Leaping Lizard Cafe on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach has been a community cafe institution since it opened, serving creative scratch-made sandwiches, soups, and cafe plates in a Virginia Beach neighborhood that values a local independent over a chain option. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Old to New,”
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Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 12, VirginiaBeach Pub on Laskin Road in Virginia Beach has been a resort city pub institution since it opened, combining scratch-made bar food and fresh Atlantic seafood in a setting that earns the loyalty of the Virginia Beach community across all twelve months rather than just the summer tourist season. It appeared in Season 12, Episode
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Restaurants, Seafood, Season 12, VirginiaTaco Bus on East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa started as an actual bus — a decommissioned transit bus converted into a taqueria parked on the side of the road — and has since grown into one of Tampa’s most beloved Mexican food brands, with multiple locations built around the same authentic street taco tradition that
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Florida, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 12, TampaMagnolia Pancake Haus on Embassy Oaks in San Antonio has been building a reputation as one of the city’s essential breakfast destinations since it opened, serving the kind of creative, generously portioned pancake and breakfast plates that earn a San Antonio community its go-to morning restaurant. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 11 of Diners,
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Breakfast, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, TexasEl 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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