Pawley’s Front Porch on Harden Street in Columbia has been one of South Carolina’s most celebrated burger spots since it opened, building a reputation around hand-formed patties on fresh-baked buns with the kind of quality sourcing that earns a college town its food destination status beyond the campus. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7 […]
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Burgers, Restaurants, Season 8, South CarolinaThree Greek brothers — Sam, George, and Nick Copsis — immigrated to the United States and in 1955 opened a drive-in on South Boulevard in Charlotte small enough to hold a grill, a toaster, two deep fryers, and a drink station. The Independence Boulevard location, which opened in 1959, is the one that has been
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Burgers, Charlotte, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 8Blackthorn Restaurant and Pub on Seneca Street in Buffalo’s South Buffalo neighborhood has been the kind of Irish-American pub and kitchen that the neighborhood was built around — cold beer, solid food, and the kind of community gathering place that keeps a working-class Buffalo neighborhood intact across generations. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 5
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New York, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8Melt 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 8900 Grayson on Grayson Street in Berkeley’s West Berkeley neighborhood has been one of the Bay Area’s go-to spots for creative American comfort food since it opened, built around scratch-made chicken and waffles and the kind of thoughtful, locally sourced breakfast and brunch plates that made it a destination well before the cameras arrived. It
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8Andre Guerrero opened The Oinkster in 2006 in Eagle Rock in a former Der Wienerschnitzel building, aiming to bring slow-food sensibility to fast-food formats: house-cured pastrami, pulled pork slow-smoked for 14 hours, Belgian-style fries cooked twice, and shakes made with Fosselman’s ice cream. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8Rick and Ann’s on Domingo Avenue in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood has been a neighborhood breakfast and brunch institution since Rick Mahan and Ann Walker opened it, building a menu around scratch-made morning food with the kind of locally sourced, seasonal approach that made Berkeley’s food culture famous before it became nationally common. It appeared in
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American, Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe takes its name from a Clash song and its food seriously. The Emeryville location on Hollis Street has been a Bay Area breakfast and burger destination since it opened, built around the kind of creative all-day diner menu that earns a devoted following in a college-adjacent, arts-heavy community. It appeared in
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8Crazy Burger Cafe and Juice Bar on Boon Street in Narragansett has been a Rhode Island South County institution since it opened, serving creative burgers, fresh-squeezed juices, and the kind of eclectic diner fare that earns a coastal community’s year-round loyalty beyond the summer beach season. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 3 of Diners,
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Burgers, Restaurants, Rhode Island, Season 8Pizza Junction appeared in Season 8, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Pizza, Pork and Paprikash,” which aired January 11, 2010, as a North Tonawanda pizza operation serving the Buffalo-area style of pizza that the Western New York pizza tradition has built its reputation on. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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