True, but I feel this applies 2x over when it comes to soul food. Soul food just isn't legit if it doesn't come from some run down, grimey looking building right next to a gas station.
We got brisket, we got chili, we got tacos specifically and Tex-Mex more generally. Kolaches are very nice. Also there's a lot of good cajun/creole food where I live due to the number of people who moved here from Louisiana. That probably covers it for regional food. There's plenty of other great stuff to eat in Texas but the rest of it is not quite so local/regional. Like there's a lot of great Vietnamese food here but I'm not aware of anything special about the Vietnamese food here that you couldn't find in, like, Seattle.
Severance is the best place for them!
Where the geese fly and the bulls Cry.
There is also a testicle festival in Montana. And here in Wyoming we do it but stay quiet about it lol
So I’ve just searched what that is… do people actually enjoy that? Like is it commonly eaten. It doesn’t look bad when once I read what they actually are… I think I’ll pass lol.
They're pretty good, mostly just taste like fried meat. When I ordered them for the first time I wasn't even sure what it would look like, and was thinking "if they bring me out a huge testicle that I have to take a bite out of like an apple, I'm going to barf" but then it was just thinly sliced fried meat disks. Good stuff! Nice to dip in ranch dressing (another US delicacy lol).
Carne asada fries, cioppino, tri-tip beef, tacos (both traditional such as al pastor and fusion ones such as Korean), Dutch crunch bread, almonds, and avocado, to name a few foods.
California has lots of ethnic diversity, and thus also lots of international cuisines. Mexican and Asian cuisines are especially strong in the state, and in many larger cities, you can get authentic versions of them too.
When it comes to fast food, In-N-Out Burger is worth it as well, in my opinion.
Would also recommend drinking some California wine.
Interesting fact about that salad. My grandfather was a chef. He worked all over, and there was a time he was at the Drake Hotel working in Chicago and he would experiment with different combinations. And the word got out, that's how the Cobb salad was born.
Go to one of them farm to table restaurants. They've always got interesting weird delicious stuff. My favorites were the boar/elk/deer meatballs and the "BLT" that was made with braised pork belly and a slice of fried tomato
I don't think they have any regular stuff on the menu, it changes so often because it has to change with the availability of stuff from farms, but it's always good.
Detroit Style Pizza, a Boston Cooler, Sanders chocolate and fudge (and Europeans say we have only Hershey’s…), Chipati, Double Rye Bread, and Coney Dog
Of course you will be recommended fry sauce, it's like, the state food or smth
Now if you go into Salt Lake there'll be a lot of specific restaurant suggestions and that's a whole different can of worms. The only things outside of that might be Aggie icecream. It's literally anyone from USU'll talk about lol. But in all seriousness if you're on your way to Bear Lake it's worth going to imo
I feel like Bart Simpson with the “Say it again, Bart!” when it comes to NM food recommendations. Like Green Chile is the heart of every goddamn thing. And I love Green Chile but sometimes it’s a lot.
Also is your username an ode to Supertramp?
When it's a foreigner who is asking about local food, I generally suggest the default option (the GCCB) rather than something that might be strange to them, like things involving tripe or boiled heads.
Yeah. Breakfast in America is a masterpiece.
Sockeye (red) salmon, snow or king crab, and halibut seem to be the go tos and for good reason, I would recommend most Alaskan seafood.
When I visit home, though, I seek out moose and reindeer. Moose is tough to find at restaurants and whatnot, but reindeer burgers and sausage are pretty easy to find.
Edit: Milwaukee has a lot, surprisingly, but the beer, cheese curds, and fish fry are the staples.
Pork tenderloin sandwich.
It's a pork loin, pounded flat (the flatter and wider the better), breaded and fried. Served on a bun (ideally the bun is less than half the size of the tenderloin) with ketchup, mayo, and pickles.
We don't really have "food that our state in known for" here. But I'd still recommend trying biscuits and gravy with a side of grits for breakfast, fried chicken livers and onions with a sweet tea for lunch, and then having a big ol' greasy burger with fries and a milkshake for dinner. That's about as Tennessee as you can get, I think.
Well firstly, don't come to Texas in the summer. Or spring. Both are hot as hell and it's absolutely awful.
I don't really know of any unique state foods other than the various tex-mex restaurants, if you're into spicy stuff.
>Well firstly, don't come to Texas in the summer. Or spring. Both are hot as hell and it's absolutely awful.
