Rick’s White Light Diner on Bridge Street in Kentucky’s state capital has been a Frankfort institution since Rick Paul opened it, bringing Cajun and Creole cooking to a city better known for bourbon and state government than for Louisiana food. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Called It,” […]
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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9Paul’s Coffee Shop on Bushard Street in Fountain Valley has been a Southern California breakfast institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous, no-frills diner breakfast that earns a suburban neighborhood its loyal regulars one plate at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Called It,”
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Breakfast, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, Season 9Athens Family Restaurant on Franklin Pike in Nashville has been serving Greek-American diner food to the city since the Sarris family opened it, combining the Greek immigrant diner tradition — gyros, moussaka, and spanakopita sitting comfortably alongside eggs, pancakes, and burgers — with the kind of from-scratch approach that earns a Nashville neighborhood its loyal
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Greek, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 9, TennesseeBurger Me! on Donner Pass Road in Truckee has been feeding the Sierra Nevada mountain community with quality burgers since it opened, building a menu around fresh-ground beef, creative toppings, and the kind of straightforward quality that earns a mountain town its locals’ loyalty beyond the ski season. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 11
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 9Swagger 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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Burgers, Gastropub, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 9Woodyard 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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Barbecue, Kansas, Kansas City, Restaurants, Season 9Johnny’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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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 9RJ’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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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 9Smokin’ 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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Barbecue, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 9Wallace 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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