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Honky Tonk BBQ – Chicago, Illinois

Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7

Honky Tonk BBQ on South Racine in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has been smoking low-and-slow since it opened, bringing serious Southern BBQ to a Mexican-American neighborhood that appreciated the food immediately and made it a local institution. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Barbequed, Baked and Brined,” which aired October […]

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Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7

Niko Niko’s – Houston, Texas

Greek, Houston, Mediterranean, Restaurants, Season 7, Texas

Niko Niko’s on Montrose Boulevard has been a Houston institution since Niko Pappas opened it in 1977, serving Greek food to a city that didn’t know it needed a neighborhood Greek restaurant until it had one. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Can Say That Again,” which aired

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Greek, Houston, Mediterranean, Restaurants, Season 7, Texas

Havana Hideout – Lake Worth, Florida – Closed

Cuban, Florida, Restaurants, Season 6

Havana Hideout appeared in Season 6, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Little Bit of Everywhere,” which aired April 20, 2009, as a Lake Worth, Florida Cuban and Latin restaurant bringing the flavors of the Caribbean to the Palm Beach area with an authenticity that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since

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Cuban, Florida, Restaurants, Season 6

Pok Pok – Portland, Oregon – Closed

Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 7, Thai

Andy Ricker spent years traveling and eating in northern Thailand before opening Pok Pok in 2005 as a tiny shack in his front yard on SE Division Street in Portland, serving Vietnamese-style fish sauce chicken wings and the regional Thai food of Chiang Mai that most Americans had never encountered. The restaurant grew from that

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Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 7, Thai

Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant – Miami Beach, Florida – Closed

Carribean, Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Season 7

Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant appeared in Season 7, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Can Say That Again,” which aired October 5, 2009, as a Miami Beach Haitian restaurant bringing the authentic flavors of Haitian cuisine to South Beach — griot, legim, plantains, and the piquant Scotch bonnet-fired cooking of the Caribbean nation

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Carribean, Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Season 7

Kenny & Ziggy’s – Houston, Texas

Houston, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7, Texas

Ziggy Gruber is the third generation of a New York deli family who moved to Houston and opened Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in 1999, determined to bring the full New York Jewish deli experience — towering sandwiches, house-cured pastrami, matzo ball soup, knishes, cheesecake — to a city that had never had the

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Houston, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 7, Texas

Mom’s Tamales – Los Angeles, California – Closed

Califonia, Los Angeles, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7

Mom’s Tamales appeared in Season 7, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Picked ‘Em,” which aired September 7, 2009, as a Los Angeles tamale operation building hand-made tamales from family recipes in the tradition that defines the dish at its best. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Mom’s TamalesCity: Los

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Califonia, Los Angeles, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7

Whale’s Rib – Deerfield Beach, Florida

Florida, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 7

Whale’s Rib on NE 2nd Street in Deerfield Beach has been a South Florida seafood institution since it opened in 1981, serving fresh fish the way a South Florida seafood shack should: simply, generously, and without pretension. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Only At This Joint,” which aired

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Florida, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 7

Donnie Mac’s Trailer Park Cuisine – Boise, Idaho – Closed

Boise, Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 7

Donnie Mac’s Trailer Park Cuisine appeared in Season 7, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Only At This Joint,” which aired August 31, 2009, as a Boise restaurant that leaned fully into its trailer park theme while delivering scratch-made comfort food that was anything but low-rent. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts

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Boise, Comfort Food, Idaho, Restaurants, Season 7
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