Germaine’s Luau on Oahu’s west coast has been running traditional Hawaiian luaus for visitors since 1972, combining the ali’i (royal) traditions of the imu — the underground oven where the kalua pig is cooked — with the ocean-front luau experience that gives visitors a genuine taste of Hawaiian cultural food traditions. It appeared in Season […]
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Season 8Hank’s Haute Dogs appeared in Season 8, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Triple D Goes Hawaiian,” which aired April 5, 2010, as a Honolulu hot dog operation run by Henry “Hank” Adaniya building specialty sausages with premium and unusual ingredients — foie gras, Kobe beef, alligator — into hot dogs that belonged nowhere
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 8Nicolas “Nico” Chaize is a classically trained French chef who opened Nico’s at Pier 38 next door to the Honolulu Fish Auction — the largest fresh tuna auction in the United States — which means his fish goes from the boat to the auction block to his kitchen in a matter of hours. It appeared
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 8The Toguchi family opened Highway Inn in 1947 in Waipahu, serving the authentic Hawaiian plate lunch food that had sustained the island’s plantation workers for generations — lau lau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, poi, and the dishes that are Hawaii’s culinary heritage rather than its tourist-facing presentation. Three generations and three locations later, the family
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Season 8Pier 23 Cafe sits on the Embarcadero waterfront at Pier 23, one of the oldest continuously operating restaurant locations on San Francisco Bay, with a history stretching back to the 1930s and a waterfront patio that makes it the right place to be on a sunny San Francisco afternoon. It appeared in Season 8, Episode
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Seafood, Season 8Dish Cafe and Catering appeared in Season 8, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Fresh and Funky,” which aired March 29, 2010, as a Reno cafe building a creative vegetarian and cafe menu that brought fresh, thoughtful food to a city better known for its casino buffets. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick
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Nevada, Restaurants, Season 8, VegetarianLandmark Diner on Central Avenue in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood has been a neighborhood institution since it opened in 1976, combining Greek family recipes with classic American diner food in the way that Greek-American diner families across the country perfected throughout the 20th century. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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Charlotte, Greek, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 8Earl’s Drive-In appeared in Season 8, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Twists and Traditions,” which aired March 22, 2010, as a rural western New York drive-in serving classic American drive-in comfort food to a community well off the beaten path in Chaffee. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Earl’s Drive-InCity:
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Comfort Food, New York, Restaurants, Season 8Aldo’s Harbor Restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Santa Cruz sits at the edge of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, which means the fish on your plate and the boats that caught it are visible from the same window. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Twists and Traditions,” which
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Califonia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 8Momocho on Fulton Road in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood has been one of the city’s most celebrated Mexican restaurants since Eric Williams opened it, building a menu around modern Mexican cuisine — house-made salsas, creative guacamoles prepared tableside, and the kind of upscale approach to Mexican food that challenges the Tex-Mex assumptions most Midwesterners carry.
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