Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe takes its name from a Clash song and its food seriously. The Emeryville location on Hollis Street has been a Bay Area breakfast and burger destination since it opened, built around the kind of creative all-day diner menu that earns a devoted following in a college-adjacent, arts-heavy community. It appeared in […]
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8Q Restaurant appeared in Season 8, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Pizza, Pork and Paprikash,” which aired January 11, 2010, as a San Francisco Inner Richmond neighborhood restaurant building a menu around duck and American comfort food with a creative, quality-first approach that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed.
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 8Tee Off Bar and Grill appeared in Season 8, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Burgers, Steaks and Chops,” which aired November 23, 2009, as a San Francisco Richmond District bar and kitchen serving scratch-made pub food and slow-cooked pork that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 8Santa Cruz Diner on Ocean Street has been the place to land after a night on the Boardwalk or a morning at the beach since it opened, serving the kind of all-hours diner comfort food that a beach town earns its reputation on. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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Califonia, Comfort Food, Diner, Restaurants, Season 7Mambo’s Cafe on Victory Boulevard in Glendale has been bringing Cuban and Latin cooking to the San Fernando Valley since it opened, serving the kind of from-scratch Cuban food — ropa vieja, lechon asado, pressed cubanos — that earns a devoted following in a market with no shortage of options. It appeared in Season 7,
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Califonia, Cuban, Restaurants, Season 7Nickel Diner appeared in Season 7, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Blast from the Past,” which aired October 19, 2009, as a downtown Los Angeles diner on South Main Street serving scratch-made breakfast and diner food with a creative bent — most notably the maple-bacon donut that became something of a city landmark.
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Breakfast, Califonia, Diner, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 7Mom’s Tamales appeared in Season 7, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Picked ‘Em,” which aired September 7, 2009, as a Los Angeles tamale operation building hand-made tamales from family recipes in the tradition that defines the dish at its best. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Mom’s TamalesCity: Los
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Califonia, Los Angeles, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7La Texanita on Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa has been serving Sonoran and northern Mexican food to Sonoma County since it opened, building a reputation around carne asada, birria, and the kind of regional Mexican cooking that reflects the traditions of the Mexican state of Sonora rather than a generic Tex-Mex menu. It appeared in
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Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7Fab Hot Dogs on Victory Boulevard in Reseda has been making a case for the San Fernando Valley as a serious hot dog destination since it opened, splitting and griddling all-beef dogs and building them with scratch-made toppings that go well beyond the standard stand. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 7Polka Restaurant on Verdugo Road in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles has been serving authentic Polish home cooking to a city that doesn’t see much of it since it opened, building a following around pierogi, bigos, and the kind of Eastern European comfort food that earns loyal regulars fast. It appeared in Season
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