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Bunker Vietnamese – Ridgewood, New York – Closed

New York, Restaurants, Season 19, Vietnamese

Bunker Vietnamese appeared in Season 19, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Big Time Bites,” which aired February 21, 2014, as a Ridgewood, Queens Vietnamese restaurant building authentic pho, banh mi, and the regional Vietnamese dishes that earned a Queens neighborhood restaurant its devoted following in a borough with one of the most diverse

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New York, Restaurants, Season 19, Vietnamese

Queens Comfort – Astoria, New York – Closed

Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 19

Queens Comfort appeared in Season 19, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Things NY,” which aired February 14, 2014, as an Astoria, Queens comfort food restaurant building creative, over-the-top comfort food plates that earned a devoted neighborhood following in one of New York City’s most culinarily diverse communities. The restaurant has since permanently

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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 19

Black Tree – New York City, New York – Closed

New York, Restaurants, Season 19

Black Tree appeared in Season 19, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Things NY,” which aired February 14, 2014, as a Lower East Side Manhattan sandwich shop and farm-to-table cafe building creative, quality sandwiches from locally sourced New York ingredients with the kind of artisan commitment that earned a small Orchard Street operation

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New York, Restaurants, Season 19

PotPie – Kansas City, Missouri

Comfort Food, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18

PotPie on Westport Road in Kansas City has been a city comfort food institution since it opened, building a menu around the American pot pie — elevated from frozen dinner status to a destination meal through quality from-scratch pastry, seasonal fillings, and the kind of creative comfort food approach that earns a Westport restaurant its

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Comfort Food, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18

Blue Koi – Kansas City, Missouri

Chinese, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18

Blue Koi appeared in Season 18, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Time,” which aired December 23, 2013, as a Kansas City Chinese noodle and dumpling restaurant on West 39th Street serving hand-made dumplings, noodle soups, and the pan-Asian comfort food that earned it one of the most devoted followings of any restaurant

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Chinese, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18

Caffe Nonna – Nashville, Tennessee

Italian, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

Caffe Nonna on Murphy Road in Nashville has been a city Italian institution since Daniel Maggipinto opened it, building a menu around the Italian-American cooking traditions of his grandmother — the nonna of the name — with house-made pasta, slow-simmered sauces, and the scratch-made Italian comfort food that earns a Nashville restaurant its loyal following

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Italian, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

The Grilled Cheeserie – Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

The Grilled Cheeserie started as a Nashville food truck built around the creative gourmet grilled cheese that earns a mobile operation its city-wide following and eventually its own brick-and-mortar expansion — elevating the grilled cheese sandwich from childhood comfort food to a destination meal through quality cheese sourcing, house-made bread, and the creative fillings that

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Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

Mas Tacos Por Favor – Nashville, Tennessee

Mexican, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

Mas Tacos Por Favor on McFerrin Avenue in Nashville’s East Nashville neighborhood has been a city taco institution since Teresa Mason opened it, building a menu around authentic Mexican street tacos and the kind of from-scratch quality that earns a Nashville restaurant its national food media reputation in a city that was just beginning to

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Mexican, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 18, Tennessee

The Cube BBQ – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Closed

Albuquerque, Barbecue, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 18

The Cube BBQ appeared in Season 18, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Pork, Pasta and Barbecue,” which aired December 2, 2013, as an Albuquerque BBQ operation serving slow-smoked meats with the from-scratch commitment that earns a New Mexico BBQ restaurant its destination reputation in a state that takes its smoked meat as seriously

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Albuquerque, Barbecue, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 18

Cupini’s – Kansas City, Missouri

Italian, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18

Cupini’s on Westport Road in Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood has been a city Italian institution since it opened, building a menu around house-made pasta, slow-simmered Italian sauces, and the scratch-made Italian comfort food that earns a Kansas City neighborhood restaurant its destination reputation in a market where genuinely authentic Italian cooking is valued and not

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Italian, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 18
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