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Grind Burger Kitchen – Louisville, Kentucky

Burgers, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

Grind Burger Kitchen on East Market Street in Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood has been building a reputation as one of the city’s most celebrated burger destinations since it opened, producing quality fresh-ground burgers and creative topping combinations that earn a Louisville restaurant its destination reputation in a city with a rapidly growing independent food culture. It

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Burgers, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

Gralehaus – Louisville, Kentucky

Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

Gralehaus on Baxter Avenue in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood has been a city cafe and brunch institution since it opened, building a menu around the scratch-made breakfast and brunch food that earns a Louisville neighborhood restaurant its loyal following in a Kentucky city with an increasingly vibrant independent breakfast and brunch culture. It appeared in Season

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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

The Table – Louisville, Kentucky

American, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

The Table on Portland Avenue in Louisville has been a city farm-to-table and American dining destination since it opened, building a menu around locally sourced Kentucky ingredients and the scratch-made American food that earns a Louisville restaurant its loyal following in a city with a food culture that has evolved dramatically over the past decade

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American, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 25

J.J. McBrewster’s – Lexington, Kentucky – Closed

Barbecue, Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 10

J.J. McBrewster’s appeared in Season 10, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Sauced and Spiced,” which aired October 4, 2010, as a Lexington, Kentucky BBQ and sandwich operation serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: J.J. McBrewster’sCity: Lexington, KentuckyCuisine: BBQ /

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Barbecue, Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 10

Parkette Drive In – Lexington, Kentucky – Closed

American, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 10

Parkette Drive In on East New Circle Road was a Lexington institution for over 70 years, operating as a classic American carhop drive-in from 1951 until it closed in June 2022. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Found ‘Em,” which aired September 20, 2010. Guy Fieri found the

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American, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 10

Rick’s White Light Diner – Frankfort, Kentucky

Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

Rick’s White Light Diner on Bridge Street in Kentucky’s state capital has been a Frankfort institution since Rick Paul opened it, bringing Cajun and Creole cooking to a city better known for bourbon and state government than for Louisiana food. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Called It,”

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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

Wallace Station – Versailles, Kentucky

Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9

Wallace Station on Old Frankfort Pike in Versailles sits in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, in a restored 1900s general store building surrounded by horse farms and the rolling limestone landscape that makes this part of Kentucky look exactly like what people imagine when they think of Kentucky. The restaurant is part of the

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Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9

Virgil’s Cafe – Bellevue, Kentucky – Closed

Comfort Food, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

Virgil’s Cafe appeared in Season 9, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Porkapalooza,” which aired May 24, 2010, as a Bellevue, Kentucky Cajun and Creole restaurant bringing the bold flavors of Louisiana to the Cincinnati suburbs across the Ohio River — gumbo, étouffée, and the scratch-made Southern Louisiana cooking that was otherwise hard to

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Comfort Food, Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 9

Smokey Valley Truck Stop – Olive Hill, Kentucky – Closed

Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern

Smokey Valley Truck Stop appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as a Kentucky truck stop serving Southern comfort food the way truck stops used to before chains took over every highway exit. The operation has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:

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Kentucky, Restaurants, Season 3, Southern
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