Fratelli Briganti on Piazza Giovanbattista Giorgini in Florence has been serving the Florentine Italian cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its loyal following among the Florentines who live and eat in the city rather than on the tourist corridor since it opened. It appeared in Season 22, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Fillin’
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Italian, Restaurants, Season 22La Taverna Dei Miracoli Da Mangiafuoco on Piazza Carlo Collodi in Collodi has been serving Tuscan regional cooking in the Pescia valley village best known as the birthplace of Pinocchio — the town where Carlo Lorenzini, who wrote the Pinocchio stories under the pen name Carlo Collodi, spent his childhood — making it one of
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Italian, Restaurants, Season 22Kelsey and Kim’s Southern Cafe on Melrose Avenue in Atlantic City has been serving the fried chicken, mac and cheese, and the slow-cooked Southern soul food that earns a New Jersey casino city restaurant its loyal following among the community that actually lives there year-round since it opened. It appeared in Season 22, Episode 1
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New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 22Tacopocalypse appeared in Season 22, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Fish, Fries and Feet,” which aired January 16, 2015, as a Des Moines Asian fusion taco operation building creative taco combinations with Korean, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian flavor profiles applied to the street taco format that earned a devoted following in a Des
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Iowa, Restaurants, Season 22Flying Mango on Hickman Road in Des Moines has been one of the city’s most celebrated Southern, BBQ, and Cajun-Creole restaurants since it opened, building a menu around the slow-smoked meats, gumbo, and the Southern comfort food traditions that earn a Midwest restaurant its destination reputation in a market where this cooking quality is genuinely
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Barbecue, Iowa, Restaurants, Season 22, SouthernErnest and Son Meat Market on West Brigantine Avenue in Brigantine has been a South Jersey butcher shop and deli institution since it opened, producing house-made sausages, custom-cut meats, and the artisan deli products that earn a barrier island New Jersey community its most beloved neighborhood butcher in a region where quality local meat sourcing
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New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 21Oyster Creek Inn on North Oyster Creek Road in Leeds Point has been a South Jersey seafood institution since it opened, serving the fresh Jersey Shore seafood — local clams, crab, and the Atlantic catch that earns a coastal New Jersey restaurant its loyal following — in a waterfront setting on the tidal marshes of
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New Jersey, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 21George The Chili King appeared in Season 21, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Oldies But Goodies,” which aired December 12, 2014, as a Des Moines diner and chili institution that had been serving the city’s community for decades with the scratch-made chili and diner comfort food that earns a neighborhood restaurant its multigenerational
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Diner, Iowa, Restaurants, Season 21Fisherman’s Market on West 7th Avenue in Eugene has been a Willamette Valley seafood institution since it opened, combining a working seafood market with a restaurant serving fresh Pacific Northwest fish and shellfish to a landlocked Oregon college town that appreciates the quality that comes from buying directly from Northwest fishing operations. It appeared in
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Oregon, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 21Mi Patria on 22nd Street in West Des Moines has been bringing the authentic cooking traditions of Ecuador to the Des Moines metro since it opened, serving the seco de pollo, llapingachos, and the slow-cooked Ecuadorian comfort food that earns a Midwest restaurant its destination reputation in a market where South American cooking of this
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