In late October 2004, Matt Pool opened an 800-square-foot red brick restaurant on a quiet corner in downtown Phoenix. He had no advertising budget and a menu built around one conviction: food tastes better when prepared simply with better ingredients. Within a few years the lines were stretching out the door every day. It appeared […]
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Arizona, Breakfast, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3Cafe Rolle appeared in Season 6, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Bit of Everywhere,” which aired April 20, 2009, as a Sacramento French sandwich and cafe operation bringing classic French preparations — fresh baguettes, charcuterie, and the kind of simple, quality-first French deli cooking that is exceedingly rare outside major metropolitan
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Califonia, French, Restaurants, Sacramento, Sandwiches, Season 6Luke Tobias opened Kuma’s Corner in 2005 at the corner of Belmont and Francisco in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, intending to run a craft beer bar with heavy metal on the sound system. The burgers caught on faster than the beer list. Almost every burger on the menu is named after a heavy metal or hard
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Burgers, Chicago, Gastropub, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 6Paul 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, TexasMama’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 3Gumbo Shack appeared in Season 4, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Bar Food,” which aired July 27, 2008, as a Fairhope, Alabama Cajun and seafood operation serving the Gulf Coast flavors of southern Alabama with the kind of scratch approach that earned a DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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Alabama, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4Skylark Diner in Edison sits at the intersection of Route 1 and Wooding Avenue and has been a Middlesex County staple for decades, known for a menu that combines classic American diner fare with the kind of creative specials that keep regulars coming back for something new. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Grampa’s Bakery and Restaurant in Dania Beach, Florida built its reputation on baking everything from scratch in house and then building a comfort food menu around that baking foundation. The cinnamon rolls, the bread, the pies, the biscuits — all of it comes from the kitchen rather than a supplier. It appeared in Season 3,
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Bakery, Comfort Food, Florida, Restaurants, Season 3The Ritz Diner in Livingston has been a Morris County institution for decades, combining the classic New Jersey diner template with an art deco styling that sets it apart from most of its competition. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “The New Jersey Diner Tour,” aired January 28,
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2The 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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