Restaurants

Louie’s Family Restaurant – Providence, Rhode Island

Breakfast, Diner, Restaurants, Rhode Island, Season 7

Louie’s Family Restaurant on Brook Street in Providence has been open since 1946, nearly 80 years of feeding the city with a straightforward diner menu built around generous portions and the kind of consistency that earns multiple generations of the same family eating at the same counter. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 11 of

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Jake’s Good Eats – Charlotte, North Carolina – Closed

American, Charlotte, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 9

Jake’s Good Eats appeared in Season 9, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grilled, Smoked and Sauced,” which aired May 31, 2010, as a Charlotte Southern comfort food restaurant serving scratch-made American and Southern food with the kind of neighborhood restaurant warmth that makes a community gathering place out of a dining room. The

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Schellville Grille – Sonoma, California – Closed

Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9

Schellville Grille appeared in Season 9, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grilled, Smoked and Sauced,” which aired May 31, 2010, as a roadside BBQ and grill on the outskirts of Sonoma serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches in the kind of low-key roadside setting that is disappearing from Wine Country as the region

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Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint – Nolensville, Tennessee

Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 9, Tennessee

In October 2006, Pat Martin walked past his favorite Mexican restaurant in Nolensville and found it had closed. He ran into the landlord on the spot, signed a lease on the 950-square-foot shack, and opened Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint with no restaurant experience and a consuming passion for West Tennessee whole hog barbecue he had learned

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Virgil’s Cafe – Bellevue, Kentucky – Closed

Comfort Food, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

Virgil’s Cafe appeared in Season 9, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porkapalooza,” which aired May 24, 2010, as a Bellevue, Kentucky Cajun and Creole restaurant bringing the bold flavors of Louisiana to the Cincinnati suburbs across the Ohio River — gumbo, étouffée, and the scratch-made Southern Louisiana cooking that was otherwise hard to

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At Last Cafe – Long Beach, California – Closed

Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 9

At Last Cafe appeared in Season 9, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porkapalooza,” which aired May 24, 2010, as a Long Beach New American comfort food restaurant building a creative menu around pork and seasonal ingredients with the kind of neighborhood restaurant warmth that earns a loyal local following. The restaurant has since

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Murphy’s Bar & Grill – Honolulu, Hawaii

Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9

Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture

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Cabo Fish Taco – Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 9

Rob Crenshaw spent time surfing the California coast and fell in love with the Baja-style fish tacos he found at taco stands near the water — the kind of fresh, simple, California-Mexico border cooking that doesn’t exist in Charlotte. So in 2001 he brought it there himself. Cabo Fish Taco on North Davidson Street in

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