Bludso’s BBQ has been one of Los Angeles’s most celebrated Texas-style BBQ operations since Kevin Bludso opened the original Compton location, smoking brisket, ribs, and sausage over post oak with the low-and-slow commitment and Texas pit tradition that Kevin grew up with in Corsicana, Texas — bringing genuinely authentic Texas BBQ to a city that
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Barbecue, Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 17Chili John’s on West Burbank Boulevard has been a Southern California institution since 1946, serving the Green Bay-style chili that owner John Isaac brought from Wisconsin — a distinctive, bean-free chili with a rich, deeply spiced beef sauce that has been ladled over spaghetti or crackers at this Burbank counter for nearly 80 years. It
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 17Chomp Chomp Nation appeared in Season 16, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Real Deal Roots,” which aired March 25, 2013, as an Orange County, California Singaporean food truck bringing the hawker center food culture of Singapore — char kway teow, laksa, and the complex, coconut milk and chile-forward dishes of Southeast Asian street
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Califonia, Restaurants, Season 16Beer Belly appeared in Season 16, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Unlikely Partners,” which aired March 11, 2013, as a Los Angeles Koreatown pub and burger operation combining a serious craft beer program with creative scratch-made bar food — duck fat fries, creative burgers, and the kind of elevated pub food that earns
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Burgers, Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 16The Golden State on North Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles’s Fairfax district has been a celebrated California burger and craft beer destination since it opened, building a menu around quality-sourced burgers on house-baked buns with artisan toppings that reflect California’s premium ingredient culture — the kind of burger that earns a Los Angeles restaurant its
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Burgers, Califonia, Gastropub, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 16Johnny Garlic’s Pasta Grill appeared in Season 14, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Unexpected Eats,” which aired May 7, 2012 — and it carried a particular distinction in the Triple D catalog as one of Guy Fieri’s own restaurants, the Santa Rosa pasta grill he opened before his Food Network career took off
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Califonia, Restaurants, Season 14Athena’s Greek Cafe and Bakery appeared in Season 22, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “To Bakersfield and Beyond,” which aired April 24, 2015, as a Bakersfield Greek cafe and bakery serving the mezze, gyros, and the Greek baked goods that earned a Central California restaurant its devoted following in a market where authentic
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Bakery, Califonia, Greek, Restaurants, Season 22Pete’s Breakfast House on East Main Street in Ventura has been a Ventura County breakfast institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous scratch-made American breakfast plates that earn a Southern California diner its loyal following across all seven days of the week. It appeared in Season 14, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 14Savoy Cafe and Deli on West Figueroa Street in downtown Santa Barbara has been a city breakfast and lunch institution since it opened, serving the scratch-made cafe and deli plates that earn a downtown Santa Barbara restaurant its loyal community following in a city where the competition for morning business is intense. It appeared in
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Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 13Norton’s Pastrami and Deli on West Figueroa Street in downtown Santa Barbara has been a city deli institution since it opened, serving the hand-carved pastrami sandwiches, house-made soups, and the New York-style deli classics that are genuinely rare in a Southern California coastal city better known for avocado toast than a proper pastrami on rye.
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