Restaurants

Giusti’s – Walnut Grove, California – Closed

Califonia, Restaurants, Season 5, Steakhouse

Giusti’s in Walnut Grove appeared in Season 5, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Favorites,” which aired March 23, 2009, as a Sacramento Delta institution that had been serving Italian-American steakhouse food to generations of boaters, hunters, and locals since 1912, making it one of the oldest restaurants in California at the time […]

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Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger – Ann Arbor, Michigan – Closed

Burgers, Michigan, Restaurants, Season 2

Ann Arbor’s oldest hamburger stand has been grinding its own chuck daily since Jim Shafer opened it in 1953 at 551 South Division Street, a short walk from the University of Michigan campus. Rich Magner started working there as a student in 1969, left, came back in 1993, and bought the business. The ordering system

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Bert’s Burger Bowl – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Closed

Burgers, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 5

Bert’s Burger Bowl appeared in Season 5, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Kinds of Fast Food,” which aired March 16, 2009, as a Santa Fe burger stand serving the kind of honest, no-frills green chile cheeseburger that New Mexico does better than anywhere else in the country. The restaurant has since permanently

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California Tacos & More – Omaha, Nebraska

Mexican, Nebraska, Omaha, Restaurants, Season 5

California Tacos and More on California Street in Omaha has been serving authentic Mexican street-style tacos to the city’s south side since the 1970s, built around the kind of family recipe tacos that most of Omaha had never encountered at a neighborhood counter. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Kelly O’s Diner – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Breakfast, Diner, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Restaurants, Season 5

Kelly O’Connor grew up in a huge family around kitchens, not cooking school. She had no formal culinary training when she opened Kelly O’s Diner on Perry Highway in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. What she had was a handful of family recipes — including her grandmother’s haluski — and the conviction to build a neighborhood diner

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Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant – San Francisco, California – Closed

Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 2

Joe Obegi opened Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant on Mission Street in San Francisco’s Excelsior District in 1965, when burgers were $0.40. He ran it until March 16, 2014 — 49 years, same owner, same address, same philosophy — when he closed the doors to retire rather than sell to someone who might compromise the quality.

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Joey K’s Restaurant & Bar – New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 5, Southern

Joey 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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Cecilia’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, Mexican, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 5

Cecilia Baca opened Cecilia’s Cafe in 1999 on the corner of 6th Street and Silver Avenue in downtown Albuquerque, naming it after herself and building the menu around the New Mexican food she learned from her grandmother’s kitchen. She is one of twelve siblings and traces her cooking directly to her family’s traditions, including a

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The Highlander – Atlanta, Georgia – Closed

Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4

The Highlander appeared in Season 4, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Bar Food,” which aired July 27, 2008, as an Atlanta pub and bar kitchen serving food that punched well above the standard bar menu. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The HighlanderCity: Atlanta, GeorgiaCuisine: Pub and Bar FoodDDD Season:

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