Califonia

Cafe Rolle – Sacramento, California – Closed

Califonia, French, Restaurants, Sacramento, Sandwiches, Season 6

Cafe Rolle appeared in Season 6, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Bit of Everywhere,” which aired April 20, 2009, as a Sacramento French sandwich and cafe operation bringing classic French preparations — fresh baguettes, charcuterie, and the kind of simple, quality-first French deli cooking that is exceedingly rare outside major metropolitan […]

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Califonia, French, Restaurants, Sacramento, Sandwiches, Season 6

Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill – San Diego, California

Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Seafood, Season 6

Matt and Judd Braun grew up in and on the water — surfing, diving, boating, and fishing the beaches and blue water of San Diego and Baja California. They went to Point Loma High with the sons and daughters of the city’s Portuguese fishing community. They worked on boats as commercial divers and knew, intimately,

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Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Seafood, Season 6

Jamie’s Broadway Grille – Sacramento, California

Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 6

Jamie’s Broadway Grille on Broadway in Sacramento has been serving BBQ and American grill food to the Oak Park and Midtown neighborhoods since owner Jamie Butturff opened it as a neighborhood restaurant committed to quality sourcing and scratch cooking. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Funky Joints,” which aired

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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sacramento, Season 6

Giusti’s – Walnut Grove, California – Closed

Califonia, Restaurants, Season 5, Steakhouse

Giusti’s in Walnut Grove appeared in Season 5, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Favorites,” which aired March 23, 2009, as a Sacramento Delta institution that had been serving Italian-American steakhouse food to generations of boaters, hunters, and locals since 1912, making it one of the oldest restaurants in California at the time

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Califonia, Restaurants, Season 5, Steakhouse

Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant – San Francisco, California – Closed

Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 2

Joe Obegi opened Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant on Mission Street in San Francisco’s Excelsior District in 1965, when burgers were $0.40. He ran it until March 16, 2014 — 49 years, same owner, same address, same philosophy — when he closed the doors to retire rather than sell to someone who might compromise the quality.

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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Francisco, Season 2

El Indio Mexican Restaurant – San Diego, California

Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 2

Ralph Pesqueira Sr. started El Indio in 1940 as a tortilla factory at the corner of India and Grape Streets in San Diego. He made them by hand. Fresh corn tortillas, supplied to local restaurants. He also coined the word “taquito” for his rolled tacos, which is a detail that belongs in the record books.

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Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 2

Willie Bird’s Restaurant – Santa Rosa, California

American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2

Willie Benedetti raised turkeys. Then he turned those turkeys into a restaurant that became a Sonoma County institution. Willie Bird’s Restaurant in Santa Rosa, California appeared in Season 2, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Talkin’ Turkey,” aired November 10, 2007 — and it was the perfect fit for that episode. The man

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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2

Duarte’s Tavern – Pescadero, California

American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2

Pescadero, California is a small coastal town on San Mateo County’s coast, the kind of place you drive through on the way to somewhere else until you find out about Duarte’s Tavern. Open since 1894, it appeared in Season 2, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Local Flavor,” aired October 22, 2007 —

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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2
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