- Blakes Lotaburger, Gallup, NM : LOTA Burger with added Green Chillies and Cheese
- Hammett House, Claremore, OK : Medium Rare Chili Burger (its pink and juicy)
Best Pie
- Hammett House, Claremore, OK : Banana Creme pie just beat out the double crust cherry pie
- Ray's Dairy Maid, Barton, AK : Cherry Cheese Cake beat out the Coconut Pecan (just, one judge hates coconut)
- Frontier Restaurant, Albuquerque, NM : Oh the sweet roll and Herveos Rancheros
Biggest eating surprise
- Frontier Restaurant, Albuquerque, NM : We were hungry and need some quick breakfast. Our first option fell through, this was an awesome find
Best BBQ
- Interstate BBQ, Memphis, TN : My god, this BBQ rocks and its drenched in the best sauce! Oh and its dirt cheap too. The BBQ Spaghetti is a must have!
Best Donut
- Donut Shop, Natchez, MS : Its worth the detour, fresh and yummy and not sickly sweet
- Cafe Du Monde, New Orleans, LA : Beignet were a killer breakfast, pity they were buried in inches of powered sugar!
- The Donut Shop, Amarillo, TX : Cherry Glazed donut anybody? Yum.
Best Fried Chicken
- Old Country Store, Lorton, MS : Juicy and the crispiest, meltiest in your mouth coating
Best Mexican / Tex Mex
- El Patio, Albuquerque, NM : Chili simmered pork burrito with a spicy as hell red sauce
Best Steak
- Big Texan, Amarillo, TX : Bit of a tourist trap, but one heck of a slab of beef
Best Cocktail
- Mulate's, New Orleans, LA : Southern Lemonade; not only great tasting but leg crippling strong!
Best City
- Albuquerque, NM : Cool architecture, hip crowd and killer food
Best Scenery
- Painted Desert, AZ : Unbelievable colors, especially in the rain
- Sky City, NM : >900 year old adobe architecture on top of a mesa.. very cool
Best Bed
- Westin, New Orleans, LA : You get what you pay for, but for $84/night it was as cheap as some of the motels we did stay at on the trip. Thank you hotels.com
- Hyatt, Burlingame, CA : Hotwire got us this for $109/night and a good wind down for the end of the trip
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