Season 8

The Liberty Elm Diner – Providence, Rhode Island – Closed

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The Liberty Elm Diner appeared in Season 8, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Comfort Food Classics,” which aired February 22, 2010, as a Providence diner on Elmwood Avenue serving scratch-made breakfast and diner comfort food in a restored vintage diner car. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The Liberty Elm […]

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Dish – Charlotte, North Carolina

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Dish on Thomas Avenue in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood has been one of the city’s most beloved Southern comfort food restaurants since it opened, building a menu around the kind of scratch-made Southern classics — chicken pot pie, shrimp and grits, pimento cheese — that earn a neighborhood restaurant its loyal following one plate at

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Naglee Park Garage – San Jose, California – Closed

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Naglee Park Garage appeared in Season 8, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Comfort Food Classics,” which aired February 22, 2010, as a San Jose neighborhood restaurant building a creative American comfort food menu around lamb and seasonal local ingredients in a converted garage space that gave it the kind of character most purpose-built

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Bette’s Oceanview Diner – Berkeley, California

American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8

Bette’s Oceanview Diner has been on 4th Street in Berkeley’s Waterfront District since Bette Kroening and her partners opened it in 1982, serving scratch-made California diner breakfasts with the kind of quality sourcing and culinary technique that made the place a Bay Area institution well before Guy Fieri arrived. It appeared in Season 8, Episode

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Sophia’s Restaurant – Buffalo, New York

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Sophia’s Restaurant on Military Road in Buffalo has been a neighborhood breakfast institution, serving the kind of generous, scratch-made morning food that earns the loyal regulars who show up at the same stool at the same time every week. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “And the Kicker Is…,”

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Pawley’s Front Porch – Columbia, South Carolina

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Pawley’s Front Porch on Harden Street in Columbia has been one of South Carolina’s most celebrated burger spots since it opened, building a reputation around hand-formed patties on fresh-baked buns with the kind of quality sourcing that earns a college town its food destination status beyond the campus. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7

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The Red Lion British Pub – Houston, Texas

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The Red Lion on South Shepherd Drive has been Houston’s go-to British pub since it opened, serving fish and chips, bangers and mash, scotch eggs, and the full British pub food canon alongside a deep selection of imported ales and lagers in a setting that transplanted Brits and anglophile Houstonians have been calling home for

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South 21 Drive-In – Charlotte, North Carolina

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Three Greek brothers — Sam, George, and Nick Copsis — immigrated to the United States and in 1955 opened a drive-in on South Boulevard in Charlotte small enough to hold a grill, a toaster, two deep fryers, and a drink station. The Independence Boulevard location, which opened in 1959, is the one that has been

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Blackthorn Restaurant & Pub – Buffalo, New York

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Blackthorn Restaurant and Pub on Seneca Street in Buffalo’s South Buffalo neighborhood has been the kind of Irish-American pub and kitchen that the neighborhood was built around — cold beer, solid food, and the kind of community gathering place that keeps a working-class Buffalo neighborhood intact across generations. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 5

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Ingrid’s Kitchen – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Closed

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Ingrid’s Kitchen appeared in Season 8, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Home and Away,” which aired February 1, 2010, as an Oklahoma City German deli and bakery serving house-made sausages, schnitzel, strudel, and the European baking traditions that Ingrid built into one of the city’s most beloved specialty food operations. The restaurant has

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