Historic Buildings Shape Restaurant Stories Across Regions

The articles spotlight distinctive dining destinations, from seven breakfast cafes on Texas courthouse squares to Memphis’ Old Whitten Tavern, which was recently filmed for the “America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow” series. In Knutsford, England, plans are moving ahead to turn a vacant, Grade II-listed former school and auction house into The School Yard, a food hall intended to showcase independent operators and host community events. South Carolina’s Olde Town Hall Restaurant & Pub occupies Ridgeway’s former town hall and jail, a 1904 building now serving diners. A Maryland diner also draws on its past: Harry and Bess Truman ate there in 1953, and the booth they used remains available to guests.