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 8, Episode 2

Aloha, Hawaii

Food Paradise hits up the best local hideaways and tourist-friendly spots on Oahu and Kauai. This island-hopping holiday features delicacies like pineapple fried rice, Hawaiian-style dogs, lau lau pork and Spam musubi.

Friday
Apr 4
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.

Tuesday
Apr 8
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 11

Extreme Eats

Food Paradise is going to extremes with the best in big food with even bigger flavor. Whether it's a Bloody Mary garnished with baby back ribs, mozzarella sticks and more or a palatial pizza made of chicken Parmesan, sometimes too much is not enough!

Tuesday
Apr 8
11am | 10c
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 11
10am | 9c
Season 10, Episode 12

Totally Unexpected

From a super-stack, password-protected cheeseburger in Chicago to top-notch barbecue at a Walla Walla, WA, gas station, the most delicious dishes at the most surprising places across the country are revealed.

Friday
Apr 11
11am | 10c
Season 8, Episode 3

Bun-Believable

Food Paradise goes on a tasty tour of the bun-expected, finding the most surprising meals between two pieces of bread. The bun-disputed winners on this trip include a tuna ramen burger in Alabama, breakfast waffle buns in Chicago and winning wieners in Denver.

Friday
Apr 11
12pm | 11c
Season 12, Episode 7

Craving Comfort

From bacon-wrapped meatloaf and a double-decker pizza burger to boozy French toast and smothered biscuit sandwiches, these restaurants across the country offer up a warm, comforting hug of flavor.

Tuesday
Apr 15
10am | 9c
Season 12, Episode 8

Pizza Playoffs

It's Chicago deep dish vs. Detroit pan and New York vs. St. Louis thin crust as pizzerias across the country roll out the dough for the pizza playoffs.

Tuesday
Apr 15
11am | 10c
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 18
10am | 9c
Season 10, Episode 11

All Wrapped Up

From ice cream- and cereal-stuffed burritos in LA to a deep-dish pizza wrapped in a whole other pizza in Chicago, these restaurants prove that good food is even greater when it comes in a tasty package.

Friday
Apr 18
11am | 10c
Season 8, Episode 4

No Taste Like Home

Hometown favorites are found in unexpected places, including classic Southern comfort food in Philly, Chicago deep-dish pizza in the Big Apple and meaty Texas-style chili in Seattle.

Friday
Apr 18
12pm | 11c
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.

Tuesday
Apr 22
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.

Tuesday
Apr 22
11am | 10c
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 25
10am | 9c
Season 8, Episode 5

Food Paradise XL

Check out places that excel at being XL as Food Paradise dives into dangerously large levels of deliciousness. From a seven-pound stuffed lobster in Baltimore to mammoth Mexican burritos in San Jose and a three-pound burger in Coronado, why have a little when you can have a lot?

Friday
Apr 25
11am | 10c
Season 8, Episode 6

Apps Download

Before the entrees arrive, there's an entire world of food to explore. From a tower of tater tots in Atlanta to smoked wings in Detroit and cheese curds in Milwaukee, Food Paradise finds the best bold beginnings America has to offer.

Friday
Apr 25
12pm | 11c
Season 13, Episode 1

Sweet Home Chicago

From classic Chicago dogs at Wrigley Field and the South Side's most delicious deep dish to an old school Jewish deli and gourmet burgers underground, the Windy City's best eats are highlighted.

Tuesday
Apr 29
10am | 9c
Season 13, Episode 2

Cranked Up Comfort

From massive meatloaf and gourmet garlic fries to candied bacon and chocolate waffle lave cake, diners are soothing their souls at these cranked-up comfort food joints across America.

Tuesday
Apr 29
11am | 10c
Season 1, Episode 3

Hot & Spicy Paradise 2

Spice up your life with the hottest foods in America. Featuring flaming habanero wings in Seattle, an inferno burrito drenched in ghost peppers in San Francisco, and spicy chicken in Nashville that will make you cry for your mama.

Friday
May 2
10am | 9c
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
May 2
11am | 10c
Season 4, Episode 7

Taste of the Town

Favorite local hot spots serve up their city's most famous foods. From chicken wings in Buffalo, NY, to spicy chili in Houston, Texas, find out which restaurants do their city's iconic dishes proud.

Friday
May 2
12pm | 11c
Season 13, Episode 6

Hog Wild

From humongous German-style pork shanks in Philadelphia and pork-powered pizzas in Boston to bourbon-glazed pork chops in St. Rose, Louisiana, and the skyscraper-sized Hogzilla in Ridgefield, Connecticut, these restaurants across America are going hog wild with pork.

Tuesday
May 6
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.

Tuesday
May 6
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
May 9
10am | 9c
Season 5, Episode 3

Carb Overload

It's time to ditch the protein and reach for the carbs in this over-the-top tour of foods to satisfy any carb craving, including a pizza topped with pasta, a grilled cheese sandwich filled with spaghetti and mashed potatoes fried into fritters.

Friday
May 9
11am | 10c
Season 5, Episode 4

Donut Shop

In this day and age, donuts aren't just for dessert! We're frying a batch of donuts for every meal of the day starting off in Minneapolis, MN, with a bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich made on a sweet glazed donut. For lunch, we're in Texas for donuts loaded with barbecue brisket. When dinner rolls around, we're checking out donut burgers and donut French onion soup. If you've got a donut-shaped hole in your soul just waiting to be filled, you won't want to miss this!

Friday
May 9
12pm | 11c