Season 15

Angelo’s Civita Farnese – Providence, Rhode Island

Angelo’s Civita Farnese on Atwells Avenue in Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood has been a Rhode Island Italian institution since Angelo Zerilli opened it in 1924, serving the red-sauce Italian-American cooking that built Federal Hill’s reputation as one of the best Italian dining neighborhoods in New England across a full century of continuous family operation. It […]

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Italian, Restaurants, Rhode Island, Season 15

Patti’s Pierogis – Fall River, Massachusetts – Closed

Patti’s Pierogis appeared in Season 15, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “East Coast Comfort,” which aired September 24, 2012, as a Fall River, Massachusetts Polish pierogi operation serving hand-made dumplings and Eastern European comfort food to a southeastern Massachusetts community with deep Polish and Eastern European immigrant roots. The restaurant has since ended

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Cutty’s – Brookline, Massachusetts

Cutty’s on Washington Street in Brookline has been one of the Boston area’s most celebrated sandwich operations since Charles Kelsey and Rachel Alllen opened it, building a menu around house-roasted meats, house-baked bread, and the kind of from-scratch sandwich program that earns a neighborhood lunch counter its national food media reputation in a city with

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Boston, Comfort Food, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 15

Italian Express Pizzeria – East Boston, Massachusetts – Closed

Italian Express Pizzeria appeared in Season 15, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Massachusetts Madness,” which aired September 3, 2012, as an East Boston Italian pizza operation serving the neighborhood’s large Italian-American community with the kind of scratch-made pizza and Italian food that earns a working-class Boston neighborhood its go-to red-sauce Italian restaurant. The

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Boston, Italian, Massachusetts, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 15

Memphis Barbecue Co. – Horn Lake, Mississippi

Memphis Barbecue Co. in Horn Lake sits just across the Mississippi state line from the city that gave it its name, built by Melissa Cookston — one of the most decorated competitive BBQ champions in the country — around the slow-smoked whole hog and brisket traditions that earned her a trophy case full of World

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Barbecue, Mississippi, Restaurants, Season 15

Rizzo’s Diner – Memphis, Tennessee – Closed

Rizzo’s Diner appeared in Season 15, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Savory Standouts,” which aired August 19, 2012, as a Memphis Southern comfort food diner serving the scratch-made plates that earn a downtown Memphis community its neighborhood restaurant in a city with one of the deepest comfort food traditions in the American South.

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Memphis, Restaurants, Season 15, Tennessee

90 Miles Cuban Cafe – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

90 Miles Cuban Cafe appeared in Season 15, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Savory Standouts,” which aired August 19, 2012, as a Chicago Bucktown Cuban restaurant serving the ropa vieja, Cuban sandwiches, and the comfort food of the Cuban table with the from-scratch authenticity that earned it a devoted Chicago following in a

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Carribean, Chicago, Cuban, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 15

Sweet Home Waimanalo – Waimanalo, Hawaii – Closed

Sweet Home Waimanalo appeared in Season 15, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Goin’ the Extra Mile,” which aired August 13, 2012, as a Waimanalo, Hawaii BBQ and comfort food operation serving the local windward Oahu community with scratch-made burgers, grilled meats, and the kind of from-scratch Hawaiian comfort food that earns a small-town

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Barbecue, Burgers, Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15

bopNgrill – Chicago, Illinois

bopNgrill on North Sheridan Road in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood has been serving Korean-American fusion burgers and rice bowls since it opened, building a menu around the creative crossover of Korean flavors — gochujang, kimchi, bulgogi — and the American burger format that earns a neighborhood restaurant its destination reputation in a city with an

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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 15
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