We all love food, and we all clearly love trails. So why not combine the two?
Our eastern region is filled with many things we love and take much pride in. It is home to some of the best mountains, rivers, outdoor communities, breweries and so much more. We also take great pride in our food. It’s sometimes hard to choose where to go due to how many great places there are… Well
We put together the top food trails our region has to offer so you can fill your next road trip and your bellies with unforgettable experiences.
Fried Chicken Trail in Kentucky
When you think of Kentucky, what’s the first food to come to mind? Fried chicken of course!
The legacy of fried chicken in Kentucky all started from a cafe in Corbin, Kentucky, in 1930, after Colonel Sanders perfected his recipe and launched his global empire that put Kentucky on the map as the number one place to get fried chicken. Kentucky is not only home to that still visitable cafe. It also holds the World Chicken Festival every September in London, Kentucky with lots of family activities and all the perfectly made fried chicken you could eat.
- Harland Sanders Cafe And Museum
- Beaumont Inn
- Blue Isle Home-Style Restaurant And Bar
- Parkette Drive-In
- Local Feed
- Claudia Sanders Dinner House
- Shirley Mae’s Cafe
- Kurtz Restaurant
- Wallace Station Deli
- Milkwood
- Merrick Inn
- Greyhound Tavern
- Chicken King
- Dasha Barbours Southern Bistro
Ice Cream Trail in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is known for its beautiful farmland landscapes, rolling hills, and a simpler way of life. The Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail authentically celebrates this by including 12 sites that all have a creamery on a farm, which of course results in super fresh, homemade ice cream.
- Coventry Parlor at Laurel Locks
- Patches Family Creamery
- Fox Meadows Creamery
- The Milkhouse at Oregon Dairy
- Perrydell Farm Dairy, Inc
- Twilight Acres, LLC
- Chester Springs Creamery at Milky Way Farm
- Crystal Spring Farm
- Freddy Hill Farm
- Lapp Valley Farm
- Merrymead Farm
- Way-Har Farms
Western North Carolina Cheese Trails
Just when you thought the food trails couldn’t get any better. That’s right folks, Western North Carolina has a Cheese Trail! This trail has great distances and various terrain levels involved, so it’s important to plan your route ahead of time and call ahead to ensure the next cheesemakers on your list accept visitors. Pro Tip: bring a cooler to bring back your favorites.
- Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery
- Cane Creek Creamery
- English Farmstead Cheese
- Heritage Homestead
- Looking Glass Creamery
- Oakmoon Farm & Creamery
- Round Mountain Creamery
- Three Graces Dairy
- Spinning Spider Creamery
- Yellow Branch Cheese and Pottery
- Addison Farms Vineyard
- Hickory Nut Gap Farm
- Linville Falls Winery
- Ripshin Goat Dairy
Donut Trail Ohio
Do you happen to share a special kind of bond with Homer Simpson due to your similar donut craving habits? Well then do we got the trail for you. The Donut Trail in Butler County, OH consists of 12 family-owned doughnut shops and is celebrating its second anniversary! The best part about this trail is the uniquely outrageous doughnut flavors all along the trail, like s’mores, banana pudding, cheesecake, and even an orange juice-flavored doughnut.
Download a passport and earn a free t-shirt if you make every stop.
- Central Pastry Shop
- Holtman’s Donuts
- Jupiter Coffee & Donuts
- Kelly’s Bakery
- Martin’s Donuts
- Milton’s Donuts
- Mimi’s Donuts & Bakery
- Oxford Doughnut Shoppe
- Ross Bakery
- Stan the Donut Man
- The Donut House
- The Donut Spot
Lowcountry Oyster Trail
Don’t worry seafood lovers, there’s a trail for you too! South Carolina is now home to the new Lowcountry Oyster Trail that’ll have you come and stay awhile when it launches at the Bluffton Seafood and Arts Festival in October, the official beginning of oyster-season. If the words Oysters Rockefeller and Blackened Local Wreckfish with Fried Oysters and Rice Middlins is making it
Connecticut Pizza Trail
Heads turned to Connecticut’s pizza in 1988 after the coming-of-age classic, Mystic Pizza debuted. Now, people can’t get enough of it, which is why the Connecticut Pizza Trail features not ten, not twenty, but sixty-eight pizza joints across the state. Since 2015, the trail has
- Luigi’s
- Bufalina
- Recovery Room Restaurant
- Rossini’s Pizza
- Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
- Modern Apizza
- Colony Grill
- Willington Pizza
- BAR
- Sally’s Apizza
- Paul & Eddy’s Pizza
- Harry’s Pizza
- Blind Pig Pizza Company
- Zuppardi’s Apizza
- Grand Apizza
- The Little Rendevous
Tennessee Ice Cream Trail
Introducing the NEW ice cream trail that will take you through the state of Tennessee! It mainly hits some of the larger cities, but feel free to add your favorite small town shop to the trail.