01 — Cold specification document
Richards, Fowkes & Co.
Ooltewah, Tennessee · Pipe organ builders
Thirty mechanical-action organs in thirty-seven years, from First Lutheran in Boston to St George’s, Hanover Square.
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02 — Dark cinematic archive
Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant
Galveston, Texas · Seafood, since 1911
James Beard Foundation America’s Classics, 2025. Gulf shrimp peeled, bay oysters shucked and fish filleted by hand.
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03 — Warm heritage ledger
Nezinscot Farm
Turner, Maine · Organic dairy, fromagerie, bakery, fiber studio
James Beard Foundation America’s Classics, 2023. The first organic dairy in the state of Maine, bought from Gregg’s parents in 1987.
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04 — Editorial quiet, desert light
Line and Space, LLC
Tucson, Arizona · Architecture and general contracting, since 1978
Over 140 design awards. AIA Arizona Architectural Firm of the Year, 2011. Sixteen people who are also the general contractors.
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05 — Bold product specimen
Crimson Coffee
Columbus, Ohio · Specialty roaster
Two 2026 Good Food Awards — Wayfarer Blend and Loud Mouth Blend — out of fifteen winning coffees nationally.
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06 — Lead and light
Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass
Mount Vernon, New York · Stained glass, third generation
Restoration and conservation for the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the Tiffany clock at Grand Central Terminal, Yale Law School and Fordham.
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07 — Blueprint
Rockport Marine
Rockport, Maine · Wooden yacht construction and restoration, since 1962
Founded in 1962 by Luke Allen on Penobscot Bay. An 85-ton hoist and a metal fabrication shop on site.
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08 — Forge
Jerry Fisk, M.S.
Nashville, Arkansas · Master bladesmith, forging since 1989
National Living Treasure, 1999. The only bladesmith ever to receive the William F. Moran Knife of the Year Award twice. Work in the New York State Museum and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
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09 — Gravity
Trefethen Family Vineyards
Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley · Winery, building of 1886
The only surviving nineteenth-century wooden three-level gravity-flow winery in the valley. National Register of Historic Places, 1987. Best Chardonnay in the world, Gault&Millau, 1979.
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10 — Pattern paper
Leonard Logsdail
9 East 53rd Street, New York · Bespoke tailors, London 1971 / New York 1991
Started his own business in London in 1971, three years out of tailoring college, as the youngest Savile Row tailor to do so. Moved the business to New York in 1991.
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11 — Cast iron and brass, counted
Balzer Family Clock Works
Maine · Tower clocks, made and restored
In their own words, the only manufacturers of the weight-driven, pendulum-regulated mechanical tower clock in the United States. Their first was the first of its type made in this country since 1964.
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12 — Flamed cane and nickel silver
J. D. Wagner
Parma Heights, Ohio · Split cane fly rods and reels
Full-time rodmakers for over thirty years. Cane chosen for maximum power fibre density, hand split, milled and hand planed to exacting tolerances.
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13 — Blackwood, leather, brass
Olwell Flutes
Virginia & Georgia · Wooden flutes
Patrick Olwell, NEA National Heritage Fellow 2026, taught himself by measuring hundreds of 19th-century flutes. Matt Molloy of The Chieftains plays his instruments.
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14 — Brass, leather, neon script
Johnny’s Café
Omaha, Nebraska · Steakhouse, since 1922
An eight-seat saloon by the Omaha Stockyards, 1922. James Beard America’s Classics, 2026, in its 104th year.
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15 — Night street, neon, red carpet
Eng’s
Kingston, New York · Chinese restaurant, since 1927
Kingston’s first Chinese restaurant: Jimmi Eng and his son Paul, second floor of 304 Wall Street, 1927. James Beard America’s Classics, 2026.
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