Real bar food and some Salvadoran classics. In Sacramento, Calif., a pub doing a pork sausage pizza. In Washington, DC, a joint where the big seller is a papusa and in Philadelphia, a beer bar serving a vegan club sandwich.
Stops include a seafood shack in Stone Harbor, N.J., for Brazilian pacu fish; a tiny joint in Long Island City, N.Y., for wood-oven pizza; and a volunteer-run brunch spot in Santa Rosa, California, for huevos rancheros with roasted pork.
This trip, Guy's pulling up for some one-of-a-kind meals in Spokane, Wash., Philadelphia and Mandeville, La. Included: brisket with beans and rice; oysters Rockefeller with a Cajun twist.
Classic dishes that have been reinvented are sampled. Included: English bubble-and-squeak gets a Southern spin in Oakland, California; giant caramel-pecan rolls are made in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; a burger bar in Manchester, Connecticut, is visited.
This trip, Guy's crossing the country for comfort food. He stops for bacon-blue-cheese burgers in Sacramento, Calif.; meatball subs in Indianapolis; and snapping-turtle soup in Pineville, Pa.
Guy samples crepes in Boulder, Colorado; stuffed cabbage and kreplach at a Jewish deli in Queens, New York; and stout-braised lamb cheesesteaks at a Spokane, Washington pub.
Spotlighting a sandwich shop in Carmel, Indiana, that serves cheesesteaks topped 33 different ways. Also: a huge seafood sandwich is sampled in New Orleans, Louisiana; and a popular burger joint in Bridgeport, Conn., is visited.
Reinvented comfort foods are sampled from coast-to-coast, including BLTs with homemade bacon in Indianapolis; jambalaya and green-bean casserole in New Orleans; wood-fired pizza in Winters, California.
Popular pork dishes are spotlighted, including smoked tasso and boudin sausage near Indianapolis; Napoletana pizzas topped with homemade sausage in San Antonio; and green chili burritos with a Greek twist in Denver.
Guy Fieri visits America's most interesting and unique restaurants. He visits a Sacramento pub for pork-sausage pizza, a Mexican-Salvadoran joint in Washington, DC for pupusas, and a Philly bar for vegan club sandwiches and deep-fried tofu.