Restaurants on TV:Iowa

The Jethro, with breaded tenderloin, pulled pork, and homemade bacon

Sandwiches American Cafe

General Tso's Pizza: thin-crust pizza topped with a mix of chicken chunks, roasted red peppers and baby corn all marinated in...

Pizza

Bacon store, pork chops and a bacon bloody mary.

Adam Richman comes to the High Life Lounge to taste some of their signature dishes like crispy pressure-fried chicken and bac...

Sandwiches American Cafe

10 bacon inspired burgers including the Walking Ched with a Mac and cheese bun

Southern Southwestern American

Southern spot cooking up all the classics, from ribs and red beans and rice to catfish cakes and collards

the trophy-winning barbecue joint smoking up all kinds of unique wings and dishing out an out-of-bounds apple dumpling dessert

One of the first drive thru restaurants. Serve loose-meat sandwiches.

Traditional American Fast Food

Largest truck stop with tons of great food.

Visit this family-owned business that’s famous throughout the Midwest for its pork tenderloin sandwich. And don’t m...

Casey wins the Showdown Challenge, a spicy duel against a pulled pork sandwich smothered in a scorpion pepper barbecue sauce.

Sandwiches American Catering

the fusion joint making unique burritos alongside bulgogi masa fries

the historic drive-in famous for their nearly century-old chili recipe

Mexican

Then Sandra checks out El Bait Shop in Des Moines which is described as a "mancave on steroids." It

Mexican Latin American American

the Southern spot serving up legit fried chicken and decadent red velvet waffles

Adam visits Black Market Pizza for some of the most original pie in the Hawkeye State, including their famous Bacon Double Ch...

Best breaded pork sandwich in Iowa.

a real deal Equadorian spot cooking up authentic specialties like chicken with rice and pork with hominy

Many Iowa locals say that the best pork around is cooked up by the Leichsenring family, which has been serving traditional fa...

German American Continental