Lucille's Luncheonette • 1975

A giant Jersey Devil statue marks the entrance to this throwback Pine Barrens lunch counter, opened by Lucille and Jim Bates in 1975 and featured on Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' in 2015. Homemade pies, southern-style biscuits with sausage gravy, and all-day breakfast keep locals and shore-bound travelers coming back to the roadside spot on Route 539. Cash or check only, counter stools worn smooth by nearly five decades of Piney tradition.