Valencia Luncheria brought Venezuelan food to Norwalk, Connecticut in a setting that looked more like a casual lunchroom than a destination restaurant, which made it exactly the kind of place Guy Fieri was built to find. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Something from Everywhere,” which aired January 12, […]
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Connecticut, Restaurants, Season 5O’Rourke’s Diner on Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut was one of the most beloved diners in New England, operating since 1941 in an authentic 1946 Mountain View diner car that owner Brian O’Rourke ran for decades with a scratch-made menu well beyond standard diner expectations. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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American, Connecticut, Diner, Restaurants, Season 5Black Duck Cafe on Riverside Avenue in Westport has been a Connecticut shoreline institution, combining fresh seafood with pub food in a waterfront setting that earns the loyalty of Fairfield County residents who know the difference between a proper fish sandwich and what passes for one in most suburban restaurants. It appeared in Season 6,
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Connecticut, Gastropub, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 6In 1992, Gary Zemola bought a fully restored vintage food truck that he had seen years earlier in a painting in John Baeder’s 1978 book “Diners.” The truck had been sitting idle at a fire station. Zemola tracked it down, brought it back to life, and began operating Super Duper Weenie from it seasonally around
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