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Modern Cafe – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Closed

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4

Modern Cafe appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Doin’ Their Own Thing,” which aired November 10, 2008, as a Minneapolis neighborhood restaurant on 13th Avenue NE building a menu around farm-to-table sourcing and scratch-made diner fare well ahead of when that approach became common. The restaurant has since permanently closed. […]

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Lone Star Taqueria – Salt Lake City, Utah

Mexican, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, Utah

Manuel Valdez and his brother have been running Lone Star Taqueria on Fort Union Boulevard since 1994, building a loyal Salt Lake Valley following around carne adovada, fish tacos, and the kind of authentic Mexican cooking that Sunset magazine named the “West’s Best Taco.” Lone Star appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins

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Iron Barley – St. Louis, Missouri – Closed

American, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3, St. Louis

Iron Barley appeared in Season 3, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Neighborhood Joints,” aired March 31, 2008 — as a St. Louis neighborhood pub serving creative American food well beyond standard bar fare. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Iron BarleyCity: St. Louis, MissouriCuisine: American / Pub FareDDD Season:

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Alcenia’s – Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Restaurants, Season 4, Tennessee

In 1996 BJ Chester-Tamayo’s only son Will, known as Go-Go, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Her whole world changed. She had always wanted to manufacture her mother’s preserves, so she took that dream and opened a restaurant named after her mother and her granddaughter, both named Alcenia. She never cooked growing up. She learned

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Tioli’s Crazee Burger – San Diego, California

Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 4

Tioli’s Crazee Burger on 30th Street in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood has built its reputation on a burger menu that takes “crazee” seriously: exotic meat options including elk, kangaroo, ostrich, and wild boar alongside the standard beef, all ground fresh and cooked to order. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins

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Cemitas Puebla – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Illinois, Mexican, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 4

Tony Anteliz’s parents both came from the Mexican state of Puebla and raised him between Chicago and summers in Mexico, where he learned to love the city of Puebla’s food culture — particularly two items: the cemita sandwich and the taco arabe. He opened Taqueria Puebla in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, but the standard tacos

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Moochie’s Cheesesteaks – Salt Lake City, Utah

Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, Utah

Moochie’s Meatballs and More on East 800 South in Salt Lake City built its reputation on bringing serious Philadelphia-style cheesesteaks and meatball subs to a city that had very little access to either. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grabbin’ a Sandwich,” which aired October 13, 2008, and Guy

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Big Mama’s Kitchen & Catering – Omaha, Nebraska

Nebraska, Omaha, Restaurants, Season 4

Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering in Omaha was founded by Patricia Barron, known to everyone as Big Mama, and built around the soul food recipes she grew up cooking and the belief that food is how you take care of people. The restaurant appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Cookin’

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Casamento’s Restaurant – New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4

Casamento’s Restaurant on Magazine Street in New Orleans has been one of the city’s beloved oyster houses since Joseph Casamento opened it in 1919, building a reputation on oysters served raw, fried, and in loaves on white bread that has endured for more than a century. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners,

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Nadine’s Restaurant – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

American, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Restaurants, Season 4

Nadine’s Restaurant in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been a neighborhood bar and diner since 1977, serving the kind of honest American comfort food that earns 45-year reputations. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Cookin’ It Old School,” which aired October 6, 2008, as a Pittsburgh neighborhood

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