There’s a moment of perfect contentment that washes over you when your fork slices through a thick slab of meatloaf at Dee’s 50’s Place Diner in Barberton, Ohio—a moment where the steam rises, ...

In Brawley, a town that most coastal dwellers zip past on their way to somewhere else, Brownie’s Diner has been quietly perfecting the art of comfort food without fanfare or pretension.