The Best Comfort Food Restaurants In America

We can all agree that a hearty and delicious meal can often feel like a great big hug -- and we all have moments when we need one of those!

Behold the spots where some of our favorite foodies and chefs go for their favorite comfort foods:

Stephanie Izard: Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, Chicago, IL 

Floyd Cardoz: Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, New York, NY 
 

Photo Courtesy of Blue Ribbon

Michael Chernow: Calli’s Hot Little Biscuits, Charleston, SC 

Anne Burrell: Barbuto, New York, NY

Jason Smith: The Old Mill, Pigeon Forge, TN

Hugh Mangum: Duckfat, Portland, ME

Buddy Valastro: Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, Atlanta, GA

Rachael Ray: Loring Place, New York, NY

Kelsey Nixon: Jacob's Pickles, New York, NY

Graham Elliot: Little Goat Diner, Chicago, IL

Jeff Mauro: Lou Malnati's, Chicago, IL

Daniel Holzman: Melba's, New York, NY

Clodagh McKenna: Mimi Cheng's, New York, NY

Richard Blais: The Halal Guys

Josh Capon: Mother's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA

Mike Solomonov: Rooster Soup Company, Philadelphia, PA 

Jet Tila: Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, Los Angeles, CA 

The Pizza Cousins: Sarita's Mac and Cheese, New York, NY 

Marc Murphy: Square Diner, New York, NY

Duff Goldman: Teddy's Café

Curtis Stone: The Spotted Pig, New York, NY

Gail Simmons: Veselka, New York, NY