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O’Rourke’s Diner – Middletown, Connecticut – Closed

American, Connecticut, Diner, Restaurants, Season 5

O’Rourke’s Diner on Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut was one of the most beloved diners in New England, operating since 1941 in an authentic 1946 Mountain View diner car that owner Brian O’Rourke ran for decades with a scratch-made menu well beyond standard diner expectations. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins […]

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Ruth’s Diner – Salt Lake City, Utah

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In 1930, Ruth Evans opened Ruth’s Hamburgers in the old Meredith Building at 120 East Second South in downtown Salt Lake City. When the building was scheduled for demolition in 1946, she purchased an old Utah Light and Traction Company trolley car and moved her business rather than close it. In the spring of 1949

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Glenn’s Diner – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Diner, Illinois, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5

Glenn’s Diner on West Montrose Avenue in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood built its reputation on an unusually bold promise for a neighborhood diner: serving the freshest possible seafood, flown in daily, alongside the American diner classics that keep a neighborhood restaurant full every morning. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Dor-Stop Restaurant – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Breakfast, Diner, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Season 5

The Dor-Stop Restaurant sits on a corner of Potomac Avenue in Dormont, a borough just south of Pittsburgh on the other side of the Liberty Tunnels, and Bob and Vicki Lawhorne have been running it as a family operation for over 25 years. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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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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Bubba’s Diner – San Anselmo, California – Closed

Breakfast, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, Season 6

Bubba’s Diner appeared in Season 6, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Biscuits, Bagels and BLTs,” which aired May 4, 2009, as a San Anselmo diner in Marin County serving the kind of generous, scratch-made breakfast and diner food that built a loyal community following in one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most

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Brownstone Diner & Pancake Factory – Jersey City, New Jersey

Breakfast, Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 3

Peter and Irene Bournias emigrated from Chios, Greece in the 1950s and opened a tiny subway car diner in downtown Jersey City in 1968. They had no idea what a pancake was when they started. By the time their children took over, the family had invented 31 varieties of them. The Brownstone Diner and Pancake

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The Ritz Diner – Livingston, New Jersey

Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2

The Ritz Diner in Livingston has been a Morris County institution for decades, combining the classic New Jersey diner template with an art deco styling that sets it apart from most of its competition. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “The New Jersey Diner Tour,” aired January 28,

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