Jimtown Store on CA-128 in the Alexander Valley has been a Wine Country roadside institution since Carrie Brown and John Werner restored it in 1991, transforming a dilapidated general store dating to 1895 into a beloved cafe, sandwich shop, and artisan market. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porktastic,”
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Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 11The Barking Dog appeared in Season 11, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Signature Twists,” which aired April 4, 2011, as an Indianapolis cafe and sandwich operation serving creative scratch-made food in a Meridian-Kessler neighborhood setting that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The Barking DogCity: Indianapolis,
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Indiana, Indianapolis, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 11Get Fresh Cafe appeared in Season 12, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Gettin’ Fresh,” which aired September 26, 2011, as a Norfolk farm-to-table cafe building creative sandwiches and cafe plates around locally sourced Virginia ingredients with the kind of genuine commitment to seasonal local food that earned both the episode placement and the
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Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 12, VirginiaSavarino’s Cucina appeared in Season 10, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Gone Global,” which aired November 8, 2010, as a Nashville Italian sandwich and cafe operation building house-made Italian food in the Hillsboro Village neighborhood with a from-scratch commitment that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Italian, Nashville, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 10, TennesseeJ.J. McBrewster’s appeared in Season 10, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Sauced and Spiced,” which aired October 4, 2010, as a Lexington, Kentucky BBQ and sandwich operation serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: J.J. McBrewster’sCity: Lexington, KentuckyCuisine: BBQ /
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Barbecue, Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 10Wallace Station on Old Frankfort Pike in Versailles sits in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, in a restored 1900s general store building surrounded by horse farms and the rolling limestone landscape that makes this part of Kentucky look exactly like what people imagine when they think of Kentucky. The restaurant is part of the
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Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9Schellville Grille appeared in Season 9, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grilled, Smoked and Sauced,” which aired May 31, 2010, as a roadside BBQ and grill on the outskirts of Sonoma serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches in the kind of low-key roadside setting that is disappearing from Wine Country as the region
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9Blackthorn 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 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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