Zia Diner and Angel Food Catering appeared in Season 6, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homestyle,” which aired June 1, 2009, as a Santa Fe diner serving American and New Mexican comfort food with the scratch-made attention that earned a DDD segment. The restaurant was a downtown Santa Fe institution on South Guadalupe […]
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American, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 6Wilson’s Holy Smoke BBQ appeared in Season 5, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “BBQ and More,” which aired February 9, 2009, as a Fairfield, Connecticut BBQ operation bringing serious pit-smoked barbecue to a state more known for its pizza and seafood traditions than its BBQ. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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Barbecue, Connecticut, Restaurants, Season 5Southern Kitchen Restaurant on 6th Avenue in Tacoma has been serving the Pacific Northwest’s hunger for genuine Southern food since it opened, building a reputation around fried chicken, collard greens, and the kind of soul food plates that make people drive from Seattle to Tacoma on a Sunday. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8
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Restaurants, Season 6, Southern, WashingtonGiuseppe’s on 28th has been serving Italian-American comfort food to the Phoenix neighborhood surrounding East Indian School Road since it opened, building a loyal following around house-made pasta, scratch-made sauces, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns multi-generational regulars. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homestyle,” which
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Arizona, Italian, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6Gorilla Barbeque operates from a tiny yellow shack in a parking lot on Highway 1 in Pacifica, with the Pacific Ocean visible in the distance and a smoker that has been running since 2003. The setup is as minimal as BBQ gets: a shack, a smoker, picnic tables, and some of the best ribs on
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 5Green Mesquite on Barton Springs Road in Austin has been feeding the Zilker Park crowd since 1988, combining Texas BBQ and Tex-Mex in an outdoor-heavy setting that captures what eating in Austin on a good day actually feels like. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “BBQ and More,” which
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Austin, Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 5, TexasSalsa Brava on East Route 66 in Flagstaff has been serving Mexican and Southwestern food to the high desert college town and the Route 66 travelers passing through since 1989, building a menu around fresh ingredients, house-made salsas, and the green chile that defines Northern Arizona cooking. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 9 of
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Arizona, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 5In 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 5Standard Diner occupies a 1938 Texaco service station on Central Avenue SE in Albuquerque — which means it occupies a stretch of Historic Route 66 in a building that has its own National Register of Historic Places potential. The restoration converted the gas station into a full-service diner without erasing the Art Deco bones of
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American, New Mexico, 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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