Paul Eighmey moved from Buffalo to Austin in 1990 with a dream of owning a bar. In 1994 he and his partner Mark Supples opened Casino El Camino on East Sixth Street, named after Eighmey’s stage name from his punk rock days. For the first 14 years, the bar’s food was what Eighmey calls Sixth […]
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Austin, Burgers, Restaurants, Season 4, TexasPierogies and stuffed pepper soup are not the first things that come to mind when someone thinks of a bar outside Pittsburgh. But the Starlite Lounge in Blawnox has been drawing locals in with exactly those two dishes for over 50 years. Owner Ron “Moondog” Esser has run the place with a deep commitment to
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Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Restaurants, Season 4Mama’s 39th Street Diner appeared in Season 3, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Big Breakfast,” aired March 10, 2008 — as a Kansas City breakfast institution serving the kind of hearty, no-shortcuts morning food that earns a Triple D segment. The diner has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Mama’s 39th Street
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Breakfast, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3The Cove in San Antonio is a laundromat, car wash, and restaurant operating from the same building, which either sounds like the most impractical business concept imaginable or the most practical one depending on your perspective. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008,
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American, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 4, TexasThe corner of Carroll and Boulevard SE in Atlanta’s Cabbagetown neighborhood has housed a neighborhood market since the early 20th century, and the building that stands there today has been through several iterations of the same essential mission: serve the community good food with genuine character. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners,
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Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4The Creole Creamery opened in February 2004 in a building on Prytania Street in Uptown New Orleans that had previously housed a McKenzie’s Bakery, a beloved local chain. Owner David Bergeron converted the space into an ice cream parlor with pink walls, chalkboard paint, and a flavor program built around New Orleans culinary identity: Lavender
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 4Matt and Judd Braun grew up in and on the water — surfing, diving, boating, and fishing the beaches and blue water of San Diego and Baja California. They went to Point Loma High with the sons and daughters of the city’s Portuguese fishing community. They worked on boats as commercial divers and knew, intimately,
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Seafood, Season 6Jamie’s Broadway Grille on Broadway in Sacramento has been serving BBQ and American grill food to the Oak Park and Midtown neighborhoods since owner Jamie Butturff opened it as a neighborhood restaurant committed to quality sourcing and scratch cooking. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Joints,” which aired
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 6In 1986, David Nast was a visual artist with a shoestring budget and a dream. He took a 1920s auto garage in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, enlisted a crew of artist friends, and transformed it into a restaurant that would reflect his personality in every corner: a vintage tandem bike suspended from the ceiling, an oversize
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Italian, Restaurants, Season 6, Seattle, WashingtonLouie’s on North Henderson Avenue in Dallas has been a Lower Greenville neighborhood fixture serving pizza, pub food, and Italian-American comfort food to a community of regulars who have been coming since the restaurant opened. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Favorites,” which aired March 23, 2009. Guy
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