| Dominguez - Minneapolis, MN |
| Hartland Bar-B-Que - Omaha, NE |
| Te-Keis - Tulsa, OK |
| Hodels - Bakersfield, CA |
| Chapter One: the modern local - Santa Ana, CA |
| Peking Chinese Restaurant - Kansas City, MO |
| Carmelita - Seattle, WA |
| Little Village Noodle House - Honolulu, HI |
| Green Lantern Lounge - Madison Heights, MI |
| Lidia's - Kansas City, MO |
| Five Points - New York, NY |
| Trezo Mare - Kansas City, MO |
| Sushi Masa - San Jose, CA |
| Angelo's Barbecue - Fort Worth, TX |
| Kirin Chinese - Berkeley, CA |
| Central Park Boathouse - New York, NY |
| Thunder & Buttons II - Colorado Springs, CO |
| Albona Ristorante - San Francisco, CA |
| Doyle's - Houston, TX |
| 17th Street Bar and Grill BBQ - Murphysboro, IL |
| Accurso's Italian - Kansas City, MO |
| Bohanan's - San Antonio, TX |
| Darya - Orange, CA |
| Mollys La Casita - Memphis, TN |
| Pig on Beale - Memphis, TN |
| Dalesios - Baltimore, MD |
| Eats - Atlanta, GA |
| Red Cactus - Fort Worth, TX |
| El Rincon - Virginia Beach, VA |
| The Elbow Room - Fresno, CA |