Like Mama Made (DV0302)

Season Three, Episode Two

Like Mama Made - Original Airdate 3/17/2008

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'.


Video for Smokey Valley Truck Stop
Video for Sweetie Pie's, click here
Video for Roberto's Mexican Food, click here

Sweetie Pie's - (no website)
4270 Manchester Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110 - map
(314) 371-0304

Roberto's Mexican Food - (no website) - *under new management*
675 W. Union Hills Dr., Phoenix, AZ, 85027 - map
(602) 439-7279

Smokey Valley Truck Stop - (no website)
40 Bond Ln, Olive Hill, KY, 41164 - map
(606) 286-5001

No recipes in this episode

Big Breakfast (DV0301)

Season Three, Episode One

Big Breakfast - Original Airdate 3/10/2008

Guy Fieri searches out some of America's greatest breakfasts: The New Jersey Diner with more than 30 kinds of pancakes; the Kansas City joint with outrageous homemade hash and 60 sixty different omelets; and the tiny spot in Phoenix where the owner makes waffles from scratch.


Video for the Brownstone Diner
For video from 39th Street Mama's, click here
For video from Matt's Big Breakfast, click here

Brownstone Diner - website
426 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJ, 07302 - map
(201) 433-0471
www.brownstonediner.com

39th Street Mama's - Temporarily(?) *closed*
3906 Waddell Ave., Kansas City, MO, 64111 - map
(816) 531-6422
Facebook

Matt's Big Breakfast - website
801 N. 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85004- map
(602) 254-1074
www.mattsbigbreakfast.com

No recipes in this episode

Guy Ate Here - Matt's Big Breakfast

The New Jersey Diner Tour (DV0213)

Season Two, Episode Thirteen

The New Jersey Diner Tour - Original Airdate 1/28/2008

Guy Fieri takes a New Jersey diner-intensive road trip. He checks out the Cyclops pancake with a fried egg in the middle at Mustache Bill's Diner on Long Beach Island; homemade hash at the Hightstown Diner; legendary burgers at White Manna in Hackensack; homemade moussaka at Jefferson Diner in Lake Hopatcong; scratch-made pie at Ritz Diner in Livingston; and nightcaps with an Orange Martini made with Tang at the Skylark Diner in Edison.


Video from Mustache Bill's, YouTube
For video from Hightstown Diner, click here
For video from White Manna Hamburgers, click here
For video from the Jefferson Diner, click here
For video from the Tick Tock Diner, click here
For video from the Ritz Diner, click here
For video from the Skylark Diner, click here

Mustache Bill's (no website)
8th Ave. & Broadway St., Barnegat Light, NJ, 08005 - map
(609) 494-0155

Hightstown Diner (no website)
151 Mercer St., Hightstown, NJ, 08520 - map
(609) 443-4600

White Manna Hamburgers (no website)
358 River St., Hackensack, NJ, 07601 - map
(201) 342-0914

Jefferson Diner - website
Pathmark Shopping Center Route 15, Lake Hopatcong, NJ, 07849 - map
(973) 663-0233
www.jeffersondiner.com

Tick Tock Diner - website
281 Alwood Rd., Clifton, NJ, 07012 - map
(973) 777-0511
www.theticktockdiner.com

The Ritz Diner (no website)
72 East Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ, 07039 - map
(973) 533-1213

Skylark Diner - website
Route 1 and Wooding Ave., Edison, NJ, 08817 - map
(732) 777-7878
www.skylarkdiner.com

No recipes in this episode

Burgers, Rings and Fries (DV0212)

Burgers, Rings and Fries - Original Airdate 1/21/08

Guy Fieri uncovers some of the best of the best of the All American meal: burgers made fresh-ground from steak while patrons watch and available in 16 varieties at a San Francisco institution; stuffed burgers that are a signature dish of Minnesota's Twin Cities along with vinegar-blanched hand-cut fries; and 10-to-the-pound sliders, topped with almost anything, at an Ann Arbor, Michigan landmark, where the fried onion rings are legendary.


Video for Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burger
Video from Joe's Cable Car, click here
Video from The Nook, click here

Joe's Cable Car - website
4320 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, 94112 - map
(415) 334-6699
www.joescablecar.com

The Nook* - website
492 Hamline Ave. S., St. Paul, MN, 55116 - map
(651) 698-4347
www.crnook.com
*Destroyed by fire 12/14/10. Click here for the story.

Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burger - website
551 S. Division St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 - map
(734) 663-4590
www.blimpyburger.com

No recipes in this episode

Off the Hook Specials (DV0211)

Season Two, Episode Eleven

Off the Hook Specials - Original Airdate 1/14/2008

Guy Fieri tracks down some places and plates that are totally off the hook: chili and tater-tot pizza at a Kansas City joint run by a sculptor; brunch on the water at a Long Beach, Ca. legend where the specialty of the house is called the mess; a Michigan diner that's serving Vietnamese pho bowls; and the barbecue RV that brings pulled pork to just about anywhere in the Chicago area.


Video for Grinders
Video from Schooner or Later, click here
Video from The Fly Trap, click here
Video from Galewood Cookshack, click here

Grinders - website
417 E. 18th St., Kansas City, MO, 64108 - map
(816) 472-5454
www.grinderspizza.com

Schooner or Later - website
241 N. Marina Dr., Long Beach, CA, 90803 - map
(562) 430-3495
www.schoonerorlater.com

The Fly Trap - website
22950 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI, 48220 - map
(248) 399-5150
www.theflytrapferndale.com

Galewood Cookshack - website
(mobile, locations vary)
Chicago, IL 60647 - map
www.galewoodcookshack.com

Recipes in this episode
Bengal Tiger Pizza - Grinders - Stretch
Pho Soup - The Fly Trap - Gavin McMillian

Open 24/7 (DV0210)

Season Two, Episode Ten

Open 24/7 - Original Airdate 1/07/2008

Guy Fieri goes 'round the clock at some great joints with great food at any hour of the day: The San Diego diner where they're flying fresh seafood in from New England; the 68-year-old Chicago institution where 3 a.m. means veal parmesan and short rib dinners; and the Philadelphia diner that's still doing scrapple and creamed chipped beef.


