Green Keepers
Four other restaurants serving a mean green tomato

Café des Amis
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Café des Amis doubles as a dance hall, so it’s only fitting that even the fried green tomatoes have a partner. In proper South Louisiana style, the crisp tomatoes here are paired with a remarkably rich imperial sauce crowded with hunks of local crabmeat. cafedesamis.com

Comfort
Richmond, Virginia
“We don’t do all the goat cheese, the lobster, the balsamic vinegar, the blah, blah, blah,” explains Comfort’s chef-owner Jason Alley. Instead, Alley treats his guests to a stripped-down homage to breakfasts remembered from his Virginia childhood: nothing more than slices of the greenest tomatoes he can find, fried hot. comfortrestaurant.com

Goose Creek Diner
Louisville, Kentucky
This suburban Louisville eatery sells more than 125 pounds of fried green tomatoes every week, a testament to both the skill of the fry cooks and the universal appeal of well-made ranch dressing. Every ‘mater order here is served with a side of “creek sauce,” a buttermilk dressing gussied up with paprika, parsley, and cayenne. gcdiner.com

Soby’s
Greenville, South Carolina
Tart green tomatoes imply a garden, and—as of this year—Soby’s has one. The restaurant is planting two thousand tomato plants, including twenty-one heirloom varieties destined for its signature fried-green-tomato plate, featuring tomatoes stacked with candied carrots, blackened green beans, and pimento cheese fondue. sobys.com