Hillbilly Hot Dogs on Ohio River Road in Lesage is one of the great American roadside spectacles — a converted school bus, a double-decker outhouse, a tiny space crammed with West Virginia kitsch, and hot dogs that have been earning a national reputation since Sonny Knight and Sharie Harless opened it in 2002. It appeared […]
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Restaurants, Season 10, West VirginiaGordy’s Hi-Hat on Sunnyside Drive in Cloquet is one of the most beloved roadside drive-ins in Minnesota, a classic 1960s carhop stand that has been serving the same burgers, onion rings, and root beer floats since Gordy Lundquist opened it in 1960. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You
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Burgers, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 9Happy Gillis Cafe and Hangout appeared in Season 10, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Joints,” which aired August 30, 2010, as a Kansas City Columbus Park neighborhood cafe serving scratch-made American breakfast and lunch in a community-focused setting that earned its loyal following one thoughtfully prepared plate at a time. The restaurant
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American, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 10Wasyl and Anna Kramarczuk fled Ukraine during World War II, settled in Minneapolis’s Northeast neighborhood, and in 1954 opened a Ukrainian and Eastern European delicatessen and sausage shop that has been a Minneapolis institution ever since. Three generations of the family have run it across seven decades, maintaining the house-made sausage program — kielbasa, bratwurst,
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10Maine Diner on Post Road in Wells has been a New England institution since Dick Henry and his brother opened it in 1953, serving Maine seafood and classic American diner food to a loyal community of locals and the summer visitors who make the journey from Boston and beyond to the southern Maine coast. It
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Breakfast, Diner, Maine, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Jack Arnold started his restaurant career as a dishwasher at age 12. He studied art at Vanderbilt University, managed the campus cafeteria, and in 1982 purchased a concrete block building on 8th Avenue South in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood, installed a steam table and a tray line, and named it Arnold’s Country Kitchen. His son Kahlil
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Nashville, Restaurants, Season 9, TennesseeRick’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 9Paul’s Coffee Shop on Bushard Street in Fountain Valley has been a Southern California breakfast institution since it opened, serving the kind of generous, no-frills diner breakfast that earns a suburban neighborhood its loyal regulars one plate at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Called It,”
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Breakfast, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, Season 9Athens Family Restaurant on Franklin Pike in Nashville has been serving Greek-American diner food to the city since the Sarris family opened it, combining the Greek immigrant diner tradition — gyros, moussaka, and spanakopita sitting comfortably alongside eggs, pancakes, and burgers — with the kind of from-scratch approach that earns a Nashville neighborhood its loyal
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Greek, Nashville, Restaurants, Season 9, TennesseeBurger Me! on Donner Pass Road in Truckee has been feeding the Sierra Nevada mountain community with quality burgers since it opened, building a menu around fresh-ground beef, creative toppings, and the kind of straightforward quality that earns a mountain town its locals’ loyalty beyond the ski season. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 11
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