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Rino’s Place – Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Italian, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 10

Rino’s Place on Saratoga Street in Boston’s East Boston neighborhood has been one of the city’s most celebrated Italian restaurants since Rino Covino opened it, building a reputation around house-made pasta and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that East Boston’s Italian-American community has kept alive through generations of change in the neighborhood. It appeared

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Mulberry Italian Ristorante – Lackawanna, New York

Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 9

Mulberry Italian Ristorante on Jackson Avenue in Lackawanna has been serving scratch-made Italian-American food to the Buffalo area since it opened, building a following around house-made pasta, braised meats, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its regulars one slow-cooked dish at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode

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Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 9

Mama Cozza’s – Anaheim, California

Califonia, Italian, Restaurants, Season 10

Mama Cozza’s on West Ball Road in Anaheim has been serving Italian-American comfort food to Orange County since it opened in 1967, building a multi-generational following around house-made pasta, lasagna, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns a family restaurant its neighborhood anchor status across six decades. It appeared in Season 10, Episode

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Califonia, Italian, Restaurants, Season 10

Geraci’s Restaurant – Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Italian, Ohio, Restaurants, Season 7

Geraci’s Restaurant on Warrensville Center Road in Cleveland’s University Heights neighborhood has been serving Italian-American food since 1945, building a multi-generational following around house-made pasta, meatballs, and the kind of family recipe Italian cooking that earns eight decades of loyal regulars. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Legacies,” which

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Cleveland, Italian, Ohio, Restaurants, Season 7

Giuseppe’s on 28th – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Italian, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

Giuseppe’s on 28th has been serving Italian-American comfort food to the Phoenix neighborhood surrounding East Indian School Road since it opened, building a loyal following around house-made pasta, scratch-made sauces, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns multi-generational regulars. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homestyle,” which

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Arizona, Italian, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

The Original Vito & Nick’s Pizzeria – Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

Vito and Nick Barraco opened their pizzeria on South Pulaski Road on Chicago’s southwest side in 1932, originally as a tavern that served food. The pizza program became the focus over time, and Vito and Nick’s developed one of the most distinctive styles in Chicago: a thin, crispy, cracker-like crust cut into squares rather than

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Chicago, Illinois, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

Pizzeria Luigi – San Diego, California

Califonia, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

Pizzeria Luigi on 25th Street in San Diego’s Golden Hill neighborhood has been making New York-style pizza by the slice since 1992, run by Luigi Agostini who left his native Italy and eventually landed in Southern California with a determination to make pizza the way he grew up eating it. It appeared in Season 5,

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Califonia, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

LoBello’s Spaghetti House – Coraopolis, Pennsylvania – Closed

Italian, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Season 5

LoBello’s Spaghetti House appeared in Season 5, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Real Deal Italian,” which aired November 17, 2008, as a family-run Coraopolis Italian restaurant serving scratch-made pasta and old-school Italian-American cooking that had built a multi-generational following west of Pittsburgh. The restaurant closed in 2017. Quick Facts Restaurant: LoBello’s Spaghetti HouseCity:

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Italian, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Season 5

Donatelli’s – White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Italian, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4

Donatelli’s in White Bear Lake, Minnesota has been serving Italian-American food to the Twin Cities suburbs since 1960, building a multi-generational following around scratch-made pasta, house-made meatballs, and the kind of Italian supper club cooking that defines Midwestern Italian dining at its best. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Italian, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4
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