Grampa’s Bakery and Restaurant in Dania Beach, Florida built its reputation on baking everything from scratch in house and then building a comfort food menu around that baking foundation. The cinnamon rolls, the bread, the pies, the biscuits — all of it comes from the kitchen rather than a supplier. It appeared in Season 3, […]
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Bakery, Comfort Food, Florida, Restaurants, Season 3The Ritz Diner in Livingston has been a Morris County institution for decades, combining the classic New Jersey diner template with an art deco styling that sets it apart from most of its competition. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “The New Jersey Diner Tour,” aired January 28,
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2The Cove in San Antonio is a laundromat, car wash, and restaurant operating from the same building, which either sounds like the most impractical business concept imaginable or the most practical one depending on your perspective. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008,
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American, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 4, TexasNew Jersey is the diner capital of the world, and Tick Tock Diner in Clifton is one of its brightest stars. The neon “Eat Heavy” sign visible from Route 3 has been beckoning drivers since 1948, and the diner has become so woven into the fabric of the state that Mick Jagger stopped by in
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2The corner of Carroll and Boulevard SE in Atlanta’s Cabbagetown neighborhood has housed a neighborhood market since the early 20th century, and the building that stands there today has been through several iterations of the same essential mission: serve the community good food with genuine character. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners,
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Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4The Creole Creamery opened in February 2004 in a building on Prytania Street in Uptown New Orleans that had previously housed a McKenzie’s Bakery, a beloved local chain. Owner David Bergeron converted the space into an ice cream parlor with pink walls, chalkboard paint, and a flavor program built around New Orleans culinary identity: Lavender
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 4Jefferson Diner sits on Bowling Green Parkway in Lake Hopatcong, a lakeside community in Morris County, and it has been the community’s go-to diner for decades. It carries a 1950s-style design — chrome accents, neon touches, comfortable booths — and a menu that extends well beyond typical diner fare into Greek specialties, including moussaka and
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Aunt Lena’s Creamery appeared in Season 4, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Brain Freeze,” which aired August 11, 2008, as an artisan gelato operation in Chandler, Arizona bringing Italian-style frozen desserts to the Phoenix area with house-made flavors well outside the standard gelato catalog. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Arizona, Restaurants, Season 4At the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, a traveling salesman named Abe Doumar noticed an ice cream vendor about to turn away customers because he had run out of paper dishes. A nearby vendor was selling waffles. Doumar bought a waffle, rolled it into a cone, added ice cream, and changed the way America ate
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 4, VirginiaThe building that became White Manna Hamburgers was first built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows. It was purchased by Louis Bridges, moved to Hackensack, and opened on River Street in 1946. It has been there ever since — the same small stainless steel diner structure, the same flat-top grill, the
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