About the show

Fantastic food is more important to many travelers than museums, hotels, and souvenirs, and we've compiled all the must see spots across the country to have a one-of-a-kind dining experience. We're serving up hefty plates of the country's tastiest, most mouth-watering, and decadent meals. We're talking lip smacking pizza, tasty deli entrees, boat loads of bacon, fresh seafood, finger licking deep fried dishes, and that's only the beginning. So bring your appetite and your stretchy pants as we dive into a healthy portion of Food Paradise!
Season 16, Episode 12

Get in My Deli!

Order up! We've got plenty of delicious deli fare, including a towering torta served on a shovel, a super stack of pancakes, softball-sized meatballs, plenty of pastrami and so much more.

Friday
Feb 9
12pm | 11c
Season 14, Episode 6

Flame On!

We're firing up like an inferno and hitting a variety of dishes across the United States that have all the flame in their game! In Santa Monica, California, a burger joint is putting heat to their meat with a sauce made from guava and habanero peppers. A Charleston, South Carolina, barbecue pit turns low-and-slow brisket into a fiesta of flavors and a restaurant in Los Angeles torches everything they touch. There's a fire burning in a globe-trotting spot in Washington, DC, and a San Diego pizza joint makes waves with its wood-burning oven. We check out a spot in Nashville's red-hot restaurant scene and try a flaming dessert served in New York City. Finally, a San Diego restaurant flame-grills dreamy meats from their 22-ounce bone-in ribeye to their 14-ounce dry-aged pork chop.

Friday
Feb 16
10am | 9c
Season 16, Episode 13

Apps and Zerts

We've found starters and sweets so spectacular that they're all you need! Pizza pretzels and duck empanadas handle the savory side while cheesecake waffle sundaes and the biggest banana pudding you've ever seen bring the sweet.

Friday
Feb 16
12pm | 11c
Season 14, Episode 10

Guilty Pleasures

We're all about those indulgent dishes you shouldn't have too often! Starting in Portland, Oregon, we check out a food cart serving up a burger that's stacked with mozzarella sticks and fried fish. There's a savory-and-sweet shop in Louisville, Kentucky, serving a gravy-smothered doughnut sandwich and a 24-layer chocolate cake in New York City. Later, there's a guilty pleasure seafood pot pie in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a monumentally huge pile of meat-and-cheese-covered curly fries in Riverside, California, and a lobster-stuffed burger topped with a lobster claw in Minneapolis. Finally, we're checking out Southern-fried chicken sandwiches in Los Angeles and mac-and-cheese pancakes in Queens, New York.

Friday
Feb 23
10am | 9c
Season 16, Episode 2

Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

From mouth-scorching peppers to heartwarming hotcakes, we're feeling the heat! Carolina Reaper hot wings, a stacked Nashville hot chicken sandwich, hot fudge and hot tamales are among the hottest dishes in town.

Friday
Feb 23
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 3

Bake My Day

The preheat is on as we rack up the best baked goods, both savory and sweet! From a homestyle fried chicken biscuit sandwich and German chocolate cinnamon rolls to seafood lasagna and s'mores cupcakes, these baked creations are to die for.

Friday
Feb 23
12pm | 11c
Season 14, Episode 8

Outdoor Eats

Everything tastes better when it's eaten outside, and Food Paradise is here to fulfill your al fresco appetite. At Saltwater Cowboys in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, watch the shrimp boats come in while chowing down on BBQ pork trashcan nachos. Denver's Los Chingones serves up sky-high chimichangas with rooftop views of the Mile High City. Pub food goes Cali cool with al pastor fries on the lawn of Golden Road Brewing, and Austin's Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden is serving up a venison cheddar hotlink by the cool creek.

Friday
Mar 1
12pm | 11c
Season 14, Episode 12

Click on the Link

Whether they're long links, plump patties or spicy little slices, everyone loves sausage and we're sampling the best the US has to offer! We're starting by checking out a chorizo burger in Jacksonville, Florida, and getting down on a sausage sampler at a pork haven in Portland, Maine. Next, we get a little New Orleans flavor with a Los Angeles restaurants' Cajun sausage po' boy before trying a wood-fired Venison Hot Dog in Austin, Texas. There's comfort food classics in Tacoma, Washington, a surf-and-turf sausage entree in Nashville and some meaty pizzas in Dallas. Finally, we're pairing sausage with beer at a unique eatery in Baltimore.

Friday
Mar 8
10am | 9c
Season 16, Episode 5

Layers of Flavor

These dynamic dishes have layers and layers of flavor to dig into. Take a deep dive through a deep-fried ice cream burger, a scary spicy hot dog, lobster-laden pizza, meaty tortas and a seven-layer unicorn cake!

Friday
Mar 8
11am | 10c
Season 14, Episode 9

Neighborhood Hangouts

From favorite friendly diners to special occasion restaurants, Food Paradise visits some of the coolest neighborhood hangouts that prove this local food is all good in the 'hood.' In Denver, Colorado, FNG flaunts their rock-and-roll-style cuisine with an elevated take on Gramma's meatloaf, while Little Nonna's in Philadelphia brings the great Italian family tradition of Sunday gravy to the masses. Pecan Lodge in Dallas joins massive stacks of Black Angus brisket and pulled pork on a fluffy bun for a BBQ sandwich as big as Texas itself. Finally, New Orleans Italian-Cajun fusion restaurant Liuzza's serves up a baguette-based muffuletta known as the Frenchuletta.

