While perusing our fine dining establishments for the coming holiday, we discovered an amusing opportunity for a road trip that takes us to the best local restaurants in towns with coincidental names. The trip was too enjoyable not to share with you Zvents’ 2008 dining road trip, a whirlwind, foodie tour of the United States through the most unusual of towns.

Start with an early morning wake up call in the aptly named Collins Mississippi suburb of Hot Coffee. The moon pies at this area “mini mall” may not be your idea of a healthy breakfast but you can’t argue that the coffee must be world renowned; after all, they’ve named the town after it. So skip the moon pies grab a cuppa joe as we head to Bacon, IN, Buttermilk, KS, and Two Egg, FL for something to fill that belly. I like my eggs scrabbled but at Mary’s Breakfast Nook just outside Bacon or around the corner from Two Egg at the Huddle House, you can get them any way you want. Pancakes and Eggs not your cup of Tea? (hang on… we’ll get to Tea) Sit tight for the annual Oatmeal Festival brought to you by Oatmeal, TX and Quaker Oats. Every September, thousands flock to Bertram, TX (yeah I know, why isn’t it in Oatmeal, TX?) where you are encouraged “bring your honey to Oatmeal”

From Two Egg, we’re off to Sandwich, MA just 20 miles south of Boston and Tortilla Flat, AZ for lunch. We suggest Bobby Byrne’s Sandwich in Sandwich or Sluggo’s Sports Bar near Tortilla Flats (you expected Mexican didn’t you?). With Tortilla Flat just east of Phoenix, you have an endless list of options for lunch so consider this ‘free time’ from our tight schedule and enjoy the warmth and sun.

Back in the car we’re driving through Tea, South Dakota on our way to Kaladis Coffee Legend and Bistro for that mid-day snack to tide you over till dinner. If you are good in the car, we’ll stop in Pie Town, NM and swing by The Adobe Cafe and Bakery for a treat.

For dinner, we’re torn between a Picnic in Florida, there is the little market just off (ahem) Picnic St. in Port Charlotte, or some Good food around Goodfood, MS; Ragtime in Grenada is a great choice.

From there we leave you to your own devices. Search Zvents and discover amazing places to eat like Cheesequake, NJ,   Sugarland, TX, or Ham Lake, Minnesota where we should remind you to wait 20 minutes before going swimming.

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27 years after the band split, you have your chance to see Led Zeppelin again! Of course, fans are registering for tickets at a rate of 80,000 per minute making your chances about 1 in googol (No, not Google) of landing some

Don’t worry, there are more than enough other concerts with tickets available

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With 65 year old women getting carded in Farmington, Maine, you have no chance of getting in to that club

There has to be an easier place to get a drink

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You have way too much time on your hands

Your years of toiling away on your best shot at the Google Lunar X-Prize (Yes, now I mean Google) just went up in flames

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According to Fox News, unfortunately, hugging trees doesn’t really save the planet

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You spent last Friday night taking pictures of your cats and plan on doing it again

Granted, they are funny

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A man in Geneva, New York steals a car in order to turn himself in for previous grand larceny charges

Your life of crime, on the other hand, isn’t going so well

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Who needs school? You’ve got better things to do!

You should be so lucky: The governor of a central Russian province has urged couples to skip work Wednesday and make love instead

Actually… I suppose we can help with that

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Your idea of a good time is watching the MTV Video Music Awards reruns to relive the excitement of Shia LaBeouf’s announcement of the title to new Indiana Jones movie

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