Comfort food is always evolving, yet defies all trends. Whether we crave loco moco, spaghetti and meatballs, or a big bowl of matzo ball soup, we want our homespun favorites just the way mom, dad, or grandma used to make them. Read on for the rib-sticking, heart-warming, best comfort foods across America—plus, the places to dig into them.
According to John T. Edge, the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and author of Fried Chicken: An American Story, chicken and waffles is a Southern dish, “but a Southern dish once or twice removed from the South.” African Americans brought this comforting plate from the South to urban metropolitan areas nationwide and Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles is the place to get it. The L.A. institution serves chicken and waffles at seven locations in Southern California.