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Nadine’s Restaurant – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Nadine’s Restaurant in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been a neighborhood bar and diner since 1977, serving the kind of honest American comfort food that earns 45-year reputations. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Cookin’ It Old School,” which aired October 6, 2008, as a Pittsburgh neighborhood […]

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Charlie Parker’s Diner – Springfield, Illinois

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The building that houses Charlie Parker’s Diner is a genuine World War II-era Quonset hut — a curved steel prefabricated military structure converted into one of Springfield’s most beloved breakfast and lunch spots. The diner has occupied the same 700 North Street address since 1991, when it was opened under the current name. Mike and

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Manci’s Antique Club – Daphne, Alabama

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Manci’s Antique Club in Daphne, Alabama has been a Mobile Bay institution for decades, combining a restaurant, a bar, and a genuine antique collection into one building that feels unlike anywhere else on the Gulf Coast. The restaurant appeared in Season 4, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Better Than Ever,” which aired September

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The Colonnade – Atlanta, Georgia

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Frank Tarleton opened The Colonnade in 1927 in a white-columned house at the corner of Lindbergh Drive and Piedmont Road in Atlanta, serving Southern comfort food to a city that knew exactly what it wanted from a neighborhood restaurant. In 1962 the operation moved to its current location on Cheshire Bridge Road NE, where it

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Schooner or Later – Long Beach, California

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The name is a pun — a schooner is a 24-ounce chalice of beer — and it sets the tone for a breakfast and lunch spot that operates on Long Beach marina time, which is to say unhurried, waterfront, and worth the wait. Schooner or Later at Alamitos Harbor has been open since 1985, sitting

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Bryant-Lake Bowl – Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Bryant-Lake Bowl on West Lake Street in Minneapolis is a bowling alley, a theater, and a restaurant, all operating under one roof since 1993, and the combination works better than it has any right to. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008, as

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The Cove – San Antonio, Texas

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The 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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Blue Plate Diner – Salt Lake City, Utah – Closed

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Blue Plate Diner appeared in Season 4, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Diners You Sent Me To,” which aired July 14, 2008, as a viewer-nominated Salt Lake City diner serving creative American comfort food with a scratch-made approach that earned its spot in the episode. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts

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Broadway Diner – Baltimore, Maryland

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Broadway Diner on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore is one of those diners that announces itself before you get close: a large chrome building sitting up on a small hill, glimmering with neon and rounded corners like a monument to the American diner era. The interior is just as large, with two separate dining rooms and

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