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Sidecar – Brooklyn, New York – Closed

Sidecar appeared in Season 13, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Matters,” which aired February 6, 2012, as a Park Slope, Brooklyn American pub and restaurant serving creative scratch-made bar food and comfort plates that earned a devoted neighborhood following in one of Brooklyn’s most food-conscious residential communities. The original Park Slope location […]

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American, Brooklyn, Gastropub, New York, Restaurants, Season 13

John’s of 12th Street – Manhattan, New York

John’s of 12th Street on East 12th Street in Manhattan’s East Village has been one of New York City’s most beloved Italian restaurants since it opened in 1908, serving red-sauce Italian food in a candlelit dining room that has barely changed in over a century of continuous operation. It appeared in Season 13, Episode 7

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Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 13

Rincon Criollo – Queens, New York – Closed

Rincon Criollo appeared in Season 13, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Meat Madness,” which aired January 16, 2012, as a Corona, Queens Cuban restaurant serving the roast pork, ropa vieja, and the comfort food of the Cuban table that earned it a devoted following in one of New York City’s most culturally rich

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Cuban, New York, Queens, Restaurants, Season 13

The Redhead – Manhattan, New York – Closed

The Redhead appeared in Season 13, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Scratch Made Classics,” which aired December 26, 2011, as an East Village Manhattan Southern comfort food restaurant serving the fried chicken, deviled eggs, and slow-cooked Southern dishes that earned it a devoted neighborhood following and a national food media reputation before it

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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 13, Southern

Mama’s Food Shop – Manhattan, New York – Closed

Mama’s Food Shop appeared in Season 13, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Staples,” which aired December 19, 2011, as an East Village Manhattan comfort food operation serving the fried chicken, mac and cheese, and Southern comfort food plates that earned it a devoted neighborhood following in a city with no shortage of

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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 13

Tortilleria Nixtamal – Corona, New York

Tortilleria Nixtamal on 47th Avenue in Corona, Queens has been doing something almost nobody else in New York City does — making tortillas the traditional way, from nixtamalized corn masa ground in house, rather than from commercial masa flour. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Latin Street Food,” which

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New York, Restaurants, Season 12

Sage General Store – Long Island City, New York – Closed

Sage General Store appeared in Season 11, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Finds,” which aired January 17, 2011, as a Long Island City farm-to-table cafe and market building a creative American comfort food menu around locally sourced ingredients in a Queens neighborhood that was rapidly becoming one of the city’s most interesting

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American, New York, Restaurants, Season 11

The Pit Stop Restaurant – Merrick, New York

The Pit Stop Restaurant on Sunrise Highway in Merrick has been a Long Island diner institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous scratch-made American diner food that earns a suburban community its go-to neighborhood restaurant. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Twisted,” which aired January

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American, New York, Restaurants, Season 11

Ben’s Best Deli – Rego Park, New York – Closed

Ben’s Best Deli on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park was one of New York’s last great old-school Jewish delis, operating since 1945 and serving the pastrami, corned beef, and matzo ball soup that built its reputation across seven decades of Queens community life. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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New York, Restaurants, Season 11

Hildebrandt’s – Williston Park, New York

Hildebrandt’s on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park has been a Long Island institution since 1927, operating as a retro soda fountain, ice cream parlor, and diner in a space that looks almost exactly as it did when Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and

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Burgers, New York, Restaurants, Season 11
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