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Which Restaurant Serves The Best Free Bread In America?

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May 18, 2026
Which Restaurant Serves The Best Free Bread In America?

Caity Weaver is a journalist who lives for a food quest. Her latest adventure has her crisscrossing the country in search of the best free restaurant bread in America. Now, after polling hundreds of people and traveling 13,000 miles, she’s convinced she’s found it.

Read Caity’s cover story in The Atlantic: “I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread In America.”

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