Aldo’s Harbor Restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Santa Cruz sits at the edge of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, which means the fish on your plate and the boats that caught it are visible from the same window. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Twists and Traditions,” which
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Califonia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 8Whale’s Rib on NE 2nd Street in Deerfield Beach has been a South Florida seafood institution since it opened in 1981, serving fresh fish the way a South Florida seafood shack should: simply, generously, and without pretension. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Only At This Joint,” which aired
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Florida, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 7The Garcia brothers founded La Camaronera on West Flagler Street in Miami’s Little Havana in the 1960s — a Cuban family-run fish market and restaurant serving the seafood of their heritage the way Cuban fishermen have always prepared it: fresh, battered, and fried in the tradition that makes the simplest preparations the most satisfying. La
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Cuban, Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6Blue Marlin Fish House Restaurant in North Miami Beach appeared in Season 6, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Kinds of Classics,” which aired June 8, 2009, as a South Florida seafood operation serving fresh fish in the unpretentious, quality-first tradition that earns a neighborhood following in a city with no shortage of
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Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6Blow Fly Inn on Washington Avenue in Gulfport has been a Mississippi Gulf Coast seafood and Southern food institution since the 1940s, surviving hurricanes, ownership changes, and decades of competition to remain one of the most authentic dining experiences on the coast. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Neighborhood
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Mississippi, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5, SouthernJoe Tess Place appeared in Season 5, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Long Time Legends,” which aired January 5, 2009, as an Omaha fish house institution serving fresh carp and other freshwater fish in a tradition that stretched back decades on the south side of the city. The restaurant has since permanently closed.
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Nebraska, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5Glenn’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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Chicago, Diner, Illinois, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5Stoney Creek Inn on Fort Smallwood Road in the Greenland Beach area of Anne Arundel County has been serving Maryland seafood to the local waterfront community for decades, operating as a neighborhood seafood restaurant in a part of the Chesapeake Bay region that most visitors never find. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 12 of
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Maryland, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4Casamento’s Restaurant on Magazine Street in New Orleans has been one of the city’s beloved oyster houses since Joseph Casamento opened it in 1919, building a reputation on oysters served raw, fried, and in loaves on white bread that has endured for more than a century. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners,
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4Manci’s Antique Club in Daphne, Alabama has been a Mobile Bay institution for decades, combining a restaurant, a bar, and a genuine antique collection into one building that feels unlike anywhere else on the Gulf Coast. The restaurant appeared in Season 4, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Better Than Ever,” which aired September
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