Ramona, California is the kind of small town that doesn’t make a lot of noise — which makes it exactly the kind of place Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was built to find. Ramona Cafe has been on Main Street since 1936, serving San Diego County’s backcountry the kind of scratch-made comfort food that doesn’t need […]
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American, Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 2Some restaurants earn their place on the map. The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma earned its place in history. Built in 1936 using sandstone left over from Route 66 road construction — purchased for five dollars — and opened in August 1939, it has been feeding travelers on the Mother Road ever since. It appeared
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American, Diner, Oklahoma, Restaurants, Season 2Since 1966, Falafel’s Drive-In has been doing one thing on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose: making falafel the right way, from scratch, every single day. It showed up in Season 2, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Totally Fried,” aired October 1, 2007 — and Guy Fieri found exactly what the show
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Califonia, Middle Eastern, Restaurants, Season 2A vintage dining car built in 1927, sitting on Pine Street in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood, serving Portuguese food until 4:00 AM. Guy Fieri called it one of the most unique diners he’d ever come across in California. That’s not a throwaway line from a man who has been inside several thousand restaurants. The
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Silk City Diner – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia has no shortage of places worth eating, but Silk City Diner on Spring Garden Street occupies a category all its own. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Totally Fried,” aired October 1, 2007 — and it brought something to that episode
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American, Diner, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Season 2Ten feet wide. Fourteen stools. A line out the door most mornings. Al’s Breakfast in Minneapolis, Minnesota has been doing more with less space than almost any restaurant in America since 1950, and it has the reputation to prove it. It appeared in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,”
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Breakfast, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 1Not every Triple D stop is just a TV appearance. Some are personal. The Russian River Pub in Forestville, California falls squarely into that second category. When Guy Fieri featured it in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,” aired July 30, 2007 — he called it one of his
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American, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Season 1Rosie’s Diner in Rockford, Michigan carried more history per square foot than most restaurants ever dream of. Featured in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,” which aired July 30, 2007 — it was already one of the most storied dining cars in the country long before Guy Fieri ever
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American, Diner, Michigan, Restaurants, Season 1Some places earn their reputation one plate at a time. The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, South Carolina has been doing exactly that since 1946. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Diners A-Plenty,” which aired July 23, 2007 — and it fit the episode title better than almost
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Burgers, Restaurants, Season 1, South CarolinaEvery road has a starting point. For Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, that starting point was right here — 2019 S Wood Ave, Linden, NJ 07036. Johnny Prince’s Famous Bayway Diner lays claim to being the first diner ever featured on the show, which makes it less of a stop on the Triple D trail and
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