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 11The Sparrow Tavern on 29th Street in Astoria has been a Queens neighborhood pub institution since it opened, combining a serious craft beer program with scratch-made bar food that earns a loyal following in one of New York City’s most culinarily diverse neighborhoods. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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Burgers, New York, Restaurants, Season 12Mulberry Italian Ristorante on Jackson Avenue in Lackawanna has been serving scratch-made Italian-American food to the Buffalo area since it opened, building a following around house-made pasta, braised meats, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its regulars one slow-cooked dish at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode
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Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 9Grover’s Bar and Grill on Transit Road in East Amherst has been the kind of Buffalo-area neighborhood pub that earns its reputation quietly — great burgers, cold beer, and the kind of no-frills bar food that keeps a suburban community coming back for years. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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Burgers, Gastropub, New York, Restaurants, Season 7Jimmy’s Diner appeared in Season 16, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Savory Sensations,” which aired January 14, 2013, as a Williamsburg, Brooklyn retro diner serving classic American breakfast and diner food in a neighborhood that was in the middle of one of the most dramatic demographic and culinary transformations in New York City’s
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Breakfast, Brooklyn, New York, Restaurants, Season 16Earl’s Drive-In appeared in Season 8, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Twists and Traditions,” which aired March 22, 2010, as a rural western New York drive-in serving classic American drive-in comfort food to a community well off the beaten path in Chaffee. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Earl’s Drive-InCity:
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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 8Sophia’s Restaurant on Military Road in Buffalo has been a neighborhood breakfast institution, serving the kind of generous, scratch-made morning food that earns the loyal regulars who show up at the same stool at the same time every week. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “And the Kicker Is…,”
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American, Breakfast, New York, Restaurants, Season 8Blackthorn Restaurant and Pub on Seneca Street in Buffalo’s South Buffalo neighborhood has been the kind of Irish-American pub and kitchen that the neighborhood was built around — cold beer, solid food, and the kind of community gathering place that keeps a working-class Buffalo neighborhood intact across generations. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 5
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New York, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8Pizza Junction appeared in Season 8, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Pizza, Pork and Paprikash,” which aired January 11, 2010, as a North Tonawanda pizza operation serving the Buffalo-area style of pizza that the Western New York pizza tradition has built its reputation on. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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New York, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 8Lake Effect Diner on Main Street in Buffalo has been one of the city’s favorite breakfast and comfort food stops since it opened, named after the weather phenomenon that defines western New York winters and serving the kind of hearty scratch-made diner food that Buffalo winters demand. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 13 of
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