Favorite places in the US for homestyle cooking
 

I live in Dallas and there is a restaurant called Celebration that serves family style. Wonderful Pot Roast and Chicken Fried Steak. Just curious what are your favorites.

In Omaha, there is a dive in a not so nice area, called The 11-Worth cafe-great chicken fried steak w/ double mashed potatoes, and lots of gravy!! (to go though ie.."not so nice area"

Now I am getting reallllllll hungry!!!

This just goes to show you what haute cuisine is considered in america. Such lack of taste.

How about Threadgills in Austin! Be sure and bring your Mastercard cause they don't accept American Express!!

Hey, back off, "xx" -- the question specifies "homestyle" cooking, which quite clearly has nothing to do with "haute cuisine." Take that stupid ax and grind it somewhere else.<BR><BR>Now then: you want Mama Dip's in Chapel Hill, NC. Her cooking has been featured on ABC GMA, the food channel, etc., and her cookbook has been a bestseller. You only think you know what Southern Fried Chicken is all about until you've actually tasted hers, not to mention her great Sunday breakfast. Sweet potato pie? And as for the barbecue......!<BR><BR>She now has her own website, which makes things just a tad less homey IMHO, but at least you can check it out: www.mamadips.com

Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House in Savannah, GA.

On our honeymoon, we went to Amelia Island, FL. There is place there called the Florida House Inn. You can also stay there. It is family style and they bring the food out to you and keep bringing it for as long as you eat it! Fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, biscuits with honey, greens, banana pudding, pie etc... The lunch was like $6 or $7!!! The cook's name was Ms. Ella...excellent food!

xxx go blow yourself, you miserable fuck...

I have tried Mama Dip's and wasn't<BR>at all impressed. Very over-rated.

Hey- don't use that f word around us Southern ladies! Unless it's FRY yourself, LOL! Shakertown Village in Harrodsburg, KY. Bowls and bowls passed down the tables of one delicious thing after another, youm.

OK Cafe in Atlanta, GA. Best chicken pot pie and mashed potatoes anywhere!

OK Cafe is good. I'd forgotten about that. My favorite is Slogar's in Crested Butte, CO.

Rexall Pharmacy in Duluth, GA (Atlanta) for lunch

Wishbone, Chicago IL

Your moms were apparently all much better cooks than mine. My idea of "homestyle cooking" is Kitsch'n on Roscoe in Chicago (in Roscoe Village) - mac & cheese, fish sticks, meatloaf. The decor also reminds me of being a kid in the 70's. Now, if only I could find a place that serves chicken meat chopped up and stirred into Rice-a-Roni, it would be just like home.

at Kitsch'n in Chicago you can were your pj's and they have pop tarts on the menu

And Twinkies.

Another vote for Mrs. Wilkes in Savannah.<BR>Biscuits at the Roanoker (in Roanoke, VA)

I've been to Mama Dip's once and wasn't very impressed. I thought it would be much better, what with all the write-ups.

The Machine Shed in Des Moines, Iowa<BR>although its redicuosly greasy and filling

"Favorite places for homestyle cooking", 20 replies, and nobody mentioned grandma's kitchen? Who taught you to cook then?

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You know for on the road travel - I actually like Cracker Barrel. Don't laugh! It's better than fast food and tastes home made

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What do restaurants who advertise "homemade" really mean? They make it at home and bring it in??? If I wanted homemade, I'd stay home and make it.

I'd have to go with Cracker BArrel or Silver Diner even though I rarely eat at those places.

The Brookville Hotel in Abilene, KS -- the most amazing fried chicken dinners. All you can eat. Wonderful!<BR>

White Fence Farm in Denver!!! They serve family style. Everyone starts off with salads - kidney bean, coleslaw, pickled beets and the best corn fritters around. This is all you can eat. For an entree - they have wonderful fried chicken!! They also have a petting farm, a country store, live music on the weekends, carriage rides, an outside playground for the kids and a slide inside. It is a great place for the family!!

