In 1929, Mrs. D’Earcy Davis served hot biscuits and vegetable soup to hungry customers from a refurbished Sussex, Surry, and Southampton Railroad car along a dusty highway in southeastern Virginia. That railroad car is now a legend. The Virginia Diner has been growing around it ever since — dining room after dining room added over […]
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Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, VirginiaDarwell’s Cafe in Long Beach, Mississippi has been serving the Gulf Coast since the 1990s, built around fresh local seafood and the Southern cooking traditions that define coastal Mississippi food culture. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Big Flavor,” which aired September 29, 2008, and Guy Fieri found a
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Mississippi, Restaurants, Season 4, SouthernFrank Tarleton opened The Colonnade in 1927 in a white-columned house at the corner of Lindbergh Drive and Piedmont Road in Atlanta, serving Southern comfort food to a city that knew exactly what it wanted from a neighborhood restaurant. In 1962 the operation moved to its current location on Cheshire Bridge Road NE, where it
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American, Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4, SouthernSmokey Valley Truck Stop appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as a Kentucky truck stop serving Southern comfort food the way truck stops used to before chains took over every highway exit. The operation has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 3, SouthernSweetie Pie’s was a St. Louis soul food institution founded by Miss Robbie Montgomery, a former Ikettes backup singer who turned to cooking after an asthma diagnosis ended her performing career. The Manchester Avenue location appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 —
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Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, St. LouisJoey K’s Restaurant and Bar started as Tony’s in the 1970s, one block from its current location on the corner of Seventh and Magazine Street in the Garden District. It has been under the name Joey K’s since the transition that brought it to this address, and it has been serving the same New Orleans
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 5, SouthernDixie Quick’s Magnolia Room was originally featured in the Omaha, Nebraska area before relocating to Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Where the Locals Eat,” which aired August 4, 2008, as an eclectic Southern and Cajun kitchen that brought bold, unexpected
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Iowa, Restaurants, Season 4, SouthernLittle Tea Shop appeared in Season 3, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Classics,” aired May 12, 2008 — as a Memphis downtown lunch institution serving Southern soul food the way it was meant to be served: scratch-made, generous, and deeply rooted in the regional cooking tradition that makes Memphis food culture
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Memphis, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, TennesseeLeo’s BBQ in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma feels like the kind of stop that does not waste time explaining itself. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and in an episode called Local Legends, a barbecue and soul food spot like this sounds right at home. There is a different
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