BIG MAC
Our favorite mac + cheese across the country. Did yours make the list?
No matter how high our heels or how tough our yogilates, we're always kids at heart. With Fall in full swing, it becomes glaringly obvious we still need Saved by the Bell reruns, hot cocoa, and of course, mac and cheese.
From a jaw-dropping $95 dish in L.A. to the kind you make on a hot plate in your apartment, we've made a list of the best eight mac and cheese dishes in the US.
Maybe you can snag a recipe or two for your mom the next time you're home.
Just Add Milk
Annie's organic shells and white cheddar
Found: Organic food stores everywhere
Why: Its mascot is an adorably healthy bunny, and the super cheap go-to lunch is the only organic mac and cheese on the list.
Bring a Date
Macaroni and cheese with white truffles
Found: Melisse restaurant in L.A.
Why: Chef Josiah Citrin grates on a generous portion of white truffles with his brown butter truffle froth, and only offers the $95 dish during white truffle season. Say truffle one more time. Truffle.
When it's Super Cold
Mack 'n cheese please
Found: Seattle's eats market cafe
Why: The dish is found only on the kid's menu, but Washingtonites have been flocking there for years with nieces, nephews and strange kids off the street just to sample a bite.
Combo Comfort Food
Macaroni and Cheese Soup
Found: Au Bon Pain
Why: Soup and mac and cheese? Together? With romano, cheddar and a touch of nutmeg? Sure beats Ramen noodles.
Be Trendy
Parisienne Mac and Cheese
Found: S'Mac in NYC
Why: A restaurant entirely devoted to mac and cheese, this dish is made with creamy brie, roasted figs, shiitake mushrooms and seasoned with rosemary. S'Mac also offers a plethora of other international versions of the dish. And they deliver too, in case you're too busy in your jammies.
Stuff Your Face
Sweetie Pie's macaroni and cheese
Found: Sweetie Pie restaurant in St. Louis
Why: Best paired with fried chicken and sweet potatoes, this superrich version is homemade, southern, and may be the only acceptable time you wear elastic waistband pants. (Probably not, though.)
Caliente!
Mollie Fontaine's macaroni and cheese
Found: Mollie Fontaine's Tapas Lounge in Memphis
Why: Baked with cayenne, fresh white pepper, and smoked bacon, customers order lots of water to chase the super spicy and delectable dish. Then they order more.
Bite-size
Zola Lobster Mac and Cheese
Found: Zola in Washington, DC Why: A relatively small portion of very rich mac and cheese paired with a substantial piece of lobster, this is a treat you should eat slowly and savor. You may not be eating that decadently for a while.
--LYZ MANCINI
From a jaw-dropping $95 dish in L.A. to the kind you make on a hot plate in your apartment, we've made a list of the best eight mac and cheese dishes in the US.
Maybe you can snag a recipe or two for your mom the next time you're home.
Just Add Milk
Annie's organic shells and white cheddar
Found: Organic food stores everywhere
Why: Its mascot is an adorably healthy bunny, and the super cheap go-to lunch is the only organic mac and cheese on the list.
Bring a Date
Macaroni and cheese with white truffles
Found: Melisse restaurant in L.A.
Why: Chef Josiah Citrin grates on a generous portion of white truffles with his brown butter truffle froth, and only offers the $95 dish during white truffle season. Say truffle one more time. Truffle.
When it's Super Cold
Mack 'n cheese please
Found: Seattle's eats market cafe
Why: The dish is found only on the kid's menu, but Washingtonites have been flocking there for years with nieces, nephews and strange kids off the street just to sample a bite.
Combo Comfort Food
Macaroni and Cheese Soup
Found: Au Bon Pain
Why: Soup and mac and cheese? Together? With romano, cheddar and a touch of nutmeg? Sure beats Ramen noodles.
Be Trendy
Parisienne Mac and Cheese
Found: S'Mac in NYC
Why: A restaurant entirely devoted to mac and cheese, this dish is made with creamy brie, roasted figs, shiitake mushrooms and seasoned with rosemary. S'Mac also offers a plethora of other international versions of the dish. And they deliver too, in case you're too busy in your jammies.
