Fantastic food is more important to many travelers than museums, hotels, and souvenirs, and we've compiled all the must see spots across the country to have a one-of-a-kind dining experience. We're serving up hefty plates of the country's tastiest, most mouth-watering, and decadent meals. We're talking lip smacking pizza, tasty deli entrees, boat loads of bacon, fresh seafood, finger licking deep fried dishes, and that's only the beginning. So bring your appetite and your stretchy pants as we dive into a healthy portion of Food Paradise!
Season 12, Episode 9

Titanic Treats

From monster sushi rolls and a five-layer pizza cake to Texas-sized cinnamon rolls and a towering pancake sundae, these dining hot spots are bursting at the seams with titanic treats.

Saturday
May 11
5pm | 4c
Season 10, Episode 13

Ooey Gooey Greatness

From majorly melty mac and cheese to fudgy, chewy triple chocolate cookies, diners are living the gooey good life at these restaurants across the nation.

Sunday
May 12
11am | 10c
Season 12, Episode 2

Crunch Time

From double-decibel fried beef ribs in Atlanta to a loud and proud peanut butter burger in Vegas, these joints are making delicious noise with some of the crunchiest eats across the country.

Sunday
May 12
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 4

Bucket List Burgers

From whiskey-and-foie gras decadence to a macaroni and cheese bun, we've rounded up all the burgers you have to try before you die. These are the most stacked, loaded, saucy and succulent sandwiches around.

Thursday
May 16
3pm | 2c
Season 12, Episode 10

Finger Lickin'

From burgers bursting with chili and cheese to a whole backyard barbecue in one messy mega dish, these entrees are overloaded in stickiness, sauciness and all sorts of awesomeness that's finger-licking good.

Thursday
May 16
4pm | 3c
Season 12, Episode 5

American Eats

A burger topped with a sloppy joe? An apple pie pizza? A biscuit filled with blue cheese? All across America, folks are cooking up red, white and blue meals that pay tribute to tradition and tempt the taste buds. From classics to contemporary updates, open your menu and pledge allegiance to this roundup of the best American eats.

Saturday
May 18
2pm | 1c
Season 12, Episode 13

Best of the Fests

From big, bold Hawaiian burgers at the Bite of Seattle and slammin' sausages in St. Louis to the biggest crawfish boil in Louisiana, there's almost too much to eat at these food festivals across the nation.

Saturday
May 18
3pm | 2c
Season 13, Episode 3

New 'Cue on the Block

From a smoked Thanksgiving sandwich to barbecued brisket with Mexican flair and a whole hog take on porchetta, chefs across America are finding cool ways to innovate on the grate.

Saturday
May 18
4pm | 3c
Season 13, Episode 4

Food Hall Frenzy

Food halls are the new one-stop shop for a range of gourmet eats on the go. There's gravy-smothered fried chicken biscuits and Vietnamese-Cajun cuisine in New Orleans. Next, there's both New-York-style pizza and ice cream tacos in Portland. There's about a million ways to enjoy meat and cheese in Philly's Reading Terminal and we go a mile high for food-hall fabulousness in Denver.

Saturday
May 18
5pm | 4c
Season 12, Episode 6

Best of the Midwest

From seriously saucy barbecue sandwiches to nachos on a pizza and the perfect burger for Dirty Dancing, these restaurants serve up some of the best dishes in America's heartland.

Sunday
May 19
11am | 10c
Season 13, Episode 2

Cranked Up Comfort

From massive meatloaf and gourmet garlic fries to candied bacon and chocolate waffle lave cake, diners are soothing their souls at these cranked-up comfort food joints across America.

Sunday
May 19
12pm | 11c
Season 13, Episode 8

Seafood -- Eat Food!

From over-the-top surf-and-turf sandwiches to fresh takes on Southern standbys, we're tasting seafood dishes that are making waves from the bay to the bayou! Isle of Palms, South Carolina, is proving there's no country like the low country when it comes to fresh seafood. We grab a taste of the bayou in Baton Rouge and try succulent seafood sandwiches on Long Island. We'll then get a taste of "Pacific Northwest Chowder" gravy in Seattle and get a little cheesy in the Boston suburb of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. We'll mix seafood with southwestern style in Destin, Florida, and get a true Tex-Mex taste of the Gulf Coast in Houston. Finally, we'll stop by a Wakefield, Rhode Island, oyster bar that boasts an out-of-this-world selection straight from their on-site farm.

Thursday
May 23
3pm | 2c
Season 13, Episode 9

Secret Menus

You have to be in the know to order secret menu must-haves like super-stacked sandwiches and burgers, mac and cheese biscuits, chicken and doughnut mashups and even a pizza piled high with 30 tacos.

Thursday
May 23
4pm | 3c
Season 13, Episode 10

Sandwich Obsession

Whether it's Southern barbecue on a bun, a Tex-Mex take on a banh mi or lasagna grilled cheese, any mixture of fillings between buttery buns makes for a dream come true! From savory to spicy to sweet, there are no limits to our sandwich obsession.

Saturday
May 25
2pm | 1c
Season 15, Episode 9

Superb Sandwiches

Sandwiches are sublime, morning, noon and night! Food Paradise goes on a super excursion to find the stuff of sandwich dreams, from gooey butter cake ice cream sandwiches to an overstuffed Italian hoagie.

