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Rocco’s Cafe – San Francisco, California

Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 6

Rocco’s Cafe on Folsom Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood has been serving Italian-American breakfast and lunch to the city since it opened, built around the kind of straightforward, generous, scratch-made food that earns a neighborhood diner its regulars one plate at a time. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and […]

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Los Taquitos Mexican Grill – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

Los Taquitos Mexican Grill on East Elliot Road in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix appeared in Season 6, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Over the Map,” which aired June 15, 2009. Guy Fieri found a Phoenix Mexican restaurant building authentic tacos, burritos, and Mexican street food from scratch in a neighborhood that

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Georgia’s Greek Restaurant & Deli – Seattle, Washington

Greek, Restaurants, Season 6, Seattle, Washington

Georgia’s Greek Restaurant and Deli on NW 85th Street in Seattle’s Crown Hill neighborhood has been serving authentic Greek food to the city’s northwest side since it opened, building a following around house-made spanakopita, gyros, and the kind of from-scratch Greek cooking that makes a neighborhood deli into a destination. It appeared in Season 6,

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Pine State Biscuits – Portland, Oregon

Breakfast, Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 6

Brian Snyder, Walt Alexander, and Kevin Atchley grew up in North Carolina, moved to Portland, and missed biscuits the way transplanted Southerners always miss the specific foods of home. They spent months developing a recipe before debuting at the Portland Saturday Farmers Market in 2006, where the lines stretched to an hour within weeks. By

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Blue Marlin Fish House Restaurant – North Miami Beach, Florida

Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6

Blue Marlin Fish House Restaurant in North Miami Beach appeared in Season 6, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Kinds of Classics,” which aired June 8, 2009, as a South Florida seafood operation serving fresh fish in the unpretentious, quality-first tradition that earns a neighborhood following in a city with no shortage of

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Giuseppe’s on 28th – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Italian, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

Giuseppe’s on 28th has been serving Italian-American comfort food to the Phoenix neighborhood surrounding East Indian School Road since it opened, building a loyal following around house-made pasta, scratch-made sauces, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns multi-generational regulars. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homestyle,” which

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The Silver Skillet – Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Breakfast, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 5, Southern

Sara and Tommy Haygood opened The Silver Skillet in 1956 in Midtown Atlanta when 14th Street was a very different road than the skyscraper corridor it became. Jimmy Collins — the same man who helped design the original Dwarf Houses that became Chick-fil-A — transformed the building into its current Mid-Century diner appearance. George and

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Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap – Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 5

Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap has been on West Vernon Park Place in Chicago’s University Village neighborhood since 1930, which makes it one of the oldest Italian-American restaurants in the city. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Just Like Yesterday,” which aired January 26, 2009. Guy Fieri found a multigenerational

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Hob Nob Hill – San Diego, California

American, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 5

Harold and Dorothy Hoersch opened a 14-stool lunch counter called the Juniper Café on a corner in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood in May 1944. Dorothy had previously worked as a secretary at Consolidated Aircraft and had no restaurant experience. Within two years the café had outgrown its space and moved to 2271 First Avenue,

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