"If you’re looking for a historic mansion where you can pull off a sun hat or some seersucker, try Mattie’s in Bouldin Creek. There’s the type of wraparound porch you might design for your dream house, and the vintage, cozy dining rooms are ideal for drinking mint juleps and eating tender buttermilk biscuits with a chorizo cream gravy or an eggs benedict with fried chicken, topped with an actually spicy hollandaise. Make sure to order the ethereal french toast for the table—it’s a griddled bread pudding soaked in milk punch. " - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion