Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture […]
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Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Rob Crenshaw spent time surfing the California coast and fell in love with the Baja-style fish tacos he found at taco stands near the water — the kind of fresh, simple, California-Mexico border cooking that doesn’t exist in Charlotte. So in 2001 he brought it there himself. Cabo Fish Taco on North Davidson Street in
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Charlotte, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 9Gloria’s Cafe on Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles has been serving authentic Salvadoran and Latin food since Gloria opened it, building a loyal following around pupusas, tamales, and the home cooking of El Salvador that is rare even in Los Angeles’s expansive Latin food landscape. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 9Hank’s Haute Dogs appeared in Season 8, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Triple D Goes Hawaiian,” which aired April 5, 2010, as a Honolulu hot dog operation run by Henry “Hank” Adaniya building specialty sausages with premium and unusual ingredients — foie gras, Kobe beef, alligator — into hot dogs that belonged nowhere
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 8Nicolas “Nico” Chaize is a classically trained French chef who opened Nico’s at Pier 38 next door to the Honolulu Fish Auction — the largest fresh tuna auction in the United States — which means his fish goes from the boat to the auction block to his kitchen in a matter of hours. It appeared
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 8Pier 23 Cafe sits on the Embarcadero waterfront at Pier 23, one of the oldest continuously operating restaurant locations on San Francisco Bay, with a history stretching back to the 1930s and a waterfront patio that makes it the right place to be on a sunny San Francisco afternoon. It appeared in Season 8, Episode
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Seafood, Season 8Jimmy’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 16Tupelo appeared in Season 15, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “East Coast Comfort,” which aired September 24, 2012, as a Cambridge Southern comfort food restaurant bringing the fried chicken, biscuits, and slow-cooked Southern dishes to a New England college city with a perpetual appetite for quality comfort food done well. The restaurant has
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Boston, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 15Landmark Diner on Central Avenue in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood has been a neighborhood institution since it opened in 1976, combining Greek family recipes with classic American diner food in the way that Greek-American diner families across the country perfected throughout the 20th century. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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Charlotte, Greek, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 8Earl’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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