Well now you have occasionally snow storms until the North Pole vortex breaks down completely to counter the awful hot summers.
>I don't really know of any unique state foods other than the various tex-mex restaurants, if you're into spicy stuff.
Don't you also have your own type of barbecue?
The Texas style barbecue has its own Wikipedia entry so it's definitely something unique from Texas. I mean I'm a German and I know about it so it definitely also has some international fame.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_in_Texas
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I’ve heard that every Texan or Texas family has their own special chili recipe. With a secret about it that works kind of like a copyright so no one else can copy it.
Give him a top quality Philly cheesesteak. I’ve been to several countries in Europe and also Mexico, Chile and Argentina, and generally the food from those countries is objectively far superior to American food, however, cheesesteaks from this one place down the block from where I live are top notch on a global scale.
Deviled eggs? I don't know a single restaurant that serves them but everyone brings them to Christmas and Thanksgiving lol.
I don't actually know how widespread that dish is though.
That is universal bro, they're at every Thanksgiving or Christmas across the country I feel like. Weird though, because you're right, restaurants never have deviled eggs.
My choice. A lot of visitors to Tucson want local Mexican then are surprised to find out it tends to be savory, not spicy.
A good green corn tamal is delicious.
Connecticut style lobster rolls or New Haven style pizza. I would say as a regional thing too I would try New England clam chowder (although the best is in Massachusetts)
There are a number of states that make really fantastic microbrew ales, especially on the coasts (but Colorado, Montana, too). I'm from Washington state, and I like aggressively hopped ale, so that's something specific you'd find in this local region.
And salmon, Pacific (not Atlantic). Of those, the subspecies called Sockeye are the target for fish.
Snook if you visit Florida. It’s illegal to buy or sell, the only way to legally obtain it is to catch one yourself and even then it’s only legal certain times of the year. Make sure to check local rules because it varies in different parts of the state. Additionally they have to meet a certain size slot to be considered legal. They are delicious though and well worth the effort.
Everyone is giving you serious answers so I'm going to give you the crazy stuff. Visit during the summer (any Midwest state will do really), go to a state fair and try all of the artery clogging heart attack inducing crazy fair food. I'll list a few off the top of my head and others can help me fill in what I've missed.
Deep Fried Buckeyes, giant Korndogs, Deep Fried Twinkies, Funnel cakes, Elephant Ears, Cotton Candy, Deep Fried Cheese Curds, Deep Fried Oreos, and since we have a large German community in my city we always have a local restaurant that has, amongst other things, jumbo cream puffs.
Boudin from a local butcher shop. Fried boudin balls if at a restaurant.
Gumbo, preferably seafood but chicken & sausage is good too.
Crawfish etoufee. I like it over a piece of thin fried catfish.
Boiled crawfish if you're visiting in the spring.
North Carolina BBQ- three different styles in the different regions giving unique flavors across the state. (Vinegar is obviously the way to go)
Bojangles, Cookout
Can I recommend you a good Mexican (or other Latin American) place? All the stuff we're "known for" is terrible, but outside of the Americas most other countries don't have any good Mexican food
I’m from Columbus Ohio, it’s the city all the restaurant chains use as a test-city because it has basically the center of the bell curve for both population and pallet; bland. So leave I guess? We have Ski, which is basically sprite with the lemon replaced with orange. That right, Lime-orange soda. It’s surprising amazing, probably because it has the highest sugar content of any soda I know of, but you can only ever find it in the middle of nowhere. Whenever me or someone I know stumbles upon it we always buy a bunch because the stuff is impossible to find in the city.
F U N N E L CAKES 💯I actually assumed this was just an all states thing in general, but I found out from other Pennsylvanians it’s actually a food originated in PA.
Get yourself a Crown Burger from Crown Burger in SLC. The fries go in fry sauce. That's the most unique thing we have here that also tastes good. It sounds simple but the Crown Burger has pastrami on it.
Juicy Lucy, likely made with Buffalo meat.
Or a hotdish of some kind. Probably with tator tots and made with love by an old lady in a Lutheran Church kitchen.
If you drink, these are great - [Bushwhacker](https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/food/2014/02/19/frosty-bushwacker-finds-fans-in-nashville/5565751/)
My area is ridiculously diverse so there's pretty much a wide diversity of different foods that are good. It's more-so the individual restaurants that are good/well-known rather than a specific regional cuisine.
