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The Factory Gastrobar – Long Beach, California – Closed

American, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Season 20

The Factory Gastrobar appeared in Season 20, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “From Standards to Standouts,” which aired September 26, 2014, as a Long Beach gastropub and American restaurant on Atlantic Avenue serving creative scratch-made bar food and comfort plates that earned a devoted Long Beach following before it closed. The restaurant has

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Cannery Row Brewing Company – Monterey, California – Closed

Brewery, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Season 20

Cannery Row Brewing Company appeared in Season 20, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Old Standards, New Styles,” which aired September 19, 2014, as a Monterey Cannery Row gastropub and brewery combining house-brewed craft beers with a scratch-made pub food kitchen in one of the most historically significant commercial streets in California — John

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Starling Diner – Long Beach, California

American, Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 20

Starling Diner on East 3rd Street in Long Beach’s Belmont Heights neighborhood has been a city breakfast and brunch institution since it opened, building a menu around creative scratch-made morning food and the kind of from-scratch comfort plates that earn a Long Beach neighborhood restaurant its destination reputation in a Southern California city that takes

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Rosine’s Restaurant – Monterey, California

American, Califonia, Comfort Food, Italian, Restaurants, Season 20

Rosine’s Restaurant on Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey has been a city comfort food institution since it opened in 1975, serving the American and Italian-influenced comfort food plates and the from-scratch cooking that earns a downtown Monterey restaurant its multigenerational loyal following across five decades of Central California community life. It appeared in Season 20,

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Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe – Los Angeles, California

Califonia, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 20

Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe on West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles’s Mar Vista neighborhood has been serving the Hawaiian plate lunch tradition to the LA community since it opened, building a menu around the loco moco, kalua pork, and the island comfort food that earns a Los Angeles Hawaiian restaurant its loyal following among the Hawaiian

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Monterey’s Fish House – Monterey, California

Califonia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 20

Monterey’s Fish House on Del Monte Avenue has been a city seafood institution since it opened, serving the fresh Central California coast seafood that earns a Monterey Bay restaurant its loyal following in one of the best seafood cities on the West Coast — local halibut, Dungeness crab, and the Pacific fish that the Monterey

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Califonia, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 20

Sabroso! Mexican Grill – Garden Grove, California

Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 20

Sabroso! Mexican Grill on Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove has been serving authentic Mexican food to the Orange County community since it opened, building a menu around the slow-braised meats, house-made tortillas, and the from-scratch Mexican cooking that earns a Southern California restaurant its loyal following in a market with the most competitive Mexican food

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Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 20

Tamarindo Food Truck – Orange County, California – Closed

Califonia, Restaurants, Season 19

Tamarindo Food Truck appeared in Season 19, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grillin, Chillin and Huli Huli Chicken,” which aired May 30, 2014, as an Orange County, California food truck building authentic Mexican tortas, tacos, and the street food of the Mexican torta tradition with the from-scratch quality that earned a mobile operation

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Califonia, Restaurants, Season 19

Loulou’s Griddle In The Middle – Monterey, California

American, Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 19

Loulou’s Griddle In The Middle appeared in Season 19, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Righteous Bites,” which aired June 6, 2014, as a Monterey Municipal Wharf breakfast and American diner operation serving scratch-made morning food in one of the most scenic waterfront settings in California — a wharf-side griddle with views of Monterey

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Fat Sal’s Deli – Los Angeles, California

Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 19

Fat Sal’s Deli on Gayley Avenue in Westwood has been building a reputation as one of Los Angeles’s most celebrated over-the-top deli sandwich destinations since it opened, producing the kind of generously stuffed, creatively loaded sandwiches that earn a college-adjacent Los Angeles deli its national food media reputation and its lines of devoted regulars. It

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