Black Duck Cafe on Riverside Avenue in Westport has been a Connecticut shoreline institution, combining fresh seafood with pub food in a waterfront setting that earns the loyalty of Fairfield County residents who know the difference between a proper fish sandwich and what passes for one in most suburban restaurants. It appeared in Season 6,
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Connecticut, Gastropub, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6Gumbo Shack appeared in Season 4, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Bar Food,” which aired July 27, 2008, as a Fairhope, Alabama Cajun and seafood operation serving the Gulf Coast flavors of southern Alabama with the kind of scratch approach that earned a DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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Alabama, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4Matt and Judd Braun grew up in and on the water — surfing, diving, boating, and fishing the beaches and blue water of San Diego and Baja California. They went to Point Loma High with the sons and daughters of the city’s Portuguese fishing community. They worked on boats as commercial divers and knew, intimately,
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Seafood, Season 6Chef Franson Nwaeze opened Chef Point Cafe inside a car wash in Watauga, Texas — a detail that made it exactly the kind of place Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was built to find. The “funky joint” framing was literal: a fine dining kitchen operating inside a functioning car wash, producing upscale comfort food and seafood
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Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6, TexasCaptain Chuck-A-Muck’s sits on Marina Road in Rescue, Virginia, along the James River in Isle of Wight County, and the setting alone is worth the drive: a waterfront seafood shack where the boats come in and the fish on your plate reflects whatever was fresh that morning. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 4 of
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Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4, VirginiaBenny’s Seafood Restaurant appeared in Season 3, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “In the Family,” which aired June 30, 2008, as a family-run South Miami seafood operation serving fresh South Florida seafood in the tradition of the city’s immigrant fishing communities. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Benny’s Seafood RestaurantCity:
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Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 3Essex, Massachusetts sits at the edge of the Great Salt Marsh, and JT Farnham’s Seafood and Grill sits right at the edge of Essex with a view of Eben’s Creek and Choate Island that’s almost as good as what’s on the plate. Almost. The fried clams — whole belly, locally caught, battered with a recipe
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Massachusetts, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 2Indian Rocks Beach sits on a narrow barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast, a short drive from Clearwater and St. Pete, and Keegan’s Seafood Grille has been the locals’ go-to for fresh Gulf seafood since 1985. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Seaside Eats,” aired October 15, 2007
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Florida, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 2There are seafood shacks and then there is Evelyn’s Drive-In. Sitting on the waterfront edge of Nanaquaket Pond in Tiverton, Rhode Island, this seasonal institution has been doing New England seafood the right way since 1969. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Seaside Eats,” aired October 15, 2007
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Restaurants, Rhode Island, Seafood, Season 2There are places that define a region’s food culture, and then there is Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish in South Pasadena, Florida — a place that arguably invented a category. Open since 1947, it appeared in Season 2, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Viewer’s Choice,” aired October 29, 2007 — and was
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