Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington D.C.’s Cleveland Park neighborhood has been a neighborhood pizza and bar institution since James Alefantis opened it in 2006, serving wood-fired pizza, bar food, and the kind of unpretentious neighborhood restaurant experience that earns a political city’s off-duty crowd. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 9
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Pizza, Restaurants, Season 9, Washington DCBlackwater 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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Georgia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9, SouthernNorthern Waters Smokehaus in the DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace in Canal Park has been smoking Lake Superior fish and building house-cured deli sandwiches since Eric Goerdt opened it, bringing a serious artisan smokehouse operation to a port city with deep fishing heritage and a waterfront worth building a food destination around. It appeared in Season 9, Episode
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Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 9Seiju Ifuku was born in Okinawa, joined the US Army, learned to cook while serving with the 100th Battalion through campaigns in Italy and France during World War II, and eventually settled in Hawaii. In 1961 he and his wife Ayako opened Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu, a small neighborhood at the edge of Waikiki, serving
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Don Chow Tacos was a Los Angeles food truck serving Chinese-Mexican fusion — a combination that made perfect sense in a city where both culinary traditions have deep roots and a food truck culture willing to smash them together. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Fast Food Their Way,”
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Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 9The Shanty on US Highway 41 in Wadsworth has been a Lake County institution since it opened, combining American comfort food, fresh seafood, and steaks in a setting that earns the drive from Chicago and Milwaukee alike. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Dives Worth a Drive,” which aired
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American, Illinois, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 7Grover’s Bar and Grill on Transit Road in East Amherst has been the kind of Buffalo-area neighborhood pub that earns its reputation quietly — great burgers, cold beer, and the kind of no-frills bar food that keeps a suburban community coming back for years. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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Burgers, Gastropub, New York, Restaurants, Season 7Blue Ash Chili on Kenwood Road has been serving Cincinnati-style chili since 1969, which means it has been serving a style of chili that most of the country doesn’t recognize as chili — Greek-spiced, cinnamon-forward, served over spaghetti or as a coney dog — for over 50 years. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 7
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Cincinnati, Ohio, Restaurants, Season 9Culhane’s Irish Pub on Atlantic Boulevard in Atlantic Beach has been the Jacksonville beaches community’s go-to Irish pub since it opened, serving genuine Irish pub food and a deep selection of draft beers in a setting that earns its neighborhood regulars rather than just the tourist trade. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 7 of
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Comfort Food, Florida, Restaurants, Season 9Jax Truckee Diner on West River Street in downtown Truckee has been a mountain town comfort food institution, serving the skiers, snowboarders, hikers, and locals who need serious food at serious altitudes. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Comfort Food With Attitude,” which aired June 7, 2010. Guy Fieri
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