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Bro’s Cajun Cuisine – Nashville, Tennessee – Closed

Nashville, Restaurants, Season 10, Southern, Tennessee

Bro’s Cajun Cuisine appeared in Season 10, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Timeless,” which aired September 13, 2010, as a Nashville Cajun restaurant bringing the bold flavors of Louisiana cooking — crawfish étouffée, gumbo, jambalaya — to a city better known for its country music and hot chicken than for Gulf Coast cuisine.

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Blackwater Grill – St. Simons Island, Georgia – Closed

Georgia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9, Southern

Blackwater Grill appeared in Season 9, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Farm to Table,” which aired June 28, 2010, as a St. Simons Island, Georgia seafood and Southern restaurant building a menu around the coastal Georgia ingredients — fresh shrimp, local fish, and the farm-to-table Southern cooking that the Golden Isles region produces

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Southern Kitchen Restaurant – Tacoma, Washington

Restaurants, Season 6, Southern, Washington

Southern Kitchen Restaurant on 6th Avenue in Tacoma has been serving the Pacific Northwest’s hunger for genuine Southern food since it opened, building a reputation around fried chicken, collard greens, and the kind of soul food plates that make people drive from Seattle to Tacoma on a Sunday. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8

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Restaurants, Season 6, Southern, Washington

The Silver Skillet – Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Breakfast, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 5, Southern

Sara and Tommy Haygood opened The Silver Skillet in 1956 in Midtown Atlanta when 14th Street was a very different road than the skyscraper corridor it became. Jimmy Collins — the same man who helped design the original Dwarf Houses that became Chick-fil-A — transformed the building into its current Mid-Century diner appearance. George and

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Atlanta, Breakfast, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 5, Southern

Blow Fly Inn – Gulfport, Mississippi

Mississippi, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5, Southern

Blow 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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Virginia Diner – Wakefield, Virginia

Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, Virginia

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, Virginia

Darwell’s Cafe – Long Beach, Mississippi

Mississippi, Restaurants, Season 4, Southern

Darwell’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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The Colonnade – Atlanta, Georgia

American, Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4, Southern

Frank 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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Smokey Valley Truck Stop – Olive Hill, Kentucky – Closed

Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern

Smokey 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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Sweetie Pie’s – St. Louis, Missouri – Closed

Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, St. Louis

Sweetie 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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