The Nook has been a St. Paul institution since 1938 — which means it was already a 62-year-old neighborhood landmark when Ted Casper and Mike Runyon bought it in 2000 at age 20. The two co-owners, whose fathers are best friends, took the keys and turned an already beloved burger joint into one of the […]
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Burgers, Gastropub, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 2G&A Restaurant was originally a Baltimore institution, operating on Eastern Avenue in the Highlandtown neighborhood for decades before relocating. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Burgers and Dogs,” which aired July 28, 2008, at its original Baltimore location, where it had been serving Eastern European-influenced comfort food including kielbasa,
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Burgers, Maryland, Restaurants, Season 4Burger Bar in Roy, Utah has been a local institution since the 1950s, operating as a classic American drive-in and burger joint that serves the kind of honest, no-shortcuts burger that built the drive-in’s reputation as an American cultural institution. It appeared in Season 3, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “In the Family,”
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Burgers, Restaurants, Season 3, UtahMonte Carlo Steak House sits on Central Avenue SW in Albuquerque, which means it sits on Historic Route 66 in a city that has been a crossroads stop for travelers since the highway was commissioned. The restaurant has been a neighborhood institution serving steaks and burgers to a loyal local following for decades, built on
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Albuquerque, Burgers, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 3, SteakhouseParadise Pup has been doing Chicago-style fast food the right way since 1985 from a small roadside shack on South River Road in Des Plaines, Illinois. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Family Owned,” aired November 23, 2007 — and Guy Fieri called the Char Cheddar Burger the
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Burgers, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 2In 1967 Jim and Virginia Johnston built a ranch-style home on their farm in what would eventually become Gilbert, Arizona. They raised three sons there — Joe, Steve, and Paul — on land that had been farmed since 1927, when barren desert was cleared and irrigation made agriculture possible. By the time the Agritopia development
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American, Arizona, Burgers, Restaurants, Season 3Bobo Drive-In has been operating in Topeka since 1948, making it one of the longest-running drive-ins in the state of Kansas. It appeared in Season 3, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Classics,” aired May 12, 2008 — as a genuine classic American drive-in serving the kind of burgers and fries that
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Burgers, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 3One block from the beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego, Hodad’s has been doing burgers its own way since 1969. No shoes, no shirt, no problem. The walls are covered floor to ceiling in license plates sent in by customers from every corner of the country. The booths are plastered in stickers. There is a
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Route 66 has produced a lot of legendary stops over the decades, and Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Café in Victorville, California earns its place among the best of them. The pistachio green building at 17143 N. D St. has been feeding truck drivers, road-trippers, and High Desert locals since 1947, and it looked right at
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Breakfast, Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Some places earn their reputation one plate at a time. The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, South Carolina has been doing exactly that since 1946. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Diners A-Plenty,” which aired July 23, 2007 — and it fit the episode title better than almost
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