There is no dining room. There is no fancy signage. Jay Bee’s Bar-B-Que in Gardena, California operates out of what can only be described as a shack on the median of South Avalon Boulevard — and it has been one of the most respected BBQ operations in Los Angeles for decades. It appeared in Season […]
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2One block from the beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego, Hodad’s has been doing burgers its own way since 1969. No shoes, no shirt, no problem. The walls are covered floor to ceiling in license plates sent in by customers from every corner of the country. The booths are plastered in stickers. There is a
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Route 66 has produced a lot of legendary stops over the decades, and Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Café in Victorville, California earns its place among the best of them. The pistachio green building at 17143 N. D St. has been feeding truck drivers, road-trippers, and High Desert locals since 1947, and it looked right at
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Breakfast, Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Ramona, California is the kind of small town that doesn’t make a lot of noise — which makes it exactly the kind of place Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was built to find. Ramona Cafe has been on Main Street since 1936, serving San Diego County’s backcountry the kind of scratch-made comfort food that doesn’t need
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American, Califonia, Comfort Food, Restaurants, Season 2Since 1966, Falafel’s Drive-In has been doing one thing on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose: making falafel the right way, from scratch, every single day. It showed up in Season 2, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Totally Fried,” aired October 1, 2007 — and Guy Fieri found exactly what the show
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Califonia, Middle Eastern, Restaurants, Season 2A vintage dining car built in 1927, sitting on Pine Street in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood, serving Portuguese food until 4:00 AM. Guy Fieri called it one of the most unique diners he’d ever come across in California. That’s not a throwaway line from a man who has been inside several thousand restaurants. The
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Not every Triple D stop is just a TV appearance. Some are personal. The Russian River Pub in Forestville, California falls squarely into that second category. When Guy Fieri featured it in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,” aired July 30, 2007 — he called it one of his
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American, Califonia, Gastropub, Restaurants, Season 1Taylor’s Automatic Refresher in St. Helena, California cruised into Season 1, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with exactly the kind of roadside burger-stand energy a Retro episode should have. This Napa Valley stop brought burgers, casual counter-service charm, and the kind of old-school setup that feels built for a sunny detour and a
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 1Mad Greek Cafe in Baker, California is the kind of desert-road stop that practically begs for a pull-off. Sitting along one of the most traveled stretches between Southern California and Las Vegas, it brought a little Greek and Mediterranean flavor to Season 1, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. There is a fun early-series
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Califonia, Greek, Mediterranean, Restaurants, Season 1Patrick’s Roadhouse in Santa Monica, California brought a beachside burger-and-breakfast stop to Season 1, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. In an episode called Blue Plate Special, it fit the bill as a laid-back California spot serving the kind of American comfort food that keeps a roadside classic in the conversation. There is a
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