Friday
Mar 8
12pm | 11c
Season 14, Episode 13

Global Grub

From fully-loaded Mexican tortas to the cheesiest Greek lasagna, Food Paradise crosses the U.S. to find the best global grub. Come experience a vast array of global flavors without stamping your passport!

Friday
Mar 15
10am | 9c
Season 16, Episode 6

License to Grill

Uncover daring dishes forged in fire! Feel the heat as we dig into pit-roasted chicken, blackened catfish, smoked brisket, grilled paella and Santa Maria-style ribs. With a license to grill, beefy burgers and tantalizing tacos get kissed with flames.

Friday
Mar 15
11am | 10c
Season 14, Episode 7

Meaty Madness

We're getting to the meat of the matter as we chow down on some powerhouse proteins! For starters, a spot in Portland, Maine, is making dreams come true with a dish called the Meat Coma packed with smoked beef brisket, pork ribs, pork shoulder and house-made chili. Next, a restaurant in New Orleans is transforming classic po'boys into sky-high meaty masterpieces and it's meat madness in Milwaukee at a place that's grilling up outrageous midwestern mainstays. They're creating mouthwatering meat monuments in Denver and Texas excess meets Cali cool in Huntington Park, California. A meatball shop in New York City has something truly meat-tacular for your bucket list while a nearby Lebanese restaurant has the shawarma to warm-a your heart. Finally, a butcher shop and steakhouse come together in Houston to create memorable meatiness.

Friday
Mar 15
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 3

Happy Appy Hour

Forget the free pretzels and peanuts, these joints have upped the Happy Hour ante with outrageous, tummy-tantalizing appetizers, from a Bloody Mary topped with spaghetti and meatballs to lamb chop fondue and chicken wing confit.

Friday
Apr 5
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 8

Seafood -- Eat Food!

From over-the-top surf-and-turf sandwiches to fresh takes on Southern standbys, we're tasting seafood dishes that are making waves from the bay to the bayou! Isle of Palms, South Carolina, is proving there's no country like the low country when it comes to fresh seafood. We grab a taste of the bayou in Baton Rouge and try succulent seafood sandwiches on Long Island. We'll then get a taste of "Pacific Northwest Chowder" gravy in Seattle and get a little cheesy in the Boston suburb of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. We'll mix seafood with southwestern style in Destin, Florida, and get a true Tex-Mex taste of the Gulf Coast in Houston. Finally, we'll stop by a Wakefield, Rhode Island, oyster bar that boasts an out-of-this-world selection straight from their on-site farm.

Friday
Apr 5
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 1

Epic Eats

Eye-popping portions and belly-filling bounties of food make these eats totally epic! A seven-meat sandwich, a 2-foot-tall nacho tower, mountainous sundaes, a stuffed turkey leg and huge seafood platters make up the best of the biggest.

Friday
Apr 5
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 4

Bucket List Burgers

From whiskey-and-foie gras decadence to a macaroni and cheese bun, we've rounded up all the burgers you have to try before you die. These are the most stacked, loaded, saucy and succulent sandwiches around.

Friday
Apr 12
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 9

Secret Menus

You have to be in the know to order secret menu must-haves like super-stacked sandwiches and burgers, mac and cheese biscuits, chicken and doughnut mashups and even a pizza piled high with 30 tacos.

Friday
Apr 12
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 3

Bake My Day

The preheat is on as we rack up the best baked goods, both savory and sweet! From a homestyle fried chicken biscuit sandwich and German chocolate cinnamon rolls to seafood lasagna and s'mores cupcakes, these baked creations are to die for.

Friday
Apr 12
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 5

American Eats

A burger topped with a sloppy joe? An apple pie pizza? A biscuit filled with blue cheese? All across America, folks are cooking up red, white and blue meals that pay tribute to tradition and tempt the taste buds. From classics to contemporary updates, open your menu and pledge allegiance to this roundup of the best American eats.

Friday
Apr 19
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 10

Sandwich Obsession

Whether it's Southern barbecue on a bun, a Tex-Mex take on a banh mi or lasagna grilled cheese, any mixture of fillings between buttery buns makes for a dream come true! From savory to spicy to sweet, there are no limits to our sandwich obsession.

Friday
Apr 19
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 4

Retro Remix

Everything old is new again as classic comfort food favorites become unique mashups like spaghetti grilled cheese, crab Rangoon French fries, barbacoa stroganoff, chicken and waffle doughnuts and even a meatball burrito.

Friday
Apr 19
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 6

Best of the Midwest

From seriously saucy barbecue sandwiches to nachos on a pizza and the perfect burger for Dirty Dancing, these restaurants serve up some of the best dishes in America's heartland.

Friday
Apr 26
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 12

Bang for Your Buck

Frugal foodies rejoice! From huge servings of hot chicken and supersized subs to one-of-a-kind gourmet pizza and some of the biggest burgers around, you always get a bang for your buck at these Food Paradise finds.

Friday
Apr 26
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 2

Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

From mouth-scorching peppers to heartwarming hotcakes, we're feeling the heat! Carolina Reaper hot wings, a stacked Nashville hot chicken sandwich, hot fudge and hot tamales are among the hottest dishes in town.

Friday
Apr 26
12pm | 11c