Mama’s Food Shop appeared in Season 13, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Staples,” which aired December 19, 2011, as an East Village Manhattan comfort food operation serving the fried chicken, mac and cheese, and Southern comfort food plates that earned it a devoted neighborhood following in a city with no shortage of
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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 13Jimmy’s Down the Street on East Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene has been a North Idaho breakfast institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous scratch-made breakfast and comfort food that earns a lake town its go-to morning restaurant across all twelve months, not just the summer tourist season. It appeared in Season 11,
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Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 11Indy’s Historic Steer-In Restaurant on East 10th Street has been a Indianapolis East Side institution since it opened in 1960, serving the kind of classic American diner and drive-in food that the format was built around — hand-formed burgers, scratch-made soups, and the comfort food that earns a neighborhood its anchor restaurant across six decades.
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Comfort Food, Indiana, Indianapolis, Restaurants, Season 11Putah 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 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 12Culhane’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 9Virgil’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 9At 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 9Murphy’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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