Monument Cafe on South Austin Avenue in Georgetown has been a Texas Hill Country institution since it opened in 1995, serving the kind of from-scratch American comfort food and diner classics that earn a small Texas town its destination dining reputation well beyond the community that surrounds it. It appeared in Season 14, Episode 1
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American, Comfort Food, Diner, Restaurants, Season 14, TexasSidecar appeared in Season 13, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Matters,” which aired February 6, 2012, as a Park Slope, Brooklyn American pub and restaurant serving creative scratch-made bar food and comfort plates that earned a devoted neighborhood following in one of Brooklyn’s most food-conscious residential communities. The original Park Slope location
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American, Brooklyn, Gastropub, New York, Restaurants, Season 13The Kitchen appeared in Season 13, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Multitaskers,” which aired January 30, 2012, as an Oxnard American comfort food restaurant building a creative, eclectic scratch-made menu that earned its DDD segment in a Ventura County city with a strong agricultural community and a growing independent restaurant scene. The restaurant
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 13Traffic Jam and Snug on West Canfield Street in Detroit’s Cass Corridor had been one of the city’s most beloved neighborhood brewpubs and restaurants since it opened in 1965, serving scratch-made American and vegetarian food alongside house-brewed beers in a setting that made it one of Detroit’s most enduring food institutions before a devastating fire
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American, Detroit, Michigan, Restaurants, Season 13, VegetarianSage General Store appeared in Season 11, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Finds,” which aired January 17, 2011, as a Long Island City farm-to-table cafe and market building a creative American comfort food menu around locally sourced ingredients in a Queens neighborhood that was rapidly becoming one of the city’s most interesting
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American, New York, Restaurants, Season 11Picabu Neighborhood Bistro appeared in Season 11, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Quirky Classics,” which aired January 24, 2011, as a Spokane neighborhood bistro serving creative American comfort food with a locally sourced, scratch-made approach that earned a DDD segment in a city developing a strong independent restaurant identity. The restaurant has since
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American, Restaurants, Season 11, Spokane, WashingtonThe Golden Bear on K Street in Sacramento’s Midtown neighborhood has been a neighborhood pub and kitchen institution since it opened, combining a serious bar program with scratch-made American pub food in a setting that earns the loyalty of the Midtown community year-round. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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American, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 11WOW Worth Our Weight appeared in Season 11, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Finds,” which aired January 17, 2011, as a Santa Rosa nonprofit cafe and culinary training program building a scratch-made American comfort food menu while providing at-risk youth with culinary education and job skills. The restaurant has since permanently closed.
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 11Gatsby’s Diner appeared in Season 11, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Twisted,” which aired January 31, 2011, as a Sacramento American diner and burger operation serving creative scratch-made diner food with a retro character that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Gatsby’s DinerCity: Sacramento,
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American, Burgers, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 11The Pit Stop Restaurant on Sunrise Highway in Merrick has been a Long Island diner institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous scratch-made American diner food that earns a suburban community its go-to neighborhood restaurant. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Twisted,” which aired January
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