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Hey, everybody, I'm Guy Fieri,

and we're rolling out,
looking for America's greatest

diners, drive-ins and dives.

This trip...

Holy moly!

We're cruising all the way
across the country.

That's worth a pilgrimage.

On a comfort food joyride.

Just when I think
he's gonna zig, he zags.

There's barbecue
at the beach in New Jersey.

You're gonna have me
right out of the board shorts
into the muumuu.

Scratch me cooking
on the California coast.

Teach me, oh wise one.

And a Midwestern
real-deal diner.

I don't know
where you could be in Ohio

that it wouldn't be
worth driving to get that.

Serving up
Greek family treasures.

I'm putting out
the Flavortown Bat-Signal.

All the way down to dessert.

Hands down, one of the best
cheesecakes I've ever had.

That's all right here,
right now,

on Triple-D.

[opening theme music playing]

So I'm here in Columbus, Ohio,
with my good buddy,
Anthony Carano,

the president of
Caesars Entertainment.

A long time ago, I said,
"You know what, buddy?"

You promised me
you'd take me on
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Exactly. The question is,

what did I take you to?

Today, Anthony,
I'm taking you to a diner.

Not just any diner,
but a Greek diner.

You're gonna get great food.

You're gonna get great story.

And you're definitely
gonna get some characters.

This is Tommy's Diner.

I got a meatloaf sandwich,
two special cheesecakes.

[customer] I just love
coming to Tommy's.

The atmosphere is fantastic.

It's a place where
everyone is welcome.

[owner] Stuffed French toast
going up.

There's nothing like it.

It's my Cheers.

[Guy] And this breakfast,
lunch hangout is where
the Pappas family

has been serving up
American and Greek classics

for over 30 years.

Is your name really Tommy?

Yep. I mean,
the Greek name is Athanasios.

-You're from Greece.
-Yep.

-[Guy] You were in Greece?
-I was born there.

-I left when I was three.
-But you went back to Greece?

-Is that where you
met this guy?
-[Kathy] Yes.

When did you get into this?

I was seven when we opened.

In this actual diner?

-[Michael]
In this building, yeah.
-Some history here.

[Guy] What are we
gonna cook today?

We're gonna make
Greek pastitsio.

Your pastitsio.

Absolutely fantastic dish.

It's pasta with meat,

cheeses and bechamel sauce.

It is to die for.

Have you ever had pastitsio?

-No.
-[Guy] It's Greek
noodle lasagna.

[Michael] We're gonna
start off browning some meat,
cooking it with onions.

Did your mom teach you to cook
or your dad teach you to cook?

My mom taught me back here.

My dad taught me the line.

-Have you ever been
on the hot line?
-I have.

Started on the fry,
went to the grill, pizza oven,
everything.

-You can throw a pizza?
-I can throw a pizza.

[Michael] Next up, I'm gonna
add a little white wine.

Tomato sauce, salt,
black pepper, ground cloves,

granulated garlic,
cinnamon, fresh garlic,

cook this down.

-Next the bechamel?
-[Michael] We're gonna
heat up a roux.

And then we're gonna
add the roux to milk.

A little nutmeg,
some white pepper, salt.

We've got some Romano
and shredded Parmesan

-cheese right there.
-[Guy] Okay.

The eggs, you wanna
make sure you're mixing it
the whole time.

Time to build it.

-I'm ready.
-All right. Penne, butter,

-cheese, pepper, salt
and then the egg.
-[Guy] Okay.

[Michael] We'll do
the layered noodles
at the bottom of the pan.

Pour a little bit of bechamel,
smooth it out.

-[Guy] All of
the meat sauce at once?
-[Michael] All of the meat.

Then we're gonna pour
the rest of the noodles
on top.

-The rest of the bechamel.
-[Guy] See, look at you.

You have a future
in this business, Carano.

[Michael] Smooth it out.

Cheese, you gotta have
more cinnamon.

We're gonna let you do that.

[Michael] Butter.

This go in the oven.
What temp?

[Michael] 350 for about
forty-five minutes to an hour.

What you want is just a nice
brown coating on the top.

-Gorgeous.
-[Anthony] Oh, yeah.

[Guy] You can smell that meat,
smell the onions
and the garlic.

-Cinnamon.
-And then all of a sudden
you get cinnamon.

[Anthony] Maiden voyage.

[Anthony] Mmm.

The flavor in the meat,
you get that cinnamon
at the end.

[Guy] I've had
a lot of pastitsio,

this has got great balance.

Not too salty,
not too much bechamel,
not too much meat.

Good bite in the noodle.

Mmm.

Delicious.

Cutting pastitsio.

I love how they infuse
Greek flavor into the lasagna.

[customer]
The pasta was so tender,

the meat was well-cooked
but not overcooked.

It's excellent.