Video from the Dining Car & Market
Video for the Studio Diner, click here
Video for the White Palace Grill, click here

Studio Diner - website
4701 Ruffin Rd., San Diego, CA, 92123 - map
(858) 715-6400
www.studiodiner.com

White Palace Grill - website
1159 S. Canal St., Chicago, IL, 60607 - map
(312) 939-7167
www.whitepalacegrill.com

The Dining Car & Market - website
8826 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19136 - map
(215) 338-5113
www.thediningcar.com

Recipe in this episode
Chicken Croquettes - The Dining Car

Family Owned (DV0209)

Season Two, Episode Nine

Family Owned - Original Airdate 11/23/2007

Guy Fieri visits a Mexican restaurant and tortilla factory in San Diego where father and daughter work side-by-side. Next, a real-deal diner in Massachusetts, where father and son have been cranking out classic plates together for 20 years, then a legendary Chicago burger joint where folks are lining up for the char-burgers a couple of brothers are cranking out along with three-layer fries.


Video for El Indio
For video from Charlie's Diner, click here
For video from Paradise Pup, click here

Charlie's Diner - website
32 West Main St., Spencer, MA, 01562 - map
(508) 885-4033
www.charliesdiner.com

El Indio - website
3695 India St., San Diego, CA, 92103 - map
(619) 299-0333
www.el-indio.com

Paradise Pup (no website)
1724 S. River Rd., Des Plaines, IL, 60018 - map
(847) 699-8590

No recipes in this episode

Guy Ate Here - El Indio

One of a Kind (DV0203)

Season Two, Episode Three

One of a Kind - Original Airdate 11/19/2007

Guy Fieri travels in search of one-of-a-kind joints serving one-of-a-kind food. The truly unique include a local legend in Massachusetts where people line up for whole belly clams, a Michigan joint that serves so many chicken gizzards they named the place Gizzard City, an old-time American diner in downtown San Francisco serving up Portuguese specialties and a lunch truck on the side of the road serving homemade authentic Mexican food


Video from Joe's Gizzard City
Video for JT Farnham's Seafood & Grill, click here
Video for Grubstake Diner, click here
Video for Los Tapatios, click here

JT Farnham's Seafood & Grill (no website)
88 Eastern Ave., South Essex, MA 01929 - map
(978) 768-6643

Grubstake Diner - website
1525 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109 - map
(415) 673-8268
www.sfgrubstake.com

Joe's Gizzard City - website
120 W. Main St., Potterville, MI, 48876 - map
(978) 768-6643
www.gizzardcity.com

Los Tapatios - (no website)
1141 Old Bayshore Highway, San Jose, CA, 95112 - map
(408) 729-6199

Recipes in this episode
Gomes - Grubstake
Pork Chops - Grubstake
The "DDD" Burger - Joe's Gizzard City

Talkin Turkey (DV0207)

Season Two, Episode Seven

Talkin Turkey - Original Airdate 11/10/2007

Guy Fieri finds America's classic plate – the turkey dinner: at a Boston joint where it's Thanksgiving every day of the year and even Bill Clinton's dropped by; in Northern California, where a restaurant owner and turkey farmer doesn't just put turkey on the menu, it IS the menu; and in Florida, where a family-owned joint is dishing up the ultimate turkey dinner, tur-duck-en – turkey, duck and chicken, all in one.


Video for Alpine Steakhouse
For video from Mike's City Diner, click here
For video from the Willie Bird's Restaurant, click here

Mike's City Diner - website
1714 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02118 - map
(617) 267-9393
www.mikescitydiner.com

Willie Bird's Restaurant - website
1150 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 - map
(707) 542-0861
www.williebird.com

Alpine Steakhouse - website
4520 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, 34231 - map
(941) 922-3797
www.alpinesteak.com

Recipes in this episode
Turkey Scallopini - Willie Bird's Restaurant
Corned Beef Hash - Mike's City Diner
Stuffing - Mike's City Diner - Jay Hajj
Mike's Clam Chowder - Mike's City Diner - Jay Hajj
The Turducken - Alpine Steakhouse

Real Deal BBQ (DV0205)

Season Two, Episode Five

Real Deal BBQ - Original Airdate 11/05/2007

Guy Fieri tracks down real-deal barbecue from a down-home BBQ shack on the median of a Los Angeles highway; to a fusion barbecue joint in Chicago, where they're making two different kinds of sauce their own way every day, to just outside of Kansas City, BBQ central, where a tech-guy turned restaurant-owner is cooking up whole hogs.


Video for the BBQ Shack
For video from Jay Bee's Bar-B-Que, click here
For video from Smoque, click here

Jay Bee's Bar-B-Que - website
15915 S. Avalon Blvd., Gardena, CA, 90247 - map
(310) 532-1064
www.jaybeesbbq.com

Smoque - website
3800 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL, 60641 - map
(773) 545-7427
www.smoquebbq.com

BBQ Shack - website
705 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS, 66071 - map
(913) 294-5908
www.thebbqshack.com

Recipe in this episode
Jalapeno Poppers - The BBQ Shack - Rick Schoenberger