The Talanco family has been cooking BBQ in South Texas for four generations, and Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins is the current expression of that tradition. The restaurant sits on East Loop 1604 about 20 miles southeast of San Antonio, and San Antonio locals have been making that drive for decades. Texas Pride appeared in […]
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 3, TexasIron Barley appeared in Season 3, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Neighborhood Joints,” aired March 31, 2008 — as a St. Louis neighborhood pub serving creative American food well beyond standard bar fare. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Iron BarleyCity: St. Louis, MissouriCuisine: American / Pub FareDDD Season:
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American, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3, St. LouisTecolote Café appeared in Season 3, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Regional Favorites,” aired March 24, 2008 — as a Santa Fe breakfast institution serving New Mexican-style food that reflected the deep culinary traditions of the region: green and red chile, huevos rancheros, posole, and the kind of morning cooking that defines
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Breakfast, Mexican, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 3In 1929, Mrs. D’Earcy Davis served hot biscuits and vegetable soup to hungry customers from a refurbished Sussex, Surry, and Southampton Railroad car along a dusty highway in southeastern Virginia. That railroad car is now a legend. The Virginia Diner has been growing around it ever since — dining room after dining room added over
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Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, VirginiaThe building that houses Charlie Parker’s Diner is a genuine World War II-era Quonset hut — a curved steel prefabricated military structure converted into one of Springfield’s most beloved breakfast and lunch spots. The diner has occupied the same 700 North Street address since 1991, when it was opened under the current name. Mike and
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American, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 3Smokey Valley Truck Stop appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as a Kentucky truck stop serving Southern comfort food the way truck stops used to before chains took over every highway exit. The operation has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 3, SouthernRoberto’s Mexican Food appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as an authentic Mexican restaurant in the Anthem area north of Phoenix serving the kind of homemade, scratch-made Mexican food that earned a DDD segment. The operation has since rebranded as Tortas
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Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3Sweetie Pie’s was a St. Louis soul food institution founded by Miss Robbie Montgomery, a former Ikettes backup singer who turned to cooking after an asthma diagnosis ended her performing career. The Manchester Avenue location appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 —
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Missouri, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern, St. LouisPeter and Irene Bournias emigrated from Chios, Greece in the 1950s and opened a tiny subway car diner in downtown Jersey City in 1968. They had no idea what a pancake was when they started. By the time their children took over, the family had invented 31 varieties of them. The Brownstone Diner and Pancake
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Breakfast, Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 3In late October 2004, Matt Pool opened an 800-square-foot red brick restaurant on a quiet corner in downtown Phoenix. He had no advertising budget and a menu built around one conviction: food tastes better when prepared simply with better ingredients. Within a few years the lines were stretching out the door every day. It appeared
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