Gold ‘N Silver Inn on West 4th Street has been a Reno institution since 1963, operating as a 24-hour diner that has fed the city’s casino workers, night owls, early risers, and everyone in between for over 60 years. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Surf ‘n Turf,” which […]
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Breakfast, Nevada, Restaurants, Season 9The Farmer’s Shed appeared in Season 9, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homegrown and Homemade,” which aired May 3, 2010, as a Lexington, South Carolina farm-to-table operation building a Southern menu directly around the produce and proteins coming from the surrounding Midlands farms — a genuinely farm-driven kitchen at a time when that
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Restaurants, Season 9, South Carolina, SouthernLouis’ Basque Corner on East 4th Street has been Reno’s window into the Basque culinary tradition since Louis Erreguible opened it in 1967, serving the family-style meals that Basque sheepherders brought to the Great Basin when they came to work the ranges of Nevada and California in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It
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Nevada, Restaurants, Season 9, SpanishSingleton’s Seafood Shack on Ocean Street in Atlantic Beach has been serving the Jacksonville beaches community since the Singleton family opened it, built around fresh local seafood in the tradition of the Florida coastal fish shack that has no reason to complicate what’s already perfect when it comes straight from the water. It appeared in
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Florida, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Poke Stop in Mililani was chef Elmer Guzman’s tribute to Hawaii’s most beloved raw fish tradition, building a menu around poke — bite-size pieces of fresh ahi seasoned with seaweed, sesame, and salt — while expanding the concept into soups, sandwiches, and bento boxes that reflected the full spectrum of Hawaii’s local food culture. It
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Mulberry Italian Ristorante on Jackson Avenue in Lackawanna has been serving scratch-made Italian-American food to the Buffalo area since it opened, building a following around house-made pasta, braised meats, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its regulars one slow-cooked dish at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode
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Italian, New York, Restaurants, Season 9Gordy’s Hi-Hat on Sunnyside Drive in Cloquet is one of the most beloved roadside drive-ins in Minnesota, a classic 1960s carhop stand that has been serving the same burgers, onion rings, and root beer floats since Gordy Lundquist opened it in 1960. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You
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Burgers, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 9Maine Diner on Post Road in Wells has been a New England institution since Dick Henry and his brother opened it in 1953, serving Maine seafood and classic American diner food to a loyal community of locals and the summer visitors who make the journey from Boston and beyond to the southern Maine coast. It
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Breakfast, Diner, Maine, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Southern Soul Barbeque on Demere Road in St. Simons Island has been serving low-country Georgia BBQ since Griffin Bufkin and his partners opened it in 2007, smoking meats over local hardwood and bringing the whole hog tradition of the Carolina and Georgia coasts to the Golden Isles. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 13 of
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Barbecue, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 9Jack Arnold started his restaurant career as a dishwasher at age 12. He studied art at Vanderbilt University, managed the campus cafeteria, and in 1982 purchased a concrete block building on 8th Avenue South in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood, installed a steam table and a tray line, and named it Arnold’s Country Kitchen. His son Kahlil
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