Jane and Michael Stern: Hello All;

This is Michael Stern, of Jane and Michael Stern, and I am delighted to be here for the next hour chatting with you about roadside restaurants. Questions, comments, critiques, and suggestions all are welcome.

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St. Louis, Missouri: Hubby and I will spend a week in St. Augustine, Florida the week of Sept. 9th, 2007. We need to know where to find a good fresh seafood restaurant, and an authentic Mexican restaurant. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks!

Jane and Michael Stern: You are in luck. St. Augustine is home of Barnacle Bill's (two branches), where you can have excellent Minorcan clam chowder (originally from the Spanish island of Minorca), spiced up with hot datil peppers (which the Minorcans brought with them when the settled) as well as beautiful, crisp-crusted fried shrimp, also available datil-pepper hot. For Mexican food, we enjoy Acapulco, with a great view of Matanzas Bay.

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San Antonio, Texas: Looking for kid friendly good food, non-chain resturants between Chicago and the Wisconsin Dells

Jane and Michael Stern: Being a bar, it isn't, by definition, all that kid-friendly, but you can't beat Monk's for burgers in the Wisconsin Dells. It's where the locals go. Closer towards Chicago, stop at one of the bakeries in Racine for that great Danish pastry, kringle, and in Muckwanago at he Elegant Farmer for the world's best apple pie.

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Alabama: I'm heading to New York City pretty soon and everyone tells me I should eat the pizza! Where is the best place to get a slice in New York?

Jane and Michael Stern: For whole pizzas, we like John's in Greenwich Village. In Harlem, Patsy's is a must for slices and whole pies, and just over the bridge in Brooklyn, Grimaldi's is great. In Coney Island, Totonno's is one not to be missed.

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Chicago, Illinois: Do you have any favorite meals that you've had on the road that you recreate regularly at home? If so, what's the recipe? -- Regina