Baxter Springs, Kansas sits at the very bottom tip of the state where Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma meet, right on old Route 66. It is a small town with a big history, and for a stretch of years it had a restaurant inside a former bank building that could stop a road tripper cold. Café […]
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American, Comfort Food, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 2Ramona, California is the kind of small town that doesn’t make a lot of noise — which makes it exactly the kind of place Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was built to find. Ramona Cafe has been on Main Street since 1936, serving San Diego County’s backcountry the kind of scratch-made comfort food that doesn’t need
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American, Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 2Some restaurants earn their place on the map. The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma earned its place in history. Built in 1936 using sandstone left over from Route 66 road construction — purchased for five dollars — and opened in August 1939, it has been feeding travelers on the Mother Road ever since. It appeared
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American, Diner, Oklahoma, Restaurants, Season 2A vintage dining car built in 1927, sitting on Pine Street in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood, serving Portuguese food until 4:00 AM. Guy Fieri called it one of the most unique diners he’d ever come across in California. That’s not a throwaway line from a man who has been inside several thousand restaurants. The
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Silk City Diner – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia has no shortage of places worth eating, but Silk City Diner on Spring Garden Street occupies a category all its own. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Totally Fried,” aired October 1, 2007 — and it brought something to that episode
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American, Diner, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Season 2Not every Triple D stop is just a TV appearance. Some are personal. The Russian River Pub in Forestville, California falls squarely into that second category. When Guy Fieri featured it in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,” aired July 30, 2007 — he called it one of his
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American, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Season 1Rosie’s Diner in Rockford, Michigan carried more history per square foot than most restaurants ever dream of. Featured in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,” which aired July 30, 2007 — it was already one of the most storied dining cars in the country long before Guy Fieri ever
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American, Diner, Michigan, Restaurants, Season 1Big Star Diner in Bainbridge Island, Washington brought classic diner comfort to Season 1, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. In an episode called Worth the Trip, this was the kind of stop that made the title make sense: an American diner with local pull, a laid-back Northwest setting, and the sort of all-day
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American, Diner, Restaurants, Season 1, WashingtonHullabaloo Diner in Wellborn, Texas sounds like it was named with a grin, and that already puts it in a good lane for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Featured in Season 1, Episode 2, this Texas stop brought a mix of American diner fare and Italian specials to an episode built around red-sauce comfort. That combination
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American, Italian, Restaurants, Season 1, TexasFour Kegs Sports Pub in Las Vegas, Nevada brought a pub-side detour to Season 1, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. In an episode called That’s Italian, this stop added its own spin with Italian-American fare served in a sports bar setting that feels more neighborhood hangout than Strip spectacle. That is part of
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