Louie’s on North Henderson Avenue in Dallas has been a Lower Greenville neighborhood fixture serving pizza, pub food, and Italian-American comfort food to a community of regulars who have been coming since the restaurant opened. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Family Favorites,” which aired March 23, 2009. Guy […]
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Dallas, Gastropub, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 5, TexasDeWese’s Tip Top Café has been on Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio since 1938, making it one of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in the city. The official name is DeWese’s Tip Top Cafe, though it is widely known simply as the Tip Top. It appeared in Season 3, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and
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American, Comfort Food, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 3, TexasMaria Corbalan started Taco Xpress in 1997 with her income tax refund, a little trailer, $500 cash, some dishes from her house, and a friend who painted the trailer real cute. For the first three months sales ran about $17 a day. Then a review in the Austin American-Statesman ran, and as Maria describes it:
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Austin, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 3, TexasHullabaloo Diner in Wellborn, Texas sounds like it was named with a grin, and that already puts it in a good lane for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Featured in Season 1, Episode 2, this Texas stop brought a mix of American diner fare and Italian specials to an episode built around red-sauce comfort. That combination
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American, Italian, Restaurants, Season 1, TexasLouie Mueller BBQ in Taylor, Texas is the kind of barbecue stop that does not need a neon sign or a hard sell. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and that fit like smoke on brisket. In an episode built around barbecue, this place was already speaking the
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 1, TexasMac & Ernie’s Roadside Eatery in Tarpley, Texas is the kind of place that feels made for a backroad food stop. It serves American and Texas roadside fare in a setting that fits the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives spirit right down to the name. What makes this one stand out even more is its place
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