Comfort Food

Duluth Grill – Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth 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 10

Bang! – Denver, Colorado – Closed

Bang! 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 12

Culhane’s Irish Pub – Atlantic Beach, Florida

Culhane’s Irish Pub on Atlantic Boulevard in Atlantic Beach has been the Jacksonville beaches community’s go-to Irish pub since it opened, serving genuine Irish pub food and a deep selection of draft beers in a setting that earns its neighborhood regulars rather than just the tourist trade. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 7 of

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Comfort Food, Florida, Restaurants, Season 9

Virgil’s Cafe – Bellevue, Kentucky – Closed

Virgil’s Cafe appeared in Season 9, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porkapalooza,” which aired May 24, 2010, as a Bellevue, Kentucky Cajun and Creole restaurant bringing the bold flavors of Louisiana to the Cincinnati suburbs across the Ohio River — gumbo, étouffée, and the scratch-made Southern Louisiana cooking that was otherwise hard to

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Comfort Food, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

At Last Cafe – Long Beach, California – Closed

At Last Cafe appeared in Season 9, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porkapalooza,” which aired May 24, 2010, as a Long Beach New American comfort food restaurant building a creative menu around pork and seasonal ingredients with the kind of neighborhood restaurant warmth that earns a loyal local following. The restaurant has since

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Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 9

Murphy’s Bar & Grill – Honolulu, Hawaii

Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture

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Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9

Earl’s Drive-In – Chaffee, New York – Closed

Earl’s Drive-In appeared in Season 8, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Twists and Traditions,” which aired March 22, 2010, as a rural western New York drive-in serving classic American drive-in comfort food to a community well off the beaten path in Chaffee. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Earl’s Drive-InCity:

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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 8

Melt Bar & Grilled – Lakewood, Ohio

Melt Bar and Grilled appeared in Season 8, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “By Request,” which aired February 8, 2010, as a Lakewood, Ohio grilled cheese operation building creative, over-the-top comfort food sandwiches with the kind of audacious approach that earned national attention. The featured Lakewood location has since permanently closed, though other

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Comfort Food, Ohio, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8

Morin’s Hometown Bar & Grille – Attleboro, Massachusetts

Morin’s Hometown Bar and Grille on South Main Street in Attleboro has been a community anchor since 1911, serving American comfort food and cold beer to a southeastern Massachusetts city that has been coming through the same door for over a century. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Legacies,”

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American, Comfort Food, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

Santa Cruz Diner – Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Diner on Ocean Street has been the place to land after a night on the Boardwalk or a morning at the beach since it opened, serving the kind of all-hours diner comfort food that a beach town earns its reputation on. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Califonia, Comfort Food, Diner, Restaurants, Season 7
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