7.5/1027 votes#1 - Big Breakfast
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2008
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.
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7.2/1021 votes#2 - Like Mama Made
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2008
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'.
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7.1/1025 votes#3 - Regional Favorites
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2008
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.
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6.6/1025 votes#4 - Neighborhood Joints
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/2008
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.
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7.0/1023 votes#5 - A World of Flavors
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2008
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.
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6.8/1025 votes#6 - Something Different
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/14/2008
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: N/A
Writer: Margaret Elkins
7.3/1026 votes#7 - American Classics
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2008
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.
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7.2/1024 votes#8 - Real Deal Fast Food
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/19/2008
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.
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7.2/1022 votes#9 - The Memphis BBQ Tour
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2008
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.
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7.2/1023 votes#10 - Comfort Food
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2008
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
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6.7/1024 votes#11 - Where the Locals Go
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2008
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.
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7.5/1024 votes#12 - In the Family
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 7/7/2008
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.
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8.4/1034 votes#13 - All Kinds of BBQ
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2008
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.
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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!
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...
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Network:Food Network
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Big Breakfast" is the best rated episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/10/2008. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Like Mama Made".