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Los Taquitos Mexican Grill – Phoenix, Arizona

Los Taquitos Mexican Grill on East Elliot Road in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix appeared in Season 6, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Over the Map,” which aired June 15, 2009. Guy Fieri found a Phoenix Mexican restaurant building authentic tacos, burritos, and Mexican street food from scratch in a neighborhood that […]

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Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

Giuseppe’s on 28th – Phoenix, Arizona

Giuseppe’s on 28th has been serving Italian-American comfort food to the Phoenix neighborhood surrounding East Indian School Road since it opened, building a loyal following around house-made pasta, scratch-made sauces, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns multi-generational regulars. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homestyle,” which

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Arizona, Italian, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6

Roberto’s Mexican Food (Tortas Chano) – Phoenix, Arizona

Roberto’s Mexican Food appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as an authentic Mexican restaurant in the Anthem area north of Phoenix serving the kind of homemade, scratch-made Mexican food that earned a DDD segment. The operation has since rebranded as Tortas

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Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3

La Piazza Al Forno – Glendale, Arizona

La Piazza Al Forno in historic downtown Glendale has been making Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza in a neighborhood a block from Murphy Park since opening, producing the kind of thin-crust, blistered, properly charred pizza that almost never shows up in the Phoenix suburbs. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A

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Arizona, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 6

Matt’s Big Breakfast – Phoenix, Arizona

In late October 2004, Matt Pool opened an 800-square-foot red brick restaurant on a quiet corner in downtown Phoenix. He had no advertising budget and a menu built around one conviction: food tastes better when prepared simply with better ingredients. Within a few years the lines were stretching out the door every day. It appeared

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Arizona, Breakfast, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3

Aunt Lena’s Creamery – Chandler, Arizona – Closed

Aunt Lena’s Creamery appeared in Season 4, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Brain Freeze,” which aired August 11, 2008, as an artisan gelato operation in Chandler, Arizona bringing Italian-style frozen desserts to the Phoenix area with house-made flavors well outside the standard gelato catalog. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:

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Arizona, Restaurants, Season 4

Brandy’s Restaurant & Bakery – Flagstaff, Arizona

Brandy’s Restaurant and Bakery on East Cedar Avenue in Flagstaff has been a Northern Arizona breakfast and bakery institution since owner Brandy opened it with a commitment to baking everything in house and building a morning menu around that from-scratch foundation. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Their Own

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Arizona, Bakery, Breakfast, Restaurants, Season 6

Haus Murphy’s – Glendale, Arizona

Brett and Rose Hoffmann opened Haus Murphy’s in historic downtown Glendale in 1996, with Rose’s Bavarian upbringing providing the recipes and Brett running the kitchen. The restaurant sits a block from Murphy Park in the antique district of downtown Glendale, and it has been serving authentic German food — schnitzel, sauerbraten, rouladen, potato pancakes, giant

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Arizona, Restaurants, Season 5

Joe’s Farm Grill – Gilbert, Arizona

In 1967 Jim and Virginia Johnston built a ranch-style home on their farm in what would eventually become Gilbert, Arizona. They raised three sons there — Joe, Steve, and Paul — on land that had been farmed since 1927, when barren desert was cleared and irrigation made agriculture possible. By the time the Agritopia development

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American, Arizona, Burgers, Restaurants, Season 3
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