Product Description

Nobody does comfort food like Midwesterners. Whether it’s coconut cream pie or savory cheese soup, spare ribs or cornbread, there’s a restaurant in the Heartland that makes it best. Dawn Simonds compiled this essential guidebook to more than 230 unique restaurants, where home cooking is an art. All of these restaurants share a dedication to cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients and serving delicious food in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Simonds offers colorful descriptions of the restaurants and their owners, assessments of the food, price guides, directions for getting there, and other important details. With Best Food in Town as a guide, readers are certain to find restaurants to satisfy any comfort food craving.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1390306 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"...especially recommended for Heartland travelers who don't want to settle for second best while on the road." -- Midwest Book Review, December 2004

From the Publisher
BEST FOOD IN TOWN is THE guide to take on road trips through the Midwest to find that perfect slice of pie or that scrumptious open-face roast beef sandwich that often only the locals know about.

From the Author
"The best comfort food can be found in the Midwest. Restaurants from Kentucky to Wisconsin are full of fresh flavors and from-scratch cooking meant to be savored in a relaxed atmosphere."

Customer Reviews

A guide to more than 230 restaurants in America's heartland
Best Food In Town: The Restaurant Lover's Guide To Comfort Food In The Midwest is a guide to more than 230 restaurants in America's heartland, including ones in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Each listing includes address, phone number, associated URL, hours, special features (such as whether alcohol is served or whether breakfast menus are served past breakfast hours), and a mouth-watering description of the specialties, delicacies, and distinctions of each place. Black-and-white maps to the towns that house these best of the best locales round out Best Food In Town, especially recommended for Heartland travelers who don't want to settle for second best while on the road.

Best Food Book in Town
I frequently travel the midwest and I keep this book in my car. Ms. Simonds is a fabulous writer and knows food. She really brings to life the restaurants of this region.