Inevitably, it revolves around a meal, usually a simple but indescribably perfect meal, served without fanfare in a humble small-town restaurant.

There's a burger that, with its barbecue sauce, caramelized onions and cheddar cheese, could have been taken from the menu of a million small-town restaurants in the 60's and 70's.

Mr. Loiseau had transformed La Côte d'Or from an obscure small-town restaurant into a Michelin three-star institution.

Out for breakfast in a small-town restaurant, Wanda Huffman, 42, led her children in prayer.

In the small groups where he is at his best, in the small-town restaurants and community centers of Iowa, they nod their heads and share his outrage.

Hallisay played the boyfriend to Hilton, a socialite who helps Mewes save his failing small-town restaurant.

But favorable reviews haven't turned this small-town restaurant into a Renaissance palazzo.

She swept an arm at the room, deserted as only a small-town restaurant can be as the afternoon balances perfectly between lunch and dinner, and laughed cheerily at her own witticism.

On their way to the California Gold Rush, two cowboys are arrested for getting in a fight and damaging a small-town restaurant.

These peas were out of season, clearly not picked in the fields near this small-town restaurant that has made a name for itself as a destination in its 16 years or so.