Eva’s European Sweets on Milton Avenue in Syracuse has been a city Polish bakery and deli institution since Eva Witkowiak opened it, serving the pierogi, kielbasa, baked goods, and Eastern European prepared foods that earn a Central New York community with deep Polish immigrant roots its most authentic connection to the culinary traditions of the
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New York, Restaurants, Season 16Pies ‘N’ Thighs on South 4th Street in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood has been one of New York City’s most celebrated Southern comfort food restaurants since it opened, combining a serious fried chicken program with scratch-made Southern biscuits, pies, and the comfort food that earns a Brooklyn restaurant its national food media reputation in a borough
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Brooklyn, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Empire Brewing Company appeared in Season 16, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Land to Sea,” which aired February 11, 2013, as a Syracuse downtown brewpub serving house-brewed craft beers alongside a scratch-made pub food kitchen in an Armory Square setting that made it a Central New York craft brewing pioneer. The restaurant has
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Gastropub, New York, Restaurants, Season 16The Smoke Joint appeared in Season 16, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Matches Made in Heaven,” which aired January 7, 2013, as a Fort Greene, Brooklyn BBQ operation bringing slow-smoked Southern pit traditions to a New York City borough that had very few serious BBQ options at the time, earning a devoted Brooklyn
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Barbecue, Brooklyn, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Funk ‘n’ Waffles on South Crouse Avenue near Syracuse University has been a city institution since it opened, combining a serious waffle program — sweet and savory, creative and classic — with a live music venue atmosphere that makes it as much a Syracuse cultural destination as a food one. It appeared in Season 16,
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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Pastabilities on South Franklin Street in downtown Syracuse has been a city Italian institution since it opened in 1982, serving house-made pasta and the spicy tomato sauce that has made its signature “hot tomato oil” one of the most talked-about condiments in Central New York. It appeared in Season 16, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Kitty Hoynes on West Fayette Street in downtown Syracuse has been a city Irish pub institution since it opened, serving the traditional Irish pub food — shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, Irish stew — alongside a serious Irish whiskey program in a Armory Square setting that earns a Central New York city its most authentically
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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 15Byblos Mediterranean Cafe on North Clinton Street in downtown Syracuse has been serving authentic Lebanese and Mediterranean cooking to the Central New York community since it opened, building a menu around house-made hummus, shawarma, and the mezze traditions of the Lebanese table that earn a Syracuse restaurant its destination reputation in a market with very
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Mediterranean, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Gazala’s Place on 9th Avenue in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood has been serving the food of the Druze people — an Arabic-speaking minority community with roots in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel whose cooking tradition is distinct from the broader Middle Eastern cuisines most New Yorkers are familiar with — since Gazala Halabi opened it, building
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Middle Eastern, New York, Restaurants, Season 14Defonte’s Sandwich Shop on Columbia Street in Red Hook has been a Brooklyn institution since Nick Defonte opened it in 1922, serving the overstuffed Italian-American hero sandwiches that built a Red Hook waterfront neighborhood’s lunch counter reputation across a full century of operation. It appeared in Season 13, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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