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The Best Episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3

Every episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 1 - Big Breakfast
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #1 - Big Breakfast

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 2 - Like Mama Made
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Like Mama Made

    S3:E2

    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'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 3 - Regional Favorites
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Regional Favorites

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 4 - Neighborhood Joints
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    #4 - Neighborhood Joints

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 5 - A World of Flavors
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #5 - A World of Flavors

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 6 - Something Different
    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Something Different

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Margaret Elkins

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  7. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 7 - American Classics
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #7 - American Classics

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 8 - Real Deal Fast Food
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Real Deal Fast Food

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 9 - The Memphis BBQ Tour
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #9 - The Memphis BBQ Tour

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 10 - Comfort Food
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #10 - Comfort Food

    S3:E10

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 11 - Where the Locals Go
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Where the Locals Go

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 12 - In the Family
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #12 - In the Family

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 3 Episode 13 - All Kinds of BBQ
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #13 - All Kinds of BBQ

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Big Breakfast" is the best rated episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/10/2008. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Like Mama Made".