Tre Kronor on West Foster Avenue in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood has been serving Swedish and Scandinavian food since Ann Magnuson and her family opened it, named for the three crowns of the Swedish coat of arms. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Global Grub,” which aired August 24, […]
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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7The Depot American Diner appeared in Season 7, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Upper Crust,” which aired August 3, 2009, as a Chicago West Side diner serving scratch-made American comfort food to a neighborhood that needed exactly that restaurant. The Depot has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: The Depot American DinerCity: Chicago,
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Chicago, Comfort Food, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7In 1938, two local farm women walked into Irv Kolarik’s gas station lunch counter on Route 66 in what was then rural Hinsdale, Illinois and overheard him complaining about running a gas station when he’d rather be running a restaurant. They offered him their secret fried chicken recipe in exchange for a steady supply contract
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Illinois, Restaurants, Season 5Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap has been on West Vernon Park Place in Chicago’s University Village neighborhood since 1930, which makes it one of the oldest Italian-American restaurants in the city. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Just Like Yesterday,” which aired January 26, 2009. Guy Fieri found a multigenerational
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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 5Vito 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 5Glenn’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 5Tony 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 4The 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 3Luke 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 6Galewood 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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