Season 12

Munch’s Restaurant & Sundries – St. Petersburg, Florida

Burgers, Florida, Restaurants, Season 12

Munch’s Restaurant and Sundries on 6th Street South in St. Petersburg was a Sunshine City institution for decades, operating as a classic American diner and neighborhood pharmacy sundries counter in a setting that preserved the mid-century American combination of soda fountain, diner, and drugstore counter well into the 21st century. It appeared in Season 12, […]

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Burgers, Florida, Restaurants, Season 12

Get Fresh Cafe – Norfolk, Virginia – Closed

Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 12, Virginia

Get Fresh Cafe appeared in Season 12, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Gettin’ Fresh,” which aired September 26, 2011, as a Norfolk farm-to-table cafe building creative sandwiches and cafe plates around locally sourced Virginia ingredients with the kind of genuine commitment to seasonal local food that earned both the episode placement and the

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Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 12, Virginia

Nana Organic – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12

Nana Organic appeared in Season 12, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Gettin’ Fresh,” which aired September 26, 2011, as a Chicago Bridgeport neighborhood organic cafe building a seasonal breakfast and lunch menu around certified organic and locally sourced ingredients with the kind of genuine farm-to-table commitment that the episode title called for. The

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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12

Tocabe American Indian Eatery – Denver, Colorado

Colorado, Denver, Restaurants, Season 12

Tocabe on West 44th Avenue in Denver is one of the only fast-casual Native American restaurants in the United States, built by Ben Jacobs and Matt Chandra around the Indigenous food traditions of the Osage Nation and other Native American cultures — Indian tacos, fry bread, wojape (chokecherry sauce), and the ingredients and preparations that

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Colorado, Denver, Restaurants, Season 12

Bun ‘N’ Barrel – San Antonio, Texas

Barbecue, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, Texas

Bun ‘N’ Barrel on Austin Highway in San Antonio has been a city institution since it opened in 1950, serving the kind of honest Texas burgers and BBQ that earns a neighborhood restaurant its multigenerational loyal following. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grillin’ and Smokin’,” which aired September

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Barbecue, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, Texas

Garifuna Flava – Chicago, Illinois

Carribean, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12

Garifuna Flava on West 63rd Street in Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood has been serving the food of the Garifuna people — an Afro-Indigenous Caribbean culture centered in Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala — to Chicago’s Belizean community and the curious eaters who discovered it since it opened. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 3 of Diners,

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Carribean, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12

Jose’s Real Cuban Food – Bradenton, Florida – Closed

Carribean, Cuban, Florida, Restaurants, Season 12

Jose’s Real Cuban Food appeared in Season 12, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Flavor,” which aired September 19, 2011, as a Bradenton Cuban restaurant serving the authentic dishes of the Cuban table — ropa vieja, lechon asado, black beans and rice, and the pressed cubano sandwiches that the Florida Cuban community does

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Carribean, Cuban, Florida, Restaurants, Season 12

Bang! – Denver, Colorado – Closed

American, Colorado, Comfort Food, Denver, Restaurants, Season 12

Bang! appeared in Season 12, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Flavor,” which aired September 19, 2011, as a Denver American comfort food restaurant building a creative scratch-made menu in the West Highland neighborhood that earned its DDD segment through quality and personality in equal measure. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick

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American, Colorado, Comfort Food, Denver, Restaurants, Season 12

Jethros Fine Grub – Vancouver, British Columbia – Closed

Restaurants, Season 12, Washington

Jethros Fine Grub appeared in Season 12, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Old to New,” which aired November 21, 2011, as a Vancouver, British Columbia breakfast diner and cafe serving scratch-made morning food with the kind of creative comfort food approach that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick

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Restaurants, Season 12, Washington
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