| Slows Bar BQ - Detroit, MI |
| Opa Opa - Sacramento, CA |
| La Fonda on Main - San Antonio, TX |
| Panini Cafe - Las Vegas, NV |
| Emil-Lene's Sirloin House - Aurora, CO |
| Buck Owen's Crystal Palace - Bakersfield, CA |
| Sahara - Cleveland, OH |
| James Joyce Irish Pub - Baltimore, MD |
| Sukhothai North Dale Mabry - Tampa, FL |
| Luigi's - Colorado Springs, CO |
| Grand Paradise - Long Beach, CA |
| MEGU - New York, NY |
| Casa DE Soto - Garden Grove, CA |
| Kiran's - Houston, TX |
| Spice India - Arlington, TX |
| Pepes Tamales - El Paso, TX |
| Cajun Pizza Place - Austin, TX |
| Aquarium Restaurant - Nashville, TN |
| The Sky Room - Long Beach, CA |
| Battistas Hole in the Wall - Las Vegas, NV |
| Stone Face Tavern - Albuquerque, NM |
| Hill-Bert's Burgers - Austin, TX |
| Bangkok Thai - Atlanta, GA |
| India House - Chicago, IL |
| Chapter One: the modern local - Santa Ana, CA |
| Zach's Shack - Portland, OR |
| Hodak's - St Louis, MO |
| Haven - Atlanta, GA |
| AmerAsia - Sumo Sushi - Albuquerque, NM |
| Malo - Los Angeles, CA |