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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives - Season 3 (2008)

Audience Score
68

Season 3 Episodes

1. Big Breakfast

March 10th, 200822 min

Brownstone Diner (Jersey City, N.J.) • 39th Street Mama's (Kansas City, Mo.) • Matt's Big Breakfast (Phoenix, Ariz.) Guy kicks off season three in search of the best breakfast joints in America. From Jersey, to Phoenix, to Kansas City, Guy samples the best in Breakfast.

2. Like Mama Made

March 17th, 200822 min

Sweetie Pie's (St. Louis, Mo.) • Smokey Valley Truck Stop (Olive Hill, Ky.) • Roberto's Mexican Food (Phoenix, Ariz.) Guy Fieri goes where the recipes really do come from mama: A St. Louis landmark where a former backup singer is dishing up real deal soul food; the Phoenix gas station where everything's Mexican authentic and the Kentucky truck stop with real country cookin'.

3. Regional Favorites

March 24th, 200822 min

Charlie Parker's (Springfield, Ill.) • Virginia Diner (Wakefield, Va.) • Tecolote Cafe (Santa Fe, N.M.) Guy Fieri journeys from the East Coast to the southwest for regional specialties including classic Southern cooking at a landmark diner in Virginia; the Horseshoe Sandwich at a steel Quonset hut in Illinois; and red and green chili, the signature dishes of New Mexico at a joint in Santa Fe.

4. Neighborhood Joints

March 31st, 200822 min

Iron Barley (St. Louis, Mo.) • The Village Café (Richmond, Va.) • Thee Pits Again (Glendale, Ariz.) • Daddypops (Hatboro, Pa.) Guy visits Philly for some scrapple, St. Louis for spaetzle, and a cafe in Virginia for calzones.

5. A World of Flavors

April 7th, 200822 min

Y J's Snack Bar (Kansas City, Kan.) • Chino Bandido (Phoenix, Ariz.) • Marietta Diner (Marietta, Ga.) Guy features a veritable smorgasbord of international flavor this week. Greek specialties in Atlanta, and Phoenix stop that serves a multitude of cultural dishes.

6. Something Different

April 14th, 200822 min

Dot's Back Inn (Richmond, Va.) • Scully's Tavern (Miami, Fla.) • Hillbilly Hotdogs (Lesage, W. Va.) Guy Fieri rolls out to find some places doing great food their own unique way: The West Virginia joint built into a couple of old busses, where they’re serving one pound deep fried hot dogs – and three pound burgers; The Florida bar that’s doing classic French escargot and fresh mahi mahi sandwiches; and in Virginia, what looks like just another café’, but with a classically trained chef who’s making it all from scratch – from chicken with feta, white wine and artichokes, to home made pesto.

7. American Classics

May 26th, 200822 min

11th Street Diner (Miami Beach, Fla.) • Bobo Drive In (Topeka, Kan.) • Little Tea Shop (Memphis, Tenn.) Guy Fieri searches out some classic joints including a 60-year-old Pennsylvania Diner transplanted to South Beach; in Topeka, Kan., a drive-in straight out of the 50s; and the oldest restaurant in Memphis, a classic southern tea room from 1918.

8. Real Deal Fast Food

May 19th, 200822 min

Joe's Farm Grill (Gilbert, Ariz.) • Maria's Taco Express (Austin, Tex.) • Panini Pete's (Fairhope, Ala.) Guy Fieri tracks down some great places that prove fast food can also be great food. In Alabama, pressed panini sandwiches, filled with everything homemade; in Austin, homemade tacos done every which way; and in Arizona., a fast food joint right on the farm.

9. The Memphis BBQ Tour

May 12th, 200822 min

Tom's Bar-B-Q (Memphis, Tenn.) • Marlowe's Ribs (Memphis, Tenn.) • Leonard's BBQ (Memphis, Tenn.) • Cozy Corner (Memphis, Tenn.) Guy Fieri rolls through Memphis, one of America's greatest barbecue towns. He checks out an 86-year old legend with the killer pulled pork sandwich and a true local favorite, barbecue spaghetti plus a tiny joint where the specialty is barbecued Cornish hen and serious ribs at a joint with its own fleet of pink Cadillacs.

10. Comfort Food

June 15th, 200822 min

Tip Top Cafe (San Antonio, Tex.) • Grampa's Bakery & Restaurant (Dania Beach, Fla.) • Blue Moon Cafe (Baltimore, Md.) • Central City Cafe (Huntington, W. Va.) Guy Fieri uncovers some of America's greatest comfort food including a Baltimore cafe with a variety of French Toast, a third-generation family place in San Antonio with comfort food Texas style, a bakery-turned-restaurant in south Florida and a Huntington, W.V. cafe with home made cornbread

11. Where the Locals Go

June 23rd, 200822 min

Matthews Cafeteria (Tucker, Ga.) • The Rivershack Tavern (Jefferson, La.) • Monte Carlo Steak House (Albuquerque, N.M.) Guy Fieri finds local favorites from a third generation cafeteria outside Atlanta that serves Southern favorites, a Louisiana bar with a culinary school grad who's making everything from rabbit to turtle soup; and the Albuquerque, N.M. steakhouse you can enter through the liquor store.

12. In the Family

July 7th, 200822 min

Benny's Seafood Restaurant (South Miami, Fla.) • Chaps Pit Beef (Baltimore, Md.) • Burger Bar (Roy, Utah) Guy Fieri checks out some great family-run joints including a Baltimore favorite for pit beef with Ace of Cakes Duff Goldman. Next in Miami, visit a stop with recipes all the way from Puerto Rico and in Salt Lake City, a classic drive in burger joint.

13. All Kinds of BBQ

June 30th, 200822 min

Texas Pride BBQ (Adkins, Tex.) • The Joint (New Orleans, La.) • The Shed (Ocean Springs, Miss.) This trip, Guy's rollin' on a Southern swing to check out different kinds of BBQ. First up, outside San Antonio, a sprawlin' complex smokin' brisket, ribs, and more Texas-style. Then in the Big Easy they're mashin' up Carolina, Memphis, and some of their own style. And in Mississippi, a true family-run dive where the locals like their sauce sweet on ribs, brisket, and even wings.

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