Saturday
May 25
3pm | 2c
Season 15, Episode 11

Out to Brunch

Food Paradise is brunching on some of America's tastiest twists on the beloved mealtime mashup: breakfast spaghetti, fried chicken and churros, boozy pancakes drunk with flaming Cherries Jubilee and a BBQ beef breakfast bun aptly named The Beast.

Saturday
May 25
4pm | 3c
Season 15, Episode 3

Bankable Burgers

Food Paradise explores eateries across America offering the most bang for your burger buck. The journey begins with a beefy back-to-basics bargain in Las Vegas for only $7. From a wasabi mashed potato burger to a Texas-sized backyard BBQ masterpiece on a bun, these are burgers you can bank on.

Saturday
May 25
5pm | 4c
Season 15, Episode 8

Kickin' Chicken

These kickin' chicken dishes rule the roost! In Phoenix, a new contender in the chicken sandwich wars is topped with cheesy mac and spicy cheese puffs. Lollipop wings in Atlanta get smothered in gravy, and, in Nashville, ramen is ablaze with hot chicken.

Sunday
May 26
11am | 10c
Season 15, Episode 7

Fried & True

Food Paradise is on a quest for foods that are fried and true, with surprises like chicken-fried brisket, fried lobster and a batter-dipped lasagna sandwich. We're uncovering the tasty truth of everything crispy, crunchy and deep-fried delicious!

Sunday
May 26
12pm | 11c
Season 10, Episode 1

Food Hall of Fame

New dining experiences and classic comforts are brought together under one roof at these food halls, from spicy fried chicken paired with the most decadent mac and cheese at Atlanta's Krog Street Market to an intensely delicious pierogi melt at Cleveland's West Side Market.

Thursday
May 30
3pm | 2c
Season 10, Episode 3

Easy as Pie

From an entire Thanksgiving dinner stuffed into a pie to the Texas-sized Pumpecapple, these friendly shops across America are finding many ways to fill a pie crust.

Thursday
May 30
4pm | 3c
Season 14, Episode 6

Flame On!

We're firing up like an inferno and hitting a variety of dishes across the United States that have all the flame in their game! In Santa Monica, California, a burger joint is putting heat to their meat with a sauce made from guava and habanero peppers. A Charleston, South Carolina, barbecue pit turns low-and-slow brisket into a fiesta of flavors and a restaurant in Los Angeles torches everything they touch. There's a fire burning in a globe-trotting spot in Washington, DC, and a San Diego pizza joint makes waves with its wood-burning oven. We check out a spot in Nashville's red-hot restaurant scene and try a flaming dessert served in New York City. Finally, a San Diego restaurant flame-grills dreamy meats from their 22-ounce bone-in ribeye to their 14-ounce dry-aged pork chop.

Saturday
Jun 1
2pm | 1c
Season 14, Episode 7

Meaty Madness

We're getting to the meat of the matter as we chow down on some powerhouse proteins! For starters, a spot in Portland, Maine, is making dreams come true with a dish called the Meat Coma packed with smoked beef brisket, pork ribs, pork shoulder and house-made chili. Next, a restaurant in New Orleans is transforming classic po'boys into sky-high meaty masterpieces and it's meat madness in Milwaukee at a place that's grilling up outrageous midwestern mainstays. They're creating mouthwatering meat monuments in Denver and Texas excess meets Cali cool in Huntington Park, California. A meatball shop in New York City has something truly meat-tacular for your bucket list while a nearby Lebanese restaurant has the shawarma to warm-a your heart. Finally, a butcher shop and steakhouse come together in Houston to create memorable meatiness.

Saturday
Jun 1
3pm | 2c
Season 14, Episode 8

Outdoor Eats

Everything tastes better when it's eaten outside, and Food Paradise is here to fulfill your al fresco appetite. At Saltwater Cowboys in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, watch the shrimp boats come in while chowing down on BBQ pork trashcan nachos. Denver's Los Chingones serves up sky-high chimichangas with rooftop views of the Mile High City. Pub food goes Cali cool with al pastor fries on the lawn of Golden Road Brewing, and Austin's Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden is serving up a venison cheddar hotlink by the cool creek.

Saturday
Jun 1
4pm | 3c
Season 14, Episode 9

Neighborhood Hangouts

From favorite friendly diners to special occasion restaurants, Food Paradise visits some of the coolest neighborhood hangouts that prove this local food is all good in the 'hood.' In Denver, Colorado, FNG flaunts their rock-and-roll-style cuisine with an elevated take on Gramma's meatloaf, while Little Nonna's in Philadelphia brings the great Italian family tradition of Sunday gravy to the masses. Pecan Lodge in Dallas joins massive stacks of Black Angus brisket and pulled pork on a fluffy bun for a BBQ sandwich as big as Texas itself. Finally, New Orleans Italian-Cajun fusion restaurant Liuzza's serves up a baguette-based muffuletta known as the Frenchuletta.

Saturday
Jun 1
5pm | 4c
Season 13, Episode 13

Off the Beaten Q

There are a lot of barbecue purists out there, but Food Paradise is going off the beaten path to find folks who are willing to go beyond the classics with everything from a trio of Southern, Korean and Mexican tacos to a barbecue sandwich harnessed by grilled cheese buns.

Sunday
Jun 2
11am | 10c