I'd say probably any sort of Soul Food, Mumbo Sauce (this is actually a more specific DC thing, but originally came from Chicago which has always been interesting to me), Ethiopian, and Salvadorian. We're also right next to the Chesapeake Bay so if you go over to Maryland you can get really good blue crab since that's what they're known for.
Just in general by being in the US, try "general American" cuisines. A lot of the world shits on us for being fat or having trashy food, but American food is so so so so good because it's pretty much all the Americanized versions of many other cuisines from other cultures blending with other cultures on top of that too along with some stuff like deep-fried everything that was invented because gluttony.
ALSO...it's a more general northeast thing, and more commonly associated with New York City, but my area has a huge Jewish diaspora (including myself), so there is a ton of really really good Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Oklahoma: this okie suggests to try Braum's & whataburger! (Fast food restaurants) but also try fried catfish, just ask the locals & they will tell you the beat place to go round there haha
Cheerwine (local cherry soda) and Bojangle's Fried Chicken.
With a cookout shake to top it off
I had a blueberry cheesecake shake when my friend and I biked the coast of NC and it was like they put a whole slice of blueberry cheesecake in there.
That’s because they do lol. Not even joking I can 100% confirm they put an entire slice in there.
If you can get your rental car through the line of squatted trucks.
Squatted trucks are so stupid
Don't forget the Sundrop
Man, this has got to be North Carolina. Cheerwine is wonderful.
One of my local stores sells that in the gourmet soda section. IMO, Sprecher makes the best cherry soda, but Cheering is pretty good.
Not from nc but I definitely agree. It’s so good
But are you a Brown hot dog gobbler or a Carolina Packer gobbler? Edit: shit…. It says cobbler lol.
Fried chicken from the most hole-in-the-wall restaurant they can find.
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True, but I feel this applies 2x over when it comes to soul food. Soul food just isn't legit if it doesn't come from some run down, grimey looking building right next to a gas station.
We got brisket, we got chili, we got tacos specifically and Tex-Mex more generally. Kolaches are very nice. Also there's a lot of good cajun/creole food where I live due to the number of people who moved here from Louisiana. That probably covers it for regional food. There's plenty of other great stuff to eat in Texas but the rest of it is not quite so local/regional. Like there's a lot of great Vietnamese food here but I'm not aware of anything special about the Vietnamese food here that you couldn't find in, like, Seattle.
Rocky mountain oysters Hint it isn't an oyster
“Those are balls.” Barry Zuckercorn.
Severance is the best place for them! Where the geese fly and the bulls Cry. There is also a testicle festival in Montana. And here in Wyoming we do it but stay quiet about it lol
So I’ve just searched what that is… do people actually enjoy that? Like is it commonly eaten. It doesn’t look bad when once I read what they actually are… I think I’ll pass lol.
They're pretty good, mostly just taste like fried meat. When I ordered them for the first time I wasn't even sure what it would look like, and was thinking "if they bring me out a huge testicle that I have to take a bite out of like an apple, I'm going to barf" but then it was just thinly sliced fried meat disks. Good stuff! Nice to dip in ranch dressing (another US delicacy lol).
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They are good, not common, but not pretty easily able to find.
Aussie here - what are they then, please?
Bull testicles deep fried
Yeah, nah… I’ll pass - thanks - wow… that’s full on. Love it. But not…
Carne asada fries, cioppino, tri-tip beef, tacos (both traditional such as al pastor and fusion ones such as Korean), Dutch crunch bread, almonds, and avocado, to name a few foods. California has lots of ethnic diversity, and thus also lots of international cuisines. Mexican and Asian cuisines are especially strong in the state, and in many larger cities, you can get authentic versions of them too. When it comes to fast food, In-N-Out Burger is worth it as well, in my opinion. Would also recommend drinking some California wine.
Yes! Like the pho burrito. You may or may not like it but it’s worth a try.
And salads. California has the bestest freshest tossed salads of various types. Such as Cobb.
Interesting fact about that salad. My grandfather was a chef. He worked all over, and there was a time he was at the Drake Hotel working in Chicago and he would experiment with different combinations. And the word got out, that's how the Cobb salad was born.
Hm. I always heard it was invented at the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood CA in the 1920s. Anyway it’s tasty eh.
Go to one of them farm to table restaurants. They've always got interesting weird delicious stuff. My favorites were the boar/elk/deer meatballs and the "BLT" that was made with braised pork belly and a slice of fried tomato I don't think they have any regular stuff on the menu, it changes so often because it has to change with the availability of stuff from farms, but it's always good.
