Comfort Food

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

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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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Melt Bar & Grilled – Lakewood, Ohio

Comfort Food, Ohio, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8

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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Morin’s Hometown Bar & Grille – Attleboro, Massachusetts

American, Comfort Food, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

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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Santa Cruz Diner – Santa Cruz, California

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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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Donnie Mac’s Trailer Park Cuisine – Boise, Idaho – Closed

Boise, Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 7

Donnie Mac’s Trailer Park Cuisine appeared in Season 7, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Only At This Joint,” which aired August 31, 2009, as a Boise restaurant that leaned fully into its trailer park theme while delivering scratch-made comfort food that was anything but low-rent. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts

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Rick’s Press Room Grill & Bar – Meridian, Idaho – Closed

American, Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 7

Rick’s Press Room Grill and Bar appeared in Season 7, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Name That Cook,” which aired August 17, 2009, as a Meridian, Idaho American comfort food restaurant serving scratch-made food that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Rick’s Press Room Grill and

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Lankford Grocery & Market – Houston, Texas

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Aubrey and Nona Lankford started a fruit stand in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town neighborhood in 1937, moved into a two-story building at 88 Dennis Street in 1939, and ran a full-service grocery there for four decades. In the early 1980s their daughter Eydie took over, recognized the big grocery chains weren’t beatable, and pivoted to a

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The Depot American Diner – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Comfort Food, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7

The Depot American Diner appeared in Season 7, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Upper Crust,” which aired August 3, 2009, as a Chicago West Side diner serving scratch-made American comfort food to a neighborhood that needed exactly that restaurant. The Depot has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The Depot American DinerCity: Chicago,

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Comet Cafe – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Comfort Food, Diner, Milwaukee, Restaurants, Season 6, Wisconsin

Comet Cafe on North Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee’s East Side neighborhood has been a neighborhood comfort food institution since it opened, serving the kind of scratch-made diner food — mac and cheese, meatloaf, chicken pot pie, and the kind of American comfort classics that the East Side’s mix of students, artists, and longtime Milwaukee residents

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Lake Effect Diner – Buffalo, New York

Comfort Food, Diner, New York, Restaurants, Season 7

Lake Effect Diner on Main Street in Buffalo has been one of the city’s favorite breakfast and comfort food stops since it opened, named after the weather phenomenon that defines western New York winters and serving the kind of hearty scratch-made diner food that Buffalo winters demand. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 13 of

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