in the center of a dining room; quesadillas stuffed with chicharrones; Mexican sandwich filled with ham and pork.

Chicago's innovative restaurants draw food-lovers from around the country; meat-filled sandwiches; Asian-inspired street food; authentic Mexican tacos; brunch dishes with a fine-dining twist.

Chef Paul Qui of East Side King in Austin; chef Matt Lightner of New York City's Atera; an innovator keeps it kosher in Philadelphia; a couple's Los Angeles restaurant serves pan-Asian fare.

New York City's Parm serves Italian-American sandwiches; Italian comfort food is paired with beer at a gastropub in Philadelphia; fresh and dried pastas made with unusual ingredients; Italian sausages with a Southern twist.

Classic dishes are reinvented into something new and unique; brunch at Miami's Eating House; fried chicken dinner with creative sides; turning matzo balls into gnocchi; Easy Tiger combines a bakery with a beer hall.

An authentic ramen house in Austin, Texas; a gastropub in Miami serves Asian-inspired pork; traditional Thai food; brunch favorites are transformed into Asian noodle dishes in Brooklyn.

Why not sample everything on the menu when it comes in the form of small bites?

Perla in New York City's West Village; Baco Mercat in downtown Los Angeles; Merchants Restaurant in downtown Nashville.

Balaboosta in NYC; Riff's Fine Street Food in Nashville; Cook's Torta in L.A.; Pecking Order in Chicago.

Crescendo's Finocchio Flower Power Pizza; Court Street Grocers' deli sandwich; La Vara's Spanish food; Pies-n-Thighs' fried chicken.