Hole-in-the-walls sure are different these days. They were once a community's well-kept secret. They catered exclusively to in-the-know locals by quietly offering up familiarity, authenticity, and ...

A plate with a fork and knife on a quaint restaurant diner table. - Juliealexk/Getty Images When it comes to restaurants, hole-in-the-wall joints are often cheap, off the beaten path, or generally ...

“Hole-in-the-wall” and “divey” may scare most people, but many of my best food experiences have come in the grungiest of places. Not dirty-grungy, but low-rent, charmingly seedy kind of grungy. Places ...