Stuff Your Face
Sweetie Pie's macaroni and cheese
Found: Sweetie Pie restaurant in St. Louis
Why: Best paired with fried chicken and sweet potatoes, this superrich version is homemade, southern, and may be the only acceptable time you wear elastic waistband pants. (Probably not, though.)
Caliente!
Mollie Fontaine's macaroni and cheese
Found: Mollie Fontaine's Tapas Lounge in Memphis
Why: Baked with cayenne, fresh white pepper, and smoked bacon, customers order lots of water to chase the super spicy and delectable dish. Then they order more.
Bite-size
Zola Lobster Mac and Cheese
Found: Zola in Washington, DC Why: A relatively small portion of very rich mac and cheese paired with a substantial piece of lobster, this is a treat you should eat slowly and savor. You may not be eating that decadently for a while.
--LYZ MANCINI
This story was published on October 7, 2008.
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Kristin
10/07/2008
I lived off of Aunt Annies white cheddar and shells for a good year.. There's no competition.
Tammy
10/07/2008
How can you possibly not include the mac n cheese at Native in Harlem??? OMG, I have yet to find one that compares...although these sound pretty damn good too. Why ruin a good thing with bacon though? I can't eat it!!
lowry
10/07/2008
Jestine's Kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina has the best mac n'cheese in the Southland by far. Anthony Bourdain gives it a thumbs up.
jayda
10/07/2008
nothing beats kraft mac, even kurt cobain knew that!
Lauren
10/07/2008
Lobster Mac n Cheese at The Continental in Philadelphia!
brittany
10/07/2008
kraft macaroni and cheese shaped like scooby doo. velveeta! outback steakhouse macaroo and cheese!
Monica
10/07/2008
pesto mac or spicy mac at the bistro montage in portland, oregon is the ultimate.
RAZIA
10/07/2008
S'MAC in the EAST VILLAGE (NYC) has amazing mac and cheese, they specialize in it. Their mac and cheese with figs is delicious.
Maggie Brown has amazing mac and cheese too, plus the comfort of the place is great too!
haley
10/07/2008
CPK. hands down.
allanah
10/07/2008
god, i'm so glad someone else mentioned the montage in portland, oregon. pesto mac is amazing. seriously. and the spold is pretty awesome too.
LEW
10/07/2008
I cannot believe you didn't include S'MAC.
LEW
10/07/2008
ooops never mind just saw it! ;-)
Marissa
10/07/2008
SUPER MAC IN NYC! The wild mushroom or lobster thermidor mac n cheese are the besttttt. 29th and 7th avenue, Chelsea!
Andi
10/07/2008
this probably has to be the besst culture column ever
Lindsey
10/07/2008
Dont forget the spicy mac at Montage in Portland.
JOSEPHINE !
10/07/2008
I live im Seattle, and I didn't even know that place 'til now ! Thanks, NYLON ! <3
Jenny
10/08/2008
Blue in the Castro in San Francisco is the best!
Meghan
10/14/2008
I LOVE MAC AND CHEESE!
i think the just add milk u were talking about is annies-which i LOVE! i also love cheedar bunnies and cina-bunnies, all of em r annies! yea!
and
the mac and cheese at gayles in capitola (near santa cruz, Ca....u know wher im talking about) is sooooo good. its like a billion calories but its DELICIOUS-especially with buttery garliz bread. i eat healthy for like the next 2 weeks to make it even out.
Meghan
10/14/2008
o u said annies-lol i guess i didn't read it carefully enuf
and my mommy makes baked mac and cheese which is good 2, but i will always love annies and gayles!
Meghan
10/14/2008
o u said annies-lol i guess i didn't read it carefully enuf
and my mommy makes baked mac and cheese which is good 2, but i will always love annies and gayles!
PAM
10/14/2008
Annies is the best.
nothing compares to it.
kelsey
10/17/2008
i am driving cross country and stopped at sweetie pie when we passed through st. louis.... the mac and cheese is amazingg.
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