Can't remember the name (another senior moment) of the place close to the private airport in Palm Desert, CA that specializes in all you can eat chicken dinner. Just as good as mom used to make, and they're not kiddin when they say "all you can eat".<BR><BR>Also, when I'm on the road and tired of the endless string of cookie cutter franchise restaurants, I often stop at a truck stop. The small independent ones seem to be the best, especially at breakfast. Yummm...chicken fried steak!

Lesley's Cafe in Salisaw Oklahoma! Any place that puts Cherry Cobbler on the salad bar is alright by me! <BR><BR>Also Miss Mary Bobo's in Lynchburg, Tennessee. <BR><BR>www.jackdaniels.com/tennesseetable/requested.htm<BR><BR>Oh my mouth is WATERING!

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Lady & Sons" in Savannah! Oh yum yum!!! THE BEST Southern home-cooking I've ever tasted, and I come from a family of great cooks! <BR><BR>Now, Mama Dip's in Chapel Hill? BIG disappointment. I just ate there last Saturday, and the fried chicken was dry, the biscuits not nearly as good as mine, and the coleslaw just okay. After all the hoopla over her, I expected MUCH MORE!<BR><BR>Go to "Lady & Sons" - you can't go wrong - everything is wonderful!!!

There are plenty of restaurants in the PA Dutch country that serve great family style food. And I don't just mean the tourist-oriented Amish decor theme places in the Lancaster area, but the "fancy" Dutch places in the more remote corners of Lehigh, Berks, Bucks and even Montgomery counties. Near Boyertown on Route 29, for example, there's a family style diner that serves great roast chicken or roast pork with homemade mashed potatoes and gravy. And I mean REALLY homemade. Last time, we were chatting with the waitress about the great mashed potatoes and she said "feel my arm--I'm the one who mashed them all this morning!" The diner also served all the usually PA Dutch favorites--sauerkraut, fresh veggies, bean salad, succotash (which I hate, but a lot of Dutchies love), creamed corn, fresh made potato rolls, shoo fly pie, etc. Cheap too. <BR>The decor is nothing to speak of and you have to eat early (before 7 pm) or the best stuff is gone, but it's typical of many restaurants in the area. And of course...no alcohol!

I hate to start anything here, but that Pa. Dutch food just can't compete with good Southern cooking!!! It's not bad, just not like ours! <BR><BR>Forgot to say, in my previous post, that I also really like a good Cracker Barrel. They usually serve excellent food, especially for the money and convenience!

The Dillard House in Dillard, Georgia serves homestyle cooking that will make you go back again and again. We don't make a trip to the Smokies without stopping for breakfast or lunch. They keep bringing the food as long as you keep eating. For breakast there are about 6 meats (sausage, patty and smoked links, ham, bacon, country fried pork chops, bacon) along with a variety of muffins and biscuits, gravy (a southern beverage), grits, hashbrowns, eggs, cinnamon rolls, pancakes, and fresh fruit. Some people have to be helped out! What a feast!!!!!

Here's another vote for Miss Mary Bobo's in Lynchburg, Tennessee. You have to make reservations months in advance. Food is served family style, and includes fried chicken, roast, Jack Daniels apple cobbler, mashed potatoes, etc. YUM! The Jack Daniels Distillery is just down the road. It's in a dry county - go figure!

I grew up in the Savannah area and LOVE Mrs. Wilkes, but lately on the internet, I've been hearing about Lady and Sons. My friends who still live there (unfortunately, I had to move away) tell me it is over-rated. Would love to hear what some other Savannians think.

I live in the Savannah area. I LOVE Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. I have also heard about Lady and Sons. Tried it once and was disappointed. I figured I hit it on a bad day, so I tried it again. From now on, only Mrs. Wilkes for me.

The Maine Diner in Wells, Maine<BR><BR>The Shawsheen Luncheonette in Andover, Mass. (great breakfasts)<BR><BR>The Big Yellow House in Summerland, Ca. <BR><BR>Backyard Barbecue in Jackson, Tennessee <BR><BR>

The Village Inn on the east side of I-5 off Tamarack in Carlsbad, CA. They have the best homemade soup. I am not even a soup liker per say it is just so good!!! Great everything!!<BR><BR>The Pancake House in El Cajon Ca. The only thing good about El Cajon :)