Location: Wichita, Kansas What to order: Breakfast bologna ... croque madame, a grilled ham and Swiss cheese sandwich made with local and traditional Creole meat and a fried egg on top.

The menu boasts green tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, grits, gumbo and cornbread, but the crown jewel is the duck-fat-fried whole chicken ... along with a chicken sandwich and Southern-style sides ...

Growing up fried bologna was a delicacy: two slices of thin, pan-seared mystery meat with melted American cheese – you know ...