Aunt Lena’s Creamery – Chandler, Arizona – Closed

Arizona, Restaurants, Season 4

Aunt Lena’s Creamery appeared in Season 4, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Brain Freeze,” which aired August 11, 2008, as an artisan gelato operation in Chandler, Arizona bringing Italian-style frozen desserts to the Phoenix area with house-made flavors well outside the standard gelato catalog. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: […]

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Doumar’s Cones & Barbecue – Norfolk, Virginia

Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 4, Virginia

At the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, a traveling salesman named Abe Doumar noticed an ice cream vendor about to turn away customers because he had run out of paper dishes. A nearby vendor was selling waffles. Doumar bought a waffle, rolled it into a cone, added ice cream, and changed the way America ate

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White Manna Hamburgers – Hackensack, New Jersey

Burgers, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2

The building that became White Manna Hamburgers was first built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows. It was purchased by Louis Bridges, moved to Hackensack, and opened on River Street in 1946. It has been there ever since — the same small stainless steel diner structure, the same flat-top grill, the

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Brandy’s Restaurant & Bakery – Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona, Bakery, Breakfast, Restaurants, Season 6

Brandy’s Restaurant and Bakery on East Cedar Avenue in Flagstaff has been a Northern Arizona breakfast and bakery institution since owner Brandy opened it with a commitment to baking everything in house and building a morning menu around that from-scratch foundation. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Their Own

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Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill – San Diego, California

Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Seafood, Season 6

Matt and Judd Braun grew up in and on the water — surfing, diving, boating, and fishing the beaches and blue water of San Diego and Baja California. They went to Point Loma High with the sons and daughters of the city’s Portuguese fishing community. They worked on boats as commercial divers and knew, intimately,

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Jamie’s Broadway Grille – Sacramento, California

Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 6

Jamie’s Broadway Grille on Broadway in Sacramento has been serving BBQ and American grill food to the Oak Park and Midtown neighborhoods since owner Jamie Butturff opened it as a neighborhood restaurant committed to quality sourcing and scratch cooking. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Joints,” which aired

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Bizzarro Italian Cafe – Seattle, Washington

Italian, Restaurants, Season 6, Seattle, Washington

In 1986, David Nast was a visual artist with a shoestring budget and a dream. He took a 1920s auto garage in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, enlisted a crew of artist friends, and transformed it into a restaurant that would reflect his personality in every corner: a vintage tandem bike suspended from the ceiling, an oversize

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Jethros Fine Grub – Vancouver, British Columbia – Closed

Restaurants, Season 12, Washington

Jethros Fine Grub appeared in Season 12, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Old to New,” which aired November 21, 2011, as a Vancouver, British Columbia breakfast diner and cafe serving scratch-made morning food with the kind of creative comfort food approach that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick

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