Pawley’s Front Porch on Harden Street in Columbia has been one of South Carolina’s most celebrated burger spots since it opened, building a reputation around hand-formed patties on fresh-baked buns with the kind of quality sourcing that earns a college town its food destination status beyond the campus. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7 […]
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Burgers, Restaurants, Season 8, South CarolinaThe Red Lion on South Shepherd Drive has been Houston’s go-to British pub since it opened, serving fish and chips, bangers and mash, scotch eggs, and the full British pub food canon alongside a deep selection of imported ales and lagers in a setting that transplanted Brits and anglophile Houstonians have been calling home for
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Houston, Restaurants, Season 8, TexasThree Greek brothers — Sam, George, and Nick Copsis — immigrated to the United States and in 1955 opened a drive-in on South Boulevard in Charlotte small enough to hold a grill, a toaster, two deep fryers, and a drink station. The Independence Boulevard location, which opened in 1959, is the one that has been
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Burgers, Charlotte, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 8Ingrid’s Kitchen appeared in Season 8, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Home and Away,” which aired February 1, 2010, as an Oklahoma City German deli and bakery serving house-made sausages, schnitzel, strudel, and the European baking traditions that Ingrid built into one of the city’s most beloved specialty food operations. The restaurant has
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Oklahoma, Restaurants, Season 8Melt Bar and Grilled appeared in Season 8, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “By Request,” which aired February 8, 2010, as a Lakewood, Ohio grilled cheese operation building creative, over-the-top comfort food sandwiches with the kind of audacious approach that earned national attention. The featured Lakewood location has since permanently closed, though other
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Comfort Food, Ohio, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8900 Grayson on Grayson Street in Berkeley’s West Berkeley neighborhood has been one of the Bay Area’s go-to spots for creative American comfort food since it opened, built around scratch-made chicken and waffles and the kind of thoughtful, locally sourced breakfast and brunch plates that made it a destination well before the cameras arrived. It
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American, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 8Bob’s Taco Station in Rosenberg has been a Fort Bend County institution since it opened, serving authentic Mexican tacos and the kind of from-scratch Mexican street food that earns a loyal following in a Houston suburb with no shortage of options. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Stacked, Stuffed
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Restaurants, Season 8, TexasAndre Guerrero opened The Oinkster in 2006 in Eagle Rock in a former Der Wienerschnitzel building, aiming to bring slow-food sensibility to fast-food formats: house-cured pastrami, pulled pork slow-smoked for 14 hours, Belgian-style fries cooked twice, and shakes made with Fosselman’s ice cream. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 8Taste of Peru on North Clark Street in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood has been bringing authentic Peruvian cooking to the city since it opened, serving ceviche, lomo saltado, aji de gallina, and the full Peruvian coastal and highland food traditions in a setting that earns a devoted following from Chicago’s Latin American community and the
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Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 8Rick and Ann’s on Domingo Avenue in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood has been a neighborhood breakfast and brunch institution since Rick Mahan and Ann Walker opened it, building a menu around scratch-made morning food with the kind of locally sourced, seasonal approach that made Berkeley’s food culture famous before it became nationally common. It appeared in
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