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Rino’s Place – Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Italian, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 10

Rino’s Place on Saratoga Street in Boston’s East Boston neighborhood has been one of the city’s most celebrated Italian restaurants since Rino Covino opened it, building a reputation around house-made pasta and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that East Boston’s Italian-American community has kept alive through generations of change in the neighborhood. It appeared […]

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Boston, Italian, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 10

The Lobster Shanty – Salem, Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 10

The Lobster Shanty on Front Street in Salem sits a short walk from the Salem Heritage Trail in one of New England’s most historically loaded cities, serving fresh North Shore seafood in the unpretentious style that Massachusetts fishing communities have built their reputations on. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and

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Massachusetts, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 10

Greek Corner Restaurant – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Greek, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 10

Greek Corner Restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge has been serving authentic Greek home cooking to the Cambridge community since it opened, building a following around moussaka, spanakopita, and the family recipes that Greek immigrant restaurants brought to New England and kept alive through decades of change in the neighborhood around them. It appeared in

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Greek, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 10

Tupelo – Cambridge, Massachusetts – Closed

Boston, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 15

Tupelo appeared in Season 15, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “East Coast Comfort,” which aired September 24, 2012, as a Cambridge Southern comfort food restaurant bringing the fried chicken, biscuits, and slow-cooked Southern dishes to a New England college city with a perpetual appetite for quality comfort food done well. The restaurant has

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Boston, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 15

Morin’s Hometown Bar & Grille – Attleboro, Massachusetts

American, Comfort Food, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

Morin’s Hometown Bar and Grille on South Main Street in Attleboro has been a community anchor since 1911, serving American comfort food and cold beer to a southeastern Massachusetts city that has been coming through the same door for over a century. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Legacies,”

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American, Comfort Food, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Burgers, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 8

In 1960, Joe and Joan Bartley took over a small convenience store called the Harvard Spa, directly across from Harvard Yard, and started perfecting the hamburger. Six decades and three generations later, Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage is still in Harvard Square and still doing exactly that. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 1 of Diners,

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Burgers, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 8

The Little Depot Diner – Peabody, Massachusetts

Breakfast, Diner, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

The Little Depot Diner in Peabody is a classic New England diner in every sense — counter seating, booths, scratch-made breakfast plates, and the kind of old-school diner energy that the format was built around. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Diners Times Three,” which aired November 9, 2009.

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Breakfast, Diner, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 7

Sam LaGrassa’s – Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7

Sam LaGrassa’s on Province Street in downtown Boston has been making sandwiches since 1909, operating as a working-class lunch counter in the heart of the Financial District for over a century with a menu anchored by house-roasted meats, hand-carved on the spot. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Blast

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Boston, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7

Charlie’s Diner – Spencer, Massachusetts

Diner, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 2

Charlie’s Diner in Spencer, Massachusetts has been running on three generations of the same Turner family for over 60 years. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Family Owned,” aired November 23, 2007 — and that episode title was as accurate as it gets. The diner itself started in

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Diner, Massachusetts, Restaurants, Season 2

JT Farnham’s Seafood & Grill – Essex, Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 2

Essex, Massachusetts sits at the edge of the Great Salt Marsh, and JT Farnham’s Seafood and Grill sits right at the edge of Essex with a view of Eben’s Creek and Choate Island that’s almost as good as what’s on the plate. Almost. The fried clams — whole belly, locally caught, battered with a recipe

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Massachusetts, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 2
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