Dad’s Kitchen on Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood has been a community institution since it opened, serving the kind of honest, scratch-made American diner food that earns a neighborhood its go-to lunch counter one loyal regular at a time. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Soup and
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American, Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 11Zest! Exciting Food Creations appeared in Season 12, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Bar Food and Bon Bons,” which aired May 9, 2011, as an Indianapolis American cafe building a creative vegetarian and comfort food menu that brought exciting, quality-forward food to a city that appreciated it. The restaurant has since permanently closed.
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American, Indiana, Indianapolis, Restaurants, Season 12, VegetarianPutah Creek Cafe on Main Street in Winters sits in a small Yolo County agricultural town that most California visitors drive past on their way somewhere else — which is their loss. The cafe has been serving creative scratch-made California comfort food to the farming community and the Napa and Sacramento Valley day-trippers who discovered
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American, Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 11Duluth Grill on South 27th Avenue West has been one of Duluth’s most beloved comfort food restaurants since Tom and Jaima Hanson took it over and rebuilt it around a commitment to local sourcing and scratch cooking that went far beyond what the building’s previous lives as a fast food restaurant suggested was possible. It
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American, Comfort Food, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10Meal Ticket appeared in Season 10, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Sweet ‘n Savory,” which aired November 26, 2010, as a Berkeley American restaurant building a creative comfort food menu around pork and seasonal local ingredients in the tradition of the Bay Area’s farm-to-table movement. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 10Bang! appeared in Season 12, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Flavor,” which aired September 19, 2011, as a Denver American comfort food restaurant building a creative scratch-made menu in the West Highland neighborhood that earned its DDD segment through quality and personality in equal measure. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick
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American, Colorado, Comfort Food, Denver, Restaurants, Season 12Al’s Breakfast on 14th Avenue SE in Minneapolis’s Dinkytown neighborhood has been open since 1950, operating in a space so narrow — 10 feet wide, 14 stools, no room for anything extra — that it has become as famous for its dimensions as for its pancakes. There is no room to wait inside. The line
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American, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10Metro Diner on Hendricks Avenue in Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood has been serving creative scratch-made breakfast and brunch since it opened, building a reputation around generous portions, bold flavors, and the kind of comfort food approach that turns a neighborhood diner into a regional destination. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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American, Florida, Restaurants, Season 10Parkette Drive In on East New Circle Road was a Lexington institution for over 70 years, operating as a classic American carhop drive-in from 1951 until it closed in June 2022. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Found ‘Em,” which aired September 20, 2010. Guy Fieri found the
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American, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 10The General Store appeared in Season 10, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Timeless,” which aired September 13, 2010, as a Silver Spring, Maryland breakfast diner serving scratch-made American comfort food in the tradition of the old-fashioned general store that gave it its name. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The
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