El Bohio appeared in Season 12, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Global Comfort,” which aired October 24, 2011, as a San Antonio Puerto Rican restaurant serving the comfort food of the island — mofongo, pernil, pasteles, and the slow-cooked Caribbean dishes that are genuinely difficult to find in Texas. The restaurant has since […]
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Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, TexasPolish Village Cafe on Yemans Avenue in Hamtramck has been serving authentic Polish home cooking since it opened in 1983, in a city that built its identity around the Polish immigrant community that settled there in the early 20th century and whose descendants still fill the dining room. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 13
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Michigan, Restaurants, Season 12Citrus Breakfast and Lunch on West Great Neck Road in Virginia Beach has been one of the city’s most beloved breakfast and brunch destinations since it opened, building a menu around creative scratch-made morning food with the California-influenced fresh ingredient approach that earns a resort city restaurant its year-round loyal following beyond the summer tourist
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Breakfast, Restaurants, Season 12, VirginiaBig and Little’s appeared in Season 12, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Pizza, Pancakes and Pork,” which aired November 7, 2011, as a Chicago River North fast-casual operation building creative seafood sandwiches and hot dogs with the kind of from-scratch quality and bold flavor combinations that earned a cult following in a city
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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 12Whitner’s BBQ appeared in Season 12, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Slammin’ Sammies,” which aired October 17, 2011, as a Virginia Beach BBQ operation serving slow-smoked meats and the kind of Southern pit barbecue that earns a coastal Virginia community its go-to BBQ destination. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 12, VirginiaDMK Burger Bar on North Sheffield Avenue in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood has been one of the city’s most celebrated burger destinations since David Morton and Michael Kornick opened it in 2009, building a menu around quality sourcing, creative toppings, and the kind of elevated bar burger that treats the format with the seriousness it deserves.
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Burgers, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12Chuck’s Southern Comforts Cafe on West 79th Street in Burbank has been bringing the flavors of the American South to the Chicago southwest suburbs since it opened, serving fried chicken, smoked ribs, and the soul food and BBQ traditions that earn a suburban restaurant a destination reputation across the region. It appeared in Season 12,
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Barbecue, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12Rigoletto Italian Bakery and Cafe on Upton Drive in Virginia Beach has been bringing authentic Italian baking to the Hampton Roads community since it opened, producing house-baked breads, pastries, and the Italian cafe food that earns a loyal following in a market with very few genuine alternatives. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 10 of
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Restaurants, Season 12, VirginiaTaco Taco Cafe on East Hildebrand Avenue in San Antonio has been serving the breakfast taco that defines the city’s morning food culture since it opened — fresh tortillas, house-made fillings, and the kind of from-scratch Mexican breakfast that San Antonio does better than anywhere else in the country. It appeared in Season 12, Episode
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Mexican, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, TexasTortilleria Nixtamal on 47th Avenue in Corona, Queens has been doing something almost nobody else in New York City does — making tortillas the traditional way, from nixtamalized corn masa ground in house, rather than from commercial masa flour. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Latin Street Food,” which
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