• Air date: 11 Aug '08 13 episodes
      Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon" restaurants — diners, drive-ins and dives — that have been doing it right for decades.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. Brain Freeze

      11 Aug '08
      Uncle Lou's (Memphis, TN), Captain Chuck A Mucks (Rescue, VA), Dixie Quicks (Omaha, NE) Guy Fieri discovers great local favorites including a Memphis joint where whole chickens are deep fried; in Virginia, near the Chesapeake, a place where a former boat captain serves classic crab cakes and in Omaha, a casual joint with serious food.
    • 2. Diners You Sent Me To

      14 Jul '08
      Doumar's (Norfolk, VA), Auny Lena's Creamery (Now Closed), The Creole Creamery (New Orleans, LA) Guy Fieri rolls out for ice cream, Triple D style: With visits to a Norfolk, Va. drive-in for an original waffle cone, an Arizona creamery making Italian gelato in all flavors and a New Orleans favorite doing huge sundaes with 400 flavors.
    • 3. Bar Food

      21 Jul '08
      Town Talk Diner (Minneapolis, MN), Blue Plate Diner (Salt Lake City, UT), Broadway Diner (Baltimore, MD) Guy Fieri heads for three great diners recommended by viewer e-mail, including a Baltimore family-run place with a huge menu, a Salt Lake City diner that's heavy on tattoos and 1940s décor and in Minneapolis, the diner run by a CIA trained chef
    • 4. Burgers and Dogs

      28 Jul '08
      The Highlander (Atlanta, GA), Gumbo Shack (Fairhope, Al), Starlite Lounge (Blawnox, PA) Guy Fieri visits some watering holes with more than basic bar food, including a Fairhope, Ala., bar serving up live music, homemade gumbo and a super spicy crawfish boil; an Atlanta dive- bar scratch-making Jamaican jerk chili and jalapeno corn fritters; and the half-century old Pittsburgh tavern where the menu includes pierogis and stuffed green pepper soup.
    • 5. Where the Locals Eat

      04 Aug '08
      The Wienery (Minneapolis, MN), Casino El Camino (Austin, TX), G&A Restaurant (Baltimore, MD) Guy Fieri visits classic joints doing burgers and dogs including a Baltimore spot for Coney dogs from an 80-year-old recipe; Austin, Tx. for Serrano peppers and hot buffalo sauce burgers; and a Minneapolis dog and burger dive.
    • 6. Totally Unexpected

      18 Aug '08
      Cabbage Town Market (Atlanta, GA), The Cove (San Antonio, TX), Bryant-Lake Bowl (Minneapolis, MN) Guy Fieri discovers great food at some unexpected places including a Minneapolis bowling alley serving up bison hash, an Austin, Tx., car wash and laundromat with a classically trained chef and a historic neighborhood grocery store in Atlanta with fried quail.
    • 7. A Taste of Everywhere

      15 Sep '08
      Jamaica Kitchen (Kendall LAkes, AZ), Crystal Restaurant (Pittsburgh, PA), Red Iguana (Salt Lake City, UT) Guy Fieri tracks down international dishes done Triple-D style: A combination Jamaican/Chinese joint in Florida; homemade Polish pierogi at a basic bar in Pittsburgh; and a Mexican restaurant in Utah where the specialty is seven kinds of mole.
    • 8. Better Than Ever

      22 Sep '08
      Colonnade (Atlanta, GA), Manci's Antique Club (Daphne, Al), Amato's (Omaha, NE) Guy Fieri rolls out to longtime local favorites including an eight-decades-old Alabama spot legendary for soft shell crab sandwich, an Italian favorite in Omaha and one of the oldest restaurants in Atlanta.
    • 9. Big Flavor

      29 Sep '08
      Darwell's Cafe (Long Beach, MS), Brick Oven Pizza (Baltimore, MD), Victor's 1959 Cafe (Minneapolis, MN) Guy Fieri hunts down some seriously good food with visits to Baltimore for real, brick oven, thin crust pizza, Minnesota for a little blue shack turnin' out real deal Cuban like spicy flank and in Mississippi, a wrestler-turned-chef servin' up homemade Shrimp Creole.
    • 10. Cookin' It Old School

      06 Oct '08
      Nadine's Restaurant (Pittsburgh, PA), Casamento's Restaurant (New Orleans, LA), Big Mama's Kitchen & Catering (Omaha, NE) Guy Fieri uncovers three joints puttin' a piece of history on the table: In New Orleans, an oyster bar where nothin's changed since 1919 and the deep fried oysters are still hand-shucked; in Pittsburg, a neighborhood 'dive' where Mama Nadine's dishin' up roast beef smothered in gravy and in Nebraska, Big Mama's cookin' her Grandma's soul food in an old school cafeteria.
    • 11. Grabbin' a Sandwich

      13 Oct '08
      Moochie's Meatballs & More (Salt Lake City, UT), Cemita's Puebla (Chicago, IL), Tioli's Crazee Burger (San Diego, CA) Guy Fieri pulls up for a sandwich: In Salt Lake City, a old pottery school making homemade meatball subs and a cheesesteak done Philly-style; in San Diego, 30 kinds of burgers including ostrich, alligator and Angus beef and in Chicago, a one-of-a-kind Mexican sandwich.
    • 12. Traditional Dishes

      03 Nov '08
      Donatelli's (White Bear Lake, MN), Stoney Creek Inn (Baltimore, MD), Alcenia's (Memphis, TN) Guy Fieri rolls in for classic meals done right: In Baltimore, a shack steamin' crabs with corn on the cob; in Memphis, the little place with classic southern favorites; and in Minnesota, a strip mall joint doin' homemade Italian.
    • 13. Doin' Their Own Thing

      10 Nov '08
      Lone Star Taqueria (Salt Lake City, UT), Modern Cafe (Minneapolis, MN), Brewburger's (Omaha, NE) Guy Fieri uncovers joints doin' things their own unique way; Near Salt Lake City, a retro joint makin' Mexican specialties like shark tacos; and in Omaha, a chef from Montreal is doing the Canadian take on Jewish deli.