Here's Every Twin Cities Restaurant Featured On 'Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives'
By Anna Gallegos
August 19, 2021
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For the past 13 years, Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives has been highlighting some of the most beloved restaurants in America, including 33 in the Twin Cities. The restaurants chosen run the culinary gamut, showing the rest of the U.S. that the Twin Cities aren't only about hotdish.
Here's every place Fieri has stopped at on his way to Flavor Town, listed in order of their appearance on the show:
- Dari-ette Drive In: Season 1, Episode 12 (July 2007)
- Al's Breakfast: Season 1, Episode 12 (July 2007)
- Psycho Suzi's: Season 2, Episode 5 (October 2007)
- The Nook: Season 2, Episode 12 (January 2008)
- Wienery: Season 4, Episode 4 (August 2008)
- Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater: Season 4, Episode 6 (August 2008)
- Victor's 1959 Cafe: Season 4, Episode 9 (September 2008)
- Donatelli's: Season 4, Episode 12 (November 2008)
- Emily's Lebanese Deli: Season 5, Episode 6 (January 2009)
- Kramarczuk's: Season 10, Episode 1 (August 2010)
- QFanatic BBQ: Season 11, Episode 2 (January 2011)
- Pizzeria Lola: Season 14, Episode 1 (April 2012)
- Smack Shack at The 1029 Bar: Season 14, Episode 2 (April 2012)
- Broders' Cucina Italiana: Season 14, Episode 3 (April 2012)
- Andale Taqueria & Mercado: Season 23, Episode 5 (August 2015)
- Buster's on 28th: Season 23, Episode 8 (September 2015)
- George and the Dragon: Season 23, Episode 10 (October 2015)
- Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub: Season 23, Episode 12 (November 2015)
- Unideli: Season 23, Episode 12 (November 2015)
- Gandhi Mahal Restaurant: Season 25, Episode 2 (July 2016)
- The Herbivorous Butcher: Season 25, Episode 3 (July 2016)
- Surley Brewing Co.: Season 25, Episode 4 (August 2016)
- Red Wagon Pizza Co.: Season 25, Episode 6 (September 2016)
- Smack Shack: Season 1, Episode 94 (August 2018)
- Holy Land
Blue Door Pub, located in St. Paul is temporarily closed for the season.
These restaurants have permanently closed after they were featured on the show:
- Colossal Cafe
- Marla's Caribbean Cuisine
- Modern Cafe
- Nye's Polonaise Room
- Prairie Dogs
- Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque
- Town Talk Diner & Gastropub