And the other honorees are ...

The four other 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards America’s Classics honorees (descriptions come from the foundation’s March 13 announcement):

The Fry Bread House, 4140 N. Seventh Ave., Phoenix. Owner: Cecelia Miller. (“No trip to Phoenix is complete without a visit to the Fry Bread House, a trim, paneled room on a modest, sun-baked residential street, founded in 1992. The sign outside says ‘Native American Food.’ At the counter inside, you can order exhilarating, complex red and green chile stews that are a primal blast of the Southwest.”)

Nora’s Fish Creek Inn, 5600 W. Wyoming 22, Wilson, Wyo. Owners: Nora Tygum, Trace Tygum and Kathryn Tygum Taylor. (“Seven miles from Jackson Hole, in Wilson, population 250, Fish Creek Inn draws locals and tourists alike. When Nora Tygum opened the doors in 1982, she served sandwiches built on bread she baked herself. Nora’s has been a Jackson Hole destination ever since. Locals and tourists come here for huevos rancheros, pancakes nearly as big as the plate and pan-fried local trout with eggs.”)

St. Elmo Steak House, 127 S. Illinois St., Indianapolis. Owners: Stephen and Craig Huse. (“Open since 1902, St. Elmo is an Indianapolis institution ... This steakhouse, with its bonein filets and fabled shrimp cocktail, served in a silver-rimmed, ice-lined bowl, has long been the city’s special occasion restaurant of choice.”) Shady Glen, 840 E. Middle Turnpike, Manchester, Conn. Owners: William and Annette Hoch. (“Since 1948, families in the fertile dairy country of central Connecticut have made pilgrimages to the sandwich counter, soda fountain and booths ... Decorated with children’sbook murals, the restaurant still makes its dozens of flavors of ice cream using local milk, although no longer from the cows that used to live next door.”)