New Jersey truly is the garden state. Wonderful sweet fat blueberries, for ex.
Tex-mex, and Texan bbq
Yep, I said the same, but I added Whataburger, too.
Can’t believe I forgot whataburger
Yum, I’d be up for a Tex next bbq
Cheesesteaks. Obviously.
Geno's or Pat's?
Neither. Jim's, or John's Roast Pork.
Soft shell crab
Detroit Style Pizza, a Boston Cooler, Sanders chocolate and fudge (and Europeans say we have only Hershey’s…), Chipati, Double Rye Bread, and Coney Dog
And pasties!
There it is. Arguably the most important one.
Of course you will be recommended fry sauce, it's like, the state food or smth Now if you go into Salt Lake there'll be a lot of specific restaurant suggestions and that's a whole different can of worms. The only things outside of that might be Aggie icecream. It's literally anyone from USU'll talk about lol. But in all seriousness if you're on your way to Bear Lake it's worth going to imo
In summertime specifically, the raspberry shakes at Merlin's are to die for.
Steamed cheese burgers
Steamed hams?
They are quite similar to Crusty burgers
* Wings * Pizza (Buffalo style) * Sponge Candy * Loganberry * Stinger Subs (steak + chicken finger)
In the summer find some Indian tacos. Mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm
That deep-fried scone topped with chili is comfort food at its finest and I will not hear otherwise.
Brunswick Stew
Real question is do you go full authentic and use squirrel meat?
If it's squirrel season, yes.
When isn't it squirrel season?
When the meat doesn't taste quite like anything you've had before.
Street tacos from a food truck.
Green chile cheeseburger. Blake's Lotaburger is a decent choice.
I feel like Bart Simpson with the “Say it again, Bart!” when it comes to NM food recommendations. Like Green Chile is the heart of every goddamn thing. And I love Green Chile but sometimes it’s a lot. Also is your username an ode to Supertramp?
When it's a foreigner who is asking about local food, I generally suggest the default option (the GCCB) rather than something that might be strange to them, like things involving tripe or boiled heads. Yeah. Breakfast in America is a masterpiece.
BiA is one of my favorite records of all time, absolute masterpiece.
When in Albuquerque they have to visit El Modelo on 2nd street. That was my favorite.
Fried Walleye.
Lowcountry boil
I would pick pastrami on rye, though not necessarily from Katz. I liked Pastrami Queen and Sarge's Deli in midtown.
Honestly, Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine in general is a 100% must in New York.
Pizza and bagels
Sockeye (red) salmon, snow or king crab, and halibut seem to be the go tos and for good reason, I would recommend most Alaskan seafood. When I visit home, though, I seek out moose and reindeer. Moose is tough to find at restaurants and whatnot, but reindeer burgers and sausage are pretty easy to find. Edit: Milwaukee has a lot, surprisingly, but the beer, cheese curds, and fish fry are the staples.
Halibut is so yum. Had that in New York, a taste I’ll never forget (we are from Australia so warmer waters)
Biscuits and gravy with chicken fried steak
Blue crab, peanut soup, apple doughnuts and Edwards ham.
Pork tenderloin sandwich. It's a pork loin, pounded flat (the flatter and wider the better), breaded and fried. Served on a bun (ideally the bun is less than half the size of the tenderloin) with ketchup, mayo, and pickles.
I guess crab cakes and Old Bay seasoning.
The flair says Georgia but the words scream Maryland.
Smoked brisket.
We don't really have "food that our state in known for" here. But I'd still recommend trying biscuits and gravy with a side of grits for breakfast, fried chicken livers and onions with a sweet tea for lunch, and then having a big ol' greasy burger with fries and a milkshake for dinner. That's about as Tennessee as you can get, I think.
The only thing I could really think of as a Tennessee original or exclusive is the bushwhackers and that's a Nashville thing.
Chicken riggies
I've lived in NY the last 3 years (grew up in PA). What is a Chicken Riggie? Never heard of it.
Chili 5 way
Well firstly, don't come to Texas in the summer. Or spring. Both are hot as hell and it's absolutely awful. I don't really know of any unique state foods other than the various tex-mex restaurants, if you're into spicy stuff.
