Pizzeria Luigi on 25th Street in San Diego’s Golden Hill neighborhood has been a city pizza institution since Luigi Agostini opened it in 1995, serving New York-style pizza by the slice and whole pies with the quality and consistency that earns a neighborhood pizzeria its multigenerational loyal following across nearly three decades of San Diego
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Califonia, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17OB Noodle House and Sake Bar on Cable Street in Ocean Beach has been a San Diego neighborhood institution since it opened, combining a serious Asian noodle program with a creative wings menu and one of the most respected sake selections in a city that has developed a strong appreciation for Japanese drinks culture. It
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17Hodad’s on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach has been a San Diego burger institution since Mike Hardin opened it in 1969, serving the hand-formed burgers in a surf culture setting that has made it one of the most beloved and recognizable restaurants in a city with a serious burger culture. It appeared in Season 17,
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17Eastside Market Italian Deli on Alpine Street in Los Angeles’s Chinatown-adjacent neighborhood has been a city Italian deli institution since the Badalamenti family opened it in 1929, serving the overstuffed Italian sub sandwiches, house-made salads, and the scratch-made Italian deli food that earns a Los Angeles neighborhood its most beloved Italian counter nearly a century
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Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 17The Park’s Finest BBQ on West Temple Street in Los Angeles’s Historic Filipinotown has been building a reputation as one of the most distinctive BBQ operations in the country since it opened, combining American slow-smoked BBQ technique with Filipino flavors — adobo-marinated smoked meats, longanisa sausage, and the Southeast Asian spice traditions that make The
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Barbecue, Califonia, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Season 17Haggo’s Organic Taco on North Coast Highway in Encinitas has been serving farm-to-table tacos and burritos to the North County San Diego surf community since it opened, building a menu around certified organic and locally sourced California ingredients applied to the Mexican taco and burrito format with the kind of quality commitment that earns a
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Califonia, Restaurants, Season 17Bludso’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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