Season 9

Swagger Fine Spirits and Food – Kansas City, Missouri – Closed

Swagger Fine Spirits and Food appeared in Season 9, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Burgers ‘n More,” which aired July 19, 2010, as a Kansas City bar and kitchen building creative, upscale burgers and pub food in a craft spirits setting that went well beyond standard bar fare. The restaurant has since permanently […]

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Woodyard Bar-B-Que – Kansas City, Kansas

Woodyard Bar-B-Que on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas started as a wood-selling yard — the business was literally in the name — before Bill Fleischaker added a smoker and started selling barbecue from the same property. The combination of a wood business and a BBQ operation isn’t a coincidence; the control over the fuel

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Johnny’s Bar-B-Q – Mission, Kansas – Closed

Johnny’s Bar-B-Q appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City Barbeque Tour,” which aired July 12, 2010, as a Mission, Kansas BBQ institution holding a decades-long place in the Kansas City area’s competitive pit landscape. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Johnny’s Bar-B-QCity: Mission, KansasCuisine: BBQDDD Season:

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RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack – Mission, Kansas

RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack on Lamar Avenue in Mission has been a Kansas City area BBQ institution since Robert Palmgren opened it, smoking meats in the Kansas City tradition and building a menu around the full spectrum of what that tradition produces. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City

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Smokin’ Guns BBQ – Kansas City, Missouri

Smokin’ Guns BBQ on Swift Avenue in North Kansas City has been a contender in one of the most competitive BBQ markets in the world since it opened, smoking brisket, pork, and ribs alongside a competition BBQ program that has earned hardware on the national circuit. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners,

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Wallace Station – Versailles, Kentucky

Wallace Station on Old Frankfort Pike in Versailles sits in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, in a restored 1900s general store building surrounded by horse farms and the rolling limestone landscape that makes this part of Kentucky look exactly like what people imagine when they think of Kentucky. The restaurant is part of the

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Comet Ping Pong – Washington, D.C.

Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington D.C.’s Cleveland Park neighborhood has been a neighborhood pizza and bar institution since James Alefantis opened it in 2006, serving wood-fired pizza, bar food, and the kind of unpretentious neighborhood restaurant experience that earns a political city’s off-duty crowd. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 9

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Blackwater Grill – St. Simons Island, Georgia – Closed

Blackwater Grill appeared in Season 9, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Farm to Table,” which aired June 28, 2010, as a St. Simons Island, Georgia seafood and Southern restaurant building a menu around the coastal Georgia ingredients — fresh shrimp, local fish, and the farm-to-table Southern cooking that the Golden Isles region produces

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Georgia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9, Southern

Northern Waters Smokehaus – Duluth, Minnesota

Northern Waters Smokehaus in the DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace in Canal Park has been smoking Lake Superior fish and building house-cured deli sandwiches since Eric Goerdt opened it, bringing a serious artisan smokehouse operation to a port city with deep fishing heritage and a waterfront worth building a food destination around. It appeared in Season 9, Episode

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