WHERE TO EAT The best Johnnycake in the world (according to food experts)

"Salty, creamy, sweet - it all made sense. Listen: People are waiting in line for that damn johnnycake, and they’re not fools."

"Jigger’s is the best place we know to eat West Bay—style Rhode Island johnnycakes. The West Bay cakes that Jigger’s makes are chubby little rounds, scarcely two inches wide and at least two fork tines thick, with a crunchy brown surface sandwiching the moist, steamy meal within. Their sandy texture and unalloyed corn taste are deliciously anachronous; to eat them is to savor the most fundamental American foodstuff."

"New Englanders come from far and wide for the Johnny cakes (a kind of flat cornmeal pancake), which have been a Little Compton breakfast staple for centuries."

"I chose the johnnycakes which were corn and chile cakes with prickly pear syrup, maple syrup, strawberries, sweet rice, and chicken sausage. It was super tasty, and I especially loved the mix of flavors on my dish--spicy from the corn cakes, and sweet from the rice."