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The Original Vito & Nick’s Pizzeria – Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

Vito and Nick Barraco opened their pizzeria on South Pulaski Road on Chicago’s southwest side in 1932, originally as a tavern that served food. The pizza program became the focus over time, and Vito and Nick’s developed one of the most distinctive styles in Chicago: a thin, crispy, cracker-like crust cut into squares rather than […]

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Chicago, Illinois, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5

Glenn’s Diner – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Diner, Illinois, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5

Glenn’s Diner on West Montrose Avenue in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood built its reputation on an unusually bold promise for a neighborhood diner: serving the freshest possible seafood, flown in daily, alongside the American diner classics that keep a neighborhood restaurant full every morning. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Chicago, Diner, Illinois, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 5

Cemitas Puebla – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Chicago, Illinois, Mexican, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 4

Tony Anteliz’s parents both came from the Mexican state of Puebla and raised him between Chicago and summers in Mexico, where he learned to love the city of Puebla’s food culture — particularly two items: the cemita sandwich and the taco arabe. He opened Taqueria Puebla in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, but the standard tacos

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Chicago, Illinois, Mexican, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 4

Charlie Parker’s Diner – Springfield, Illinois

American, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 3

The building that houses Charlie Parker’s Diner is a genuine World War II-era Quonset hut — a curved steel prefabricated military structure converted into one of Springfield’s most beloved breakfast and lunch spots. The diner has occupied the same 700 North Street address since 1991, when it was opened under the current name. Mike and

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American, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 3

Kuma’s Corner – Chicago, Illinois

Burgers, Chicago, Gastropub, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 6

Luke Tobias opened Kuma’s Corner in 2005 at the corner of Belmont and Francisco in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, intending to run a craft beer bar with heavy metal on the sound system. The burgers caught on faster than the beer list. Almost every burger on the menu is named after a heavy metal or hard

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Burgers, Chicago, Gastropub, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 6

Galewood Cook Shack – Chicago, Illinois – Closed

Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 2

Galewood Cook Shack appeared in Season 2, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Off the Hook Specials,” aired January 20, 2008 — as a Chicago BBQ and food truck operation that earned its DDD segment with straightforward, no-frills smoked meat. The operation has since closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Galewood Cook ShackCity: Chicago, IllinoisCuisine:

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Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 2
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