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The recipe to Gus's hot and spicy fried chicken has been in the family since 1953 and has remained a secret since then. Not even owner Terry Bonner's wife knows. One thing, however, is certain. Claire Robinson adores this chicken, along with maybe the entire city of Memphis, Tennessee.

Sooth your sweet tooth and coffee addiction at this Chattanooga mainstay. Sip on freshly brewed coffee alongside Rembrandts' fleet of pastries, breads and lunch options, or skip straight to dessert. Rachael called the homemade artisan chocolates "edible works of art."

Located inside the downtown library in Nashville, Tenn., Provence Breads & Cafe is rumored to have the best bread around, according to Rachael. With over 20 different varieties baked fresh daily, choose your favorite for the roast chicken salad sandwichm which Rachael says is "simple and flavorful."

Chattanooga may be known for its trains but on $40 A Day, Rachael discovers The Waffle of Insane Greatness at Aretha Frankensteins. Breakfast lovers beware, they have scarily good deals on shrimp and grits, omelets, breakfast burritos and fat stack pancakes with Maine blueberries.

Rachael Ray visits the Back Inn Cafe, Chattanooga, TN, serving up global cuisine overlooking the Tennessee River, on Food Network's $40 a Day.

All aboard! Rachael Ray hops on Dinner in the Diner, in Chattanooga, TN, a renovated train car and ideal spot for a romantic dinner, on Food Network's $40 a Day.

Located on Beale Street where Memphis locals come to ''rock around the clock,'' the Rum Boogie Cafe offers delicious food, specialty cocktails and ''some of Memphis' best live blues.'' Rachael sipped her Blueberry Hill cocktail while she ''boogied down'' at the longest-running bar on Beale Street.

This cozy Dallas cafe serves French-inspired dishes at affordable prices. Known for fresh breads and rolls, the restaurant has what Rachael terms "fantastic" crepes. With 63 locations across Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Washington, D.C., it's easy to satisfy your cravings for French fare.

This nostalgic sweets shop harkens back to the good old days with its handmade caramels, chocolate-dipped marshmallows, peppermint bark and other freshly made nostalgic confections. Rachael raved about the chocolate-covered buttercreams and reasonable prices.

Rachael Ray makes her way to Morton's Bistro Northwest, serving the finest locally available foods and wines, in Salem, OR, on Food Network's $40 a Day.

Coos Bay is flipping for falafel, shawerma and tahini. Not the Pacific Northwest's norm, Cafe Mediterranean's Egyptian-Lebanese heritage offers something different from the everyday. Rachael loved the creamy lentil soup and jallab, Arabic soda flavored with rose and pine nuts.

This homey restaurant knows how to do family-style breakfast. Voted "best breakfast" in the area by local press, the diner serves egg Benedicts, breakfast scrambles and stuffed French toast. According to Rachael, the "monster-sized" banana nut French toast is "every breakfast food rolled into one."

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Visitors can't leave Philadelphia without trying a world-famous cheese steak, and Jim's is among the contenders for serving the best in south Philly. Using their original recipe for fresh baked bread and quality beef sliced on the premises, Rachael called her very first cheese steak "delicious."