Country Cat Dinnerhouse & Bar – Portland, Oregon

Country Cat Dinnerhouse and Bar on Southeast Stark Street in Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood was one of the city’s most celebrated American comfort food restaurants from the time Adam Sappington opened it in 2007, building a menu around whole-animal butchery, scratch-made comfort food, and the farm-to-table Pacific Northwest ingredient sourcing that earned it a James Beard

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American, Comfort Food, Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 18

Industrial Cafe & Saloon – Portland, Oregon – Closed

Industrial Cafe and Saloon appeared in Season 18, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Neighborhood Knockouts,” which aired August 26, 2013, as a Portland Northwest District American cafe and saloon serving scratch-made comfort food and the kind of creative bar food that earned a Northwest Portland neighborhood its go-to neighborhood restaurant. The restaurant has

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American, Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 18

Show Dogs – San Francisco, California – Closed

Show Dogs appeared in Season 18, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Neighborhood Knockouts,” which aired August 26, 2013, as a San Francisco Market Street hot dog and craft beer operation building creative, quality hot dogs with artisan sausages from local producers alongside a serious craft beer list in a Union Square setting that

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Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 18

Crest Cafe – San Diego, California

Crest Cafe on Robinson Avenue in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood has been a city breakfast and cafe institution since it opened in 1983, serving the creative scratch-made morning food and comfort plates that earn a San Diego LGBTQ+ neighborhood its most beloved neighborhood cafe across four decades of community life. It appeared in Season 18,

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Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 18

Edelweiss Sausage & Delicatessen – Portland, Oregon

Edelweiss Sausage and Delicatessen on SE 12th Avenue in Portland has been a city German deli institution since it opened in 1944, producing house-made German sausages, imported European meats and cheeses, and the Central European deli experience that earns a Pacific Northwest city its most authentic connection to German food culture across nearly 80 years

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Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 17

Pica Pica Maize Kitchen – San Francisco, California

Pica Pica Maize Kitchen on Valencia Street in San Francisco’s Mission District has been bringing authentic Venezuelan cooking to the Bay Area since it opened, building a menu around arepas — the Venezuelan cornmeal cakes split and stuffed with meats, cheese, and the fillings of the Venezuelan table — that earns a Mission District restaurant

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Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 17

Nopalito – San Francisco, California

Nopalito on Broderick Street in San Francisco has been one of the Bay Area’s most celebrated authentic Mexican restaurants since it opened as a spinoff of Nopa, building a menu around the regional Mexican cooking traditions — house-made masa, slow-braised meats, and the complex sauces of interior Mexico — that most San Francisco Mexican restaurants

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Spirito’s Italian Diner – Carlsbad, California

Spirito’s Italian Diner on El Camino Real in Carlsbad has been a North County San Diego Italian institution since it opened, serving the house-made pasta, slow-simmered sauces, and the Italian-American comfort food that earns a coastal California community its go-to neighborhood Italian restaurant in a market where the competition for the Italian dining dollar is

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Califonia, Italian, Restaurants, Season 17

Shirley’s Tippy Canoe – Troutdale, Oregon – Closed

Shirley’s Tippy Canoe appeared in Season 17, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “From the Heart,” which aired August 12, 2013, as a Troutdale, Oregon retro diner and sandwich shop sitting on the Columbia River with a setting that made it one of the most scenic roadside restaurants in the Pacific Northwest — serving

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Oregon, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Seafood, Season 17

Pizzeria Luigi – San Diego, California

Pizzeria Luigi on 25th Street in San Diego’s Golden Hill neighborhood has been a city pizza institution since Luigi Agostini opened it in 1995, serving New York-style pizza by the slice and whole pies with the quality and consistency that earns a neighborhood pizzeria its multigenerational loyal following across nearly three decades of San Diego

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Califonia, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17
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