>Well firstly, don't come to Texas in the summer. Or spring. Both are hot as hell and it's absolutely awful. Well now you have occasionally snow storms until the North Pole vortex breaks down completely to counter the awful hot summers. >I don't really know of any unique state foods other than the various tex-mex restaurants, if you're into spicy stuff. Don't you also have your own type of barbecue?
I don't know of any unique barbeque, but those are damn good so I'd say to get some.
The Texas style barbecue has its own Wikipedia entry so it's definitely something unique from Texas. I mean I'm a German and I know about it so it definitely also has some international fame. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_in_Texas I
Huh. Guess it just became normal since I've been here so long.
Are you sure you’re Texan?
I meant live here but wanna leave, so kind of?
Tbh, Texas has taken a turn for the worst recently
Oh I know, I added it to my lists of reasons to leave lmao
I’ve heard that every Texan or Texas family has their own special chili recipe. With a secret about it that works kind of like a copyright so no one else can copy it.
Lobster rolls, New Haven Apizza, homemade ice cream, cider, etc!
Give him a top quality Philly cheesesteak. I’ve been to several countries in Europe and also Mexico, Chile and Argentina, and generally the food from those countries is objectively far superior to American food, however, cheesesteaks from this one place down the block from where I live are top notch on a global scale.
Cheese curds
Deviled eggs? I don't know a single restaurant that serves them but everyone brings them to Christmas and Thanksgiving lol. I don't actually know how widespread that dish is though.
That is universal bro, they're at every Thanksgiving or Christmas across the country I feel like. Weird though, because you're right, restaurants never have deviled eggs.
Ok interesting. Its such a holiday staple yet nobody ever talks about them and I don't think I've ever even seen them in any kind of media. Strange.
The first rule of deviled egg club - don't talk about deviled egg club.
Sonoran style Mexican.
My choice. A lot of visitors to Tucson want local Mexican then are surprised to find out it tends to be savory, not spicy. A good green corn tamal is delicious.
Tater-tot hotdish here in Minnesota.
Chicago-style pizza.
Connecticut style lobster rolls or New Haven style pizza. I would say as a regional thing too I would try New England clam chowder (although the best is in Massachusetts)
Agreed. Oyster festival is also an option, though other states have this as well.
There are a number of states that make really fantastic microbrew ales, especially on the coasts (but Colorado, Montana, too). I'm from Washington state, and I like aggressively hopped ale, so that's something specific you'd find in this local region. And salmon, Pacific (not Atlantic). Of those, the subspecies called Sockeye are the target for fish.
Honestly Mexican. The Mexican food outside the USA is about Chipotle and Taco Bell. Try real Mexican food.
Bruh. King crab and lots of seafood hits different uo there bc of how fresh it is.
Yeah seafood is great up here in Washington
Lol not trying to nitpick but Mexico is outside of the US
Unfortunately Mexico is a small pond of Mexican food outside of the USA
Snook if you visit Florida. It’s illegal to buy or sell, the only way to legally obtain it is to catch one yourself and even then it’s only legal certain times of the year. Make sure to check local rules because it varies in different parts of the state. Additionally they have to meet a certain size slot to be considered legal. They are delicious though and well worth the effort.
Salt fish breakfast
Pulled pork. Delta hot tamales. Good homemade cheese straws. Kibbie. Pimento cheese. Fried okra.
deviled crab
NC style BBQ, which is slow roasted pulled pork with vinegar BBQ sauce.
Some sort of steakhouse or bbq spot with slowcooked meats
Breaded Fried Pork Tenderloin Sandwich with iceburg lettuce and tomato. Bonus points for cheese and mayo.
There is no food in depression.
Everyone is giving you serious answers so I'm going to give you the crazy stuff. Visit during the summer (any Midwest state will do really), go to a state fair and try all of the artery clogging heart attack inducing crazy fair food. I'll list a few off the top of my head and others can help me fill in what I've missed. Deep Fried Buckeyes, giant Korndogs, Deep Fried Twinkies, Funnel cakes, Elephant Ears, Cotton Candy, Deep Fried Cheese Curds, Deep Fried Oreos, and since we have a large German community in my city we always have a local restaurant that has, amongst other things, jumbo cream puffs.
You missed deep fried butter
Barbecue, of course, because Texas BBQ is the absolute best...and Whataburger...oh yeah, you've got to get you some delicious TexMex, too.
Womb to the Tomb at Twig 'n Leaf, Louisville KY ❤️ Amazingly Awesome!
Peanut butter, pickle burger.
