Guy Fieri "Diners, Drive-in and Dives" You've Visited

Wife and I try and hit up DDD places on road trips and business trips back in the day, when we lived in Memphis.

Ones we remember from the episode list.
Thank you for excuse to take a trip down memory lane!

Louie Mueller's - Taylor - bbq
Sweetie Pie's - St Louis - soul food
Matt's Big Breakfast - Phoenix
All the Memphis BBQ joints
The Shed - MS - sweltering!
The Cove - San Antonio - good burger, slooooow service
The Creole Creamery - NOLA
Casamento's - NOLA - fried oysters
Surrey's Cafe - NOLA - great pancakes!
Parasol's Diner - NOLA - great po boys
Joey K's - NOLA
Super Duper Weenies - Fairfield, CT - the name says it all! [emoji2]
Chef Point Cafe - Wautaga, Texas - diner in a gas station
Twisted Root - Dallas - now a local chain
Dottie's - SF
Tre Kronor - Chicago - Swedish food
Taste of Peru - Chicago
Hank's Haute Dogs - Honolulu - duck fast fries!
Smokin' Guns BBQ - KC
Cane Rosso - Dallas - pizza
Pecan Lodge - Dallas - huge line!
Garbo's Grill - Key West
Opal Thai - North Shore, HI - best green papaya salad ever!
Valentina's - Austin - BBQ

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I've been to Kenny and Ziggys a long time before he even had a show.

 

the two we visited were ok. not great. they are in our neighborhood

 

Wife and I found that if it was right after they appeared on 3D that it could be hit or miss. A lot of these small places couldn't handle the extra traffic. Quality suffers, service suffers, etc. Same deal with more than a few small BBQ joints after they appear in Texas Monthly.

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Remembered when I worked at a place in town after college my coworker/friend and I would go to Lankfords every so often.

https://midtown.lankfordsburgers.com/

 

Been to a couple I think but nothing too memorable. Hit one I think it was in Coeur d'Alene Idaho while passing through with some friends on the way to Montana years ago. Capone's I think it was, good pizza but nothing too special.

I liked watching the show but don't usually seek them out. Oh I think there are a couple others, one in Tacoma "Dirty Oscars Annex" that was pretty good been there a couple times. And one in Puyallup Crockett's Public House that was pretty good too.

 

He just bought a $7 million dollar home in Fla.

 

And he's reviewing tons of local places, most not divey at all.

 

This summer he was spotted filming in Mobile, Alabama: https://www.al.com/life/2023/06/yes-guy-fieri-was-in-mobile-and-he-was-very-very-busy.html

Wife and I tried "Panini Pete's" a couple years back and were not impressed. It was decent for a sandwich shop, but certainly nothing to rave about. Based on that, we've kinda steered clear of his recommendations since.

 

Guy did a DDD at The Garlic in New Smyrna Beach, Fl. He raved about the food and the atmosphere, as he always does.

I’ve been there. The atmosphere is terrible - cramped, loud, dirty, full of crap hanging from the ceiling, communal tables.

The food was worse. I wouldn’t feed that swill to a dog. At least not a dog I liked at any rate.

Needless to say, I take anything Mr. Fieri says with a huge grain of salt, and will not be going out of my way to seek out places he recommends.

 

Disappointing to hear about pine state, been wanting to try that place for a while now

 

Pine State was the bomb back in 2010-12 when I lived up there. I too hate to hear its gone down but all of the PNW has IMO.

 

We don't target DDD places but have been to a few as our travels have allowed. These include, most recent that I remember at least:

• Lavalle's Bistro - Fairbanks, Alaska
• Salty's On 2nd - Fairbanks, Alaska
• Fat Sa's - Los Angeles, CA
• Beer Belly - Los Angeles, CA
• Fab Hot Dogs - Reseda, CA

 

I've been stopping at this diner: 59er Diner and Cabins Leavenworth for years before it was visited. The owner might be originally from Canada because they have fries and gravy on the menu. The gravy is homemade. Fries with gravy is more of a Canadian thing.

 

We've done most of the ones around here in LA.

Fab Dogs - Moved around and I knew Joey Fab before the show aired. Fab family has a lot of SFV restaurant history
Beer Belly - sadly closed. Duck-fat fries were decadent.
North End Caffe - Great and still in regular rotation
Gloria's - OK but she let the burst of success go to her head and the place went to hell.
Little Jewel of New Orleans - Regular stop before Dodger Games
Rutt's - Good food great value
Jitlada - Hard core authentic Indian
Golden State - Good but too close to Canter's deli to make it a destination from here. LOL
There was an Italian place down in Long Beach that was good but we've never been back - Can't remember the name.

 

Sonnys Steak Hoagies in Hollywood Florida .. close to the Hard Rock
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