Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives

Trip · 01-05-2009, 10:20 AM

I love this show, especially in HD. I eventually want to plan a cross country trip setup just to go sample a lot of restaurants that have been on this show, pretty much setup the trip to just eat at these type places. I finally ate at my first restaurant to my knowledge that has been on this show. We went to The Varsity in Atlanta that is suppose to be the biggest drive-in, not sure if that is true or not, but it was a pretty cool place to eat, the hot dogs are excellent and the onion rings were a thing of beauty. Would recommend a stop here if you are passing through Atlanta because it's right off the interstate.

www.thevarsity.com

Anyone else visit some places off this show.

Corey · 01-05-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I love this show, especially in HD. I eventually want to plan a cross country trip setup just to go sample a lot of restaurants that have been on this show, pretty much setup the trip to just eat at these type places. I finally ate at my first restaurant to my knowledge that has been on this show. We went to The Varsity in Atlanta that is suppose to be the biggest drive-in, not sure if that is true or not, but it was a pretty cool place to eat, the hot dogs are excellent and the onion rings were a thing of beauty. Would recommend a stop here if you are passing through Atlanta because it's right off the interstate.

www.thevarsity.com

Anyone else visit some places off this show.

I went to Grandpa's in Dania with my grandparents about two years ago and remember thinking it was a stinky shithole with mediocre food. Then I saw it on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and couldn't believe it was getting raves about the food. I might have to give it another shot here soon. There's been one or two other South Florida places shown that look interesting.

marko138 · 01-05-2009, 10:43 AM

Never heard of this show. What channel is it on?

Trip · 01-05-2009, 10:44 AM

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Never heard of this show. What channel is it on?

Food Network

Corey · 01-05-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Never heard of this show. What channel is it on?

Food Network. Guy Fieri hosts it, but as much as he annoys the ever living piss outta me, the food makes it worth the watching.

marko138 · 01-05-2009, 10:50 AM

Guess it would help if I had cable.

Corey · 01-05-2009, 11:14 AM

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Guess it would help if I had cable.

Here's a list of places he's visited and some websites if you wanna see if anything is local or familiar to you.

Edited to add Google Map goodness.

EpyonXero · 01-06-2009, 08:33 AM

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I went to Grandpa's in Dania with my grandparents about two years ago and remember thinking it was a stinky shithole with mediocre food. Then I saw it on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and couldn't believe it was getting raves about the food. I might have to give it another shot here soon. There's been one or two other South Florida places shown that look interesting.

haha

Ive been there a few times and their food is pretty good. Huge portions and their bread is great. It doesnt seem dirty to me either, maybe they fixed it up.

Corey · 01-06-2009, 09:46 AM

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haha

Ive been there a few times and their food is pretty good. Huge portions and their bread is great. It doesnt seem dirty to me either, maybe they fixed it up.

Could be. Last time I was there was around 2000, so 8ish years is enough time to change things I suppose.