Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House: Splendid classic southern food served family-style. You sit at a big table along with a bunch of people you probably don’t know and pass large platters of food around. The late Mrs. Wilkes put it best: “If the Colonel made it as good as mine, he'd be a general!”

Claxton fruit cakes: Make all the fruit cake jokes you want, but unless you've tried Claxton's, you may not realize what a fruit cake can be. They've been baking ’em since 1910.

Chik-fil-A: Fried chicken sandwiches and waffle fries that are good, good, good. This chicken chain started in the Atlanta suburb of Hapeville as the Dwarf House. Addicts stock up on Saturdays as Chick-fil-A is closed on Sunday and always has been .