The Brickery Grill & Bar, Atlanta

There are a few ways a restaurant stays popular after more than 20 years in business. At The Brickery, it seems that making guests feel at home with a menu of scratch-made comfort food is at the top of that list. A meal at the famed spot might begin with a basket of just-battered crunchy onion rings, one of the menu's perfect preambles to its legendary rack of beef ribs. Another house specialty is the Caesar burger, a creation that borrows from its namesake salad with a crown of lettuce, grated cheese, and creamy parmesan dressing. Chicken and seafood dishes are just as popular here (including crab cakes made entirely from jumbo lump crab). But whatever you order, you'd do well to end the meal with a housemade dessert like the chess pie or the banana pudding. Like a tattoo on an indecisive person, the selection changes daily, making each visit one to look forward to in new ways.