Casper and Runyon’s Nook on South Hamline Avenue in St. Paul has been a Twin Cities burger institution since it opened in 1938, serving the Juicy Nookie — St. Paul’s contribution to the loosemeat and stuffed burger tradition — in a neighborhood tavern setting that has barely changed in nearly 90 years of continuous operation.
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Burgers, Gastropub, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 14Noble Pig Sandwiches appeared in Season 14, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Serious Sandwiches,” which aired June 11, 2012, as an Austin sandwich operation building creative scratch-made sandwiches with house-cured meats, house-baked bread, and the kind of from-scratch commitment that earned it a devoted following in a city with an increasingly competitive sandwich
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Austin, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 14, TexasLola’s A Louisiana Kitchen on West Charleston in Las Vegas has been bringing authentic Cajun and Creole cooking to a city that desperately needed it since it opened, serving the gumbo, étouffée, and po-boys that the New Orleans table is built around with the kind of from-scratch authenticity that earns a Las Vegas neighborhood restaurant
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Las Vegas, Louisiana, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 14UNLV Campus Dining appeared in Season 14, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Vegas, All the Time,” which aired June 4, 2012, as a featured stop on Guy Fieri’s all-Las Vegas episode — a college cafeteria operation that earned its segment by doing scratch-made comfort food at a level that most university dining
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American, Las Vegas, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 14Forte European Tapas Bar and Bistro appeared in Season 14, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Vegas, All the Time,” which aired June 4, 2012, as a Las Vegas European tapas and bistro operation serving the small-plate Mediterranean and Eastern European traditions that earned it a destination reputation in a city where most
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Las Vegas, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 14Naked City Pizza has been bringing Buffalo-style pizza and the bar comfort food of upstate New York to Las Vegas since it opened, building a menu around the thick-rimmed, sauce-heavy Buffalo pizza tradition that is genuinely rare outside of western New York and completely unexpected in a desert city built on buffets and celebrity chef
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Las Vegas, Nevada, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 14John Mull’s Meats and Road Kill Grill on Thom Boulevard in Las Vegas’s northwest suburbs has been a butcher shop and BBQ operation since John Mull opened it, combining a working meat counter producing house-made sausages and custom cuts with a BBQ grill serving the smoked meats and grilled plates that earn a neighborhood butcher
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Barbecue, Las Vegas, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 14Pecan Lodge on South Pearl Expressway in Dallas’s Farmers Market district has been one of the most celebrated BBQ destinations in Texas since Justin and Diane Fourton opened it in 2010, smoking brisket, ribs, and sausage with the low-and-slow commitment and quality sourcing that earns a Dallas BBQ operation its national reputation in a state
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Barbecue, Dallas, Restaurants, Season 14, TexasHarvey’s Hot Dogs II appeared in Season 14, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Unexpected Eats,” which aired May 7, 2012, as a Portsmouth, Virginia hot dog operation serving creative scratch-made toppings and quality all-beef dogs with the kind of from-scratch commitment that earns a fast-casual hot dog spot its DDD segment in a
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Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 14, VirginiaJohnny Garlic’s Pasta Grill appeared in Season 14, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Unexpected Eats,” which aired May 7, 2012 — and it carried a particular distinction in the Triple D catalog as one of Guy Fieri’s own restaurants, the Santa Rosa pasta grill he opened before his Food Network career took off
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