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St. Francis – Phoenix, Arizona – Closed

St. Francis appeared in Season 17, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Traditional Gone Wild,” which aired May 13, 2013, as a Phoenix American restaurant and cafe on East Camelback Road serving creative comfort food, sandwiches, and scratch-made plates that earned a Camelback Corridor following in a Phoenix market that was developing one of

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Chili John’s – Burbank, California

Chili John’s on West Burbank Boulevard has been a Southern California institution since 1946, serving the Green Bay-style chili that owner John Isaac brought from Wisconsin — a distinctive, bean-free chili with a rich, deeply spiced beef sauce that has been ladled over spaghetti or crackers at this Burbank counter for nearly 80 years. It

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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 17

Tortugas’ Lie – Nags Head, North Carolina

Tortugas’ Lie on South Virginia Dare Trail in Nags Head has been an Outer Banks institution since it opened, combining fresh Atlantic seafood with Caribbean-influenced cooking in a beach shack setting that earns a year-round Outer Banks community its most beloved neighborhood seafood restaurant. It appeared in Season 16, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and

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American, Carribean, North Carolina, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 16

Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant – Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant on Virginia Dare Trail in Kitty Hawk has been an Outer Banks dining institution since it opened in a building that has its own history — a former U.S. Life-Saving Service station that has been welcoming the Outer Banks community and its visitors since long before it became a restaurant. It

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American, North Carolina, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 16

Cravings – Duck, North Carolina

Cravings on Duck Road in Duck has been a northern Outer Banks seafood and American comfort food destination since it opened, serving the fresh Atlantic seafood and scratch-made plates that earn a beach community restaurant its loyal following from both the local year-round community and the seasonal visitors who discover it and return specifically. It

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American, North Carolina, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 16

Three Angels Diner – Memphis, Tennessee – Closed

Three Angels Diner appeared in Season 15, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Family, All the Time,” which aired October 22, 2012, as a Memphis American diner serving scratch-made breakfast and comfort food plates in a Broad Avenue neighborhood that was in the early stages of a significant artistic and culinary revival. The

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American, Memphis, Restaurants, Season 15, Tennessee

The Farmer – Memphis, Tennessee

Originally featured as The Elegant Farmer, this Memphis American comfort food restaurant on South Highland Street earned its DDD segment through the creative, scratch-made comfort food and the neighborhood restaurant energy that makes a Memphis dining room its community anchor. It appeared in Season 15, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Handcrafted,” which aired

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American, Comfort Food, Memphis, Restaurants, Season 15, Tennessee

Foreign & Domestic – Austin, Texas

Foreign and Domestic on East 53rd Street in Austin has been one of the city’s most celebrated farm-to-table American restaurants since Ned and Jodi Elliott opened it, building a menu around locally sourced Texas ingredients and the kind of creative, technique-driven cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its national food media reputation in a city

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American, Austin, Restaurants, Season 14, Texas

UNLV Campus Dining – Las Vegas, Nevada

UNLV Campus Dining appeared in Season 14, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Vegas, All the Time,” which aired June 4, 2012, as a featured stop on Guy Fieri’s all-Las Vegas episode — a college cafeteria operation that earned its segment by doing scratch-made comfort food at a level that most university dining

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American, Las Vegas, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 14

Pete’s Breakfast House – Ventura, California

Pete’s Breakfast House on East Main Street in Ventura has been a Ventura County breakfast institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous scratch-made American breakfast plates that earn a Southern California diner its loyal following across all seven days of the week. It appeared in Season 14, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and

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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 14
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