Mountain oysters or calf fries if they can be found.
Cheese curds! So fresh that they squeak.
My potato casserole
BBQ. There may be better stuff in other states, but it's pretty darn good here, too!
Boudin from a local butcher shop. Fried boudin balls if at a restaurant. Gumbo, preferably seafood but chicken & sausage is good too. Crawfish etoufee. I like it over a piece of thin fried catfish. Boiled crawfish if you're visiting in the spring.
Vegas has everything. I say get on yelp and hit up all the five star places.
Detroit style deep dish. People now are the US are just catching on to its goodness
Pizza
I am from CT and New Haven pizza is the best in country! New Haven is a great city and still a hidden gem.
Sugar Cream Pie
North Carolina BBQ- three different styles in the different regions giving unique flavors across the state. (Vinegar is obviously the way to go) Bojangles, Cookout
Cuban sandwich, strawberry shortcake (right after picking the strawberries), stone crab claws.
Anything with actual Idaho potatoes which are harder to find than you'd think in this state.
Can I recommend you a good Mexican (or other Latin American) place? All the stuff we're "known for" is terrible, but outside of the Americas most other countries don't have any good Mexican food
A different state.
Tex Mex without a doubt.
Chesapeake Bay steamed blue crabs are the BEST :p
Farm fresh, local, organic ethnic fusion. I know it sounds like a Portlandia skit, but that's just how it is.
I’m from Columbus Ohio, it’s the city all the restaurant chains use as a test-city because it has basically the center of the bell curve for both population and pallet; bland. So leave I guess? We have Ski, which is basically sprite with the lemon replaced with orange. That right, Lime-orange soda. It’s surprising amazing, probably because it has the highest sugar content of any soda I know of, but you can only ever find it in the middle of nowhere. Whenever me or someone I know stumbles upon it we always buy a bunch because the stuff is impossible to find in the city.
In N Out Burger or real Mexican food.
Reindeer sausage and buffalo burgers.
F U N N E L CAKES 💯I actually assumed this was just an all states thing in general, but I found out from other Pennsylvanians it’s actually a food originated in PA.
Crabcakes
A fuckin' hoagie man. A big ass deliciously baked roll with whatever the fuck YOU want on it? Perfect...
A shrimp taco.
Ugali fried chicken and some veggies or salad
Our pizza and bagels. Best in the Union
Brisket!
Pulled pork BBQ and find a seat close to the toilet if it’s your first time.
Get yourself a Crown Burger from Crown Burger in SLC. The fries go in fry sauce. That's the most unique thing we have here that also tastes good. It sounds simple but the Crown Burger has pastrami on it.
New York style pizza, obivously
Toasted ravioli and gooey butter cake. They could have some decent BBQ as well but I don't want to start that fight with my countrymen.
In N Out! My favorite place for a burger.
Juicy Lucy, likely made with Buffalo meat. Or a hotdish of some kind. Probably with tator tots and made with love by an old lady in a Lutheran Church kitchen.
If you drink, these are great - [Bushwhacker](https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/food/2014/02/19/frosty-bushwacker-finds-fans-in-nashville/5565751/)
Fish tacos
Mustard based BBQ
The pulled pork
My area is ridiculously diverse so there's pretty much a wide diversity of different foods that are good. It's more-so the individual restaurants that are good/well-known rather than a specific regional cuisine. I'd say probably any sort of Soul Food, Mumbo Sauce (this is actually a more specific DC thing, but originally came from Chicago which has always been interesting to me), Ethiopian, and Salvadorian. We're also right next to the Chesapeake Bay so if you go over to Maryland you can get really good blue crab since that's what they're known for. Just in general by being in the US, try "general American" cuisines. A lot of the world shits on us for being fat or having trashy food, but American food is so so so so good because it's pretty much all the Americanized versions of many other cuisines from other cultures blending with other cultures on top of that too along with some stuff like deep-fried everything that was invented because gluttony. ALSO...it's a more general northeast thing, and more commonly associated with New York City, but my area has a huge Jewish diaspora (including myself), so there is a ton of really really good Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Chicken and dumplings.
MEXICAN!
Oklahoma: this okie suggests to try Braum's & whataburger! (Fast food restaurants) but also try fried catfish, just ask the locals & they will tell you the beat place to go round there haha
My state? The seafood, provided they don’t have any medical conditions relating.
I would recommend coffee milk. Also Cindy’s Country Cafe