Nic’s Grill on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City is a small counter-service burger spot that has been producing some of the best smash burgers in the state since Nick Papadopulous opened it, operating out of a space barely large enough to seat a dozen people with a kitchen that produces outsized results. It appeared […]
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Breakfast, Burgers, Oklahoma, Restaurants, Season 7Rick’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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American, Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 7Fab Hot Dogs on Victory Boulevard in Reseda has been making a case for the San Fernando Valley as a serious hot dog destination since it opened, splitting and griddling all-beef dogs and building them with scratch-made toppings that go well beyond the standard stand. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 7Aubrey 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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Burgers, Comfort Food, Houston, Restaurants, Season 7, TexasThe 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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Chicago, Comfort Food, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7Sonny’s Famous Steak Hogies in Hollywood, Florida has been making Philadelphia-style cheesesteaks for South Florida since it opened, bringing the real thing to a state that has no shortage of sandwich shops but plenty of reason to appreciate one that gets the cheesesteak right. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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Florida, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7Tommy Habetz was a serious chef — former sous chef at Mario Batali’s Lupa in New York — when he and Nick Wood decided to open a small sandwich shop in Portland in 2008. The name comes from Bunk Moreland, the detective from The Wire, and also functions as the owners calling out anyone in
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Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7Avila’s Mexican Restaurant on Maple Avenue in Dallas has been a neighborhood institution serving family-recipe Mexican food since the Avila family opened it, building a multi-generational following around enchiladas, tamales, and the kind of from-scratch Tex-Mex and interior Mexican cooking that earns decades of loyalty. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Dallas, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 6, TexasComet 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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Comfort Food, Diner, Milwaukee, Restaurants, Season 6, WisconsinOver Easy on East Indian School Road in Phoenix has been one of the city’s go-to breakfast and brunch destinations since it opened, building a loyal following around creative morning plates that go well beyond the standard Phoenix breakfast menu. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Comfort Cookin’,” which
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