Do you sit at the counter,
or do you sit at the booth?

Sit at the counter.
A lot of action you can watch.

And I like to talk a lot.
[laughs]

-George, what do you think?
-I love it.

[Michael]
Just the conversations
over the years

and the friendships
that people built

-just from this counter,
it's pretty cool.
-I love it.

-Breakfast burger.
-I've been coming here
for about 20 years.

Always a good diner.
Good portions.

But you definitely
save room for dessert.

Baklava cheesecake coming up.

The baklava cheesecake
is exquisite.

It's like they set a baklava
on a piece of cheesecake.

We're making
a baklava cheesecake.

-[indistinct]
-Got it. But hang on.
Wait, wait, wait.

-Baklava...
-Cheesecake.

-Baklava cheesecake's
not normal.
-No, it's not normal.

We're gonna make
a syrup first.

So, we've got water,
honey, sugar.

-[Guy] Okay.
-[Michael] I'm gonna let it
simmer for about 25 minutes.

Then we're gonna add
the cinnamon.

Roasted nuts, they're gonna
get tossed in the syrup.

If there's any left
from Anthony eating 'em.

[Michael]
We're gonna make the filling
for the cheesecake.

-Okay.
-[Michael] Cream cheese,
sugar, vanilla.

And with this,
it gets nice and soft.

Key part of this is to do
one egg at a time.

-[Guy] Got it.
-[Michael] Let it mix in.

Sour cream to finish it.

Now it's time
to build the cheesecake.

-Let's see it.
-Start with a filo dough.

We're gonna do
a layer of butter,
fold it up, more butter.

[Guy] And we're gonna
line this whole thing?

-Nuts.
-All right.

-[Michael] Sprinkle on
the bottom there.
-[Guy] Okay.

Put half the mix in,
you do the rest of the nuts,

rest of the sauce.

We're bringing
the filo dough back up.

More butter.
A couple more layers of filo.

Now you're gonna
fold these in.

The royal wedding cake
doesn't take this long.

-And more butter.
-[Guy] More butter.

-[Michael] Score it.
-[Guy] But no nuts on top?

There will be
some nuts on top.

[Guy] We just used all of 'em.

[Michael] No,
I have other ones.
You were eating 'em,

-so I didn't wanna
keep them all out.
-Oh, is that what it is?

-Anthony, see what happens?
-[chuckles]

-[Michael] And then
we're gonna bake it.
-[Anthony] Oh, baby.

-[Michael] Mmm-hmm.
-If that eats half as good
as it looks...

It eats better.

-Listen to the crunch.
-[Anthony] It smells good.

I think that's just cologne.

-Look at that thing!
-[Anthony] Yes.

Syrup. Just to make it
look pretty.

There's no wrong way
to go about this.

-Took the Guy position.
-[Guy] Holy moly!

Wow!

[Anthony] Great crunch,
flavors. Outstanding.
It's all there.

I'm putting out
the Flavortown Bat-Signal.

I don't know
where you could be in Ohio

that it wouldn't be
worth driving to get that.

[Anthony] You've got
all these different layers.

The chewiness,
the crunchiness.

It's delicious.

There's a lot of depth to it.
Great amount of tang.

-I love the sour cream.
-[Anthony] Mmm-hmm.

[with mouthful] You could
call it, "Tommy's Baklava
Cheesecake House,"

-people are gonna line up.
-Nice.

[Guy] That right there,
hands down,

one of the best cheesecakes
I've ever had.

Here's your
baklava cheesecake, enjoy it.

The flakiness of the baklava
on top is amazing.

It's very creamy, sweet.

-Delicious.
-Salty, tangy.

-That cheesecake
should be illegal.
-That's true. [laughs]

[Michael] Waffle's
a minute half out.

It's not typical diner food.

Good ol' down-home cooking.

It's so funny that
I have to bring the guy
all the way from Vegas

to Columbus to have something
so representative of going
big or going home.

-You killed it.
-[Michael] Thank you.

[Guy] Coming up...

An amped up down-home spot
in Grover Beach, California.

Look at the technique.

Adding some
fine-dining flair...

I'm trying to give each bite
the respect it deserves.

...where you'd
least expect it.

You have legitimized
bologna and cheese.

So, I'm here
in Grover Beach, California,

which is about a mile south
of Pismo Beach.

You know, the place
where everybody comes
to go to the dunes?

Well, today is definitely not
the day to go to the dunes.

But don't worry,
I'm not here for the dunes.

No, I'm here to check out this
husband and wife restaurant,

where they're taking
every-day dishes

and kind of taking 'em to the,

as they say, the 2.0.

This is The Spoon Trade.

[man] Order up,
chicken and waffle.

It really blows people away.

[man] Vegan tikka.

It is comfort food
with a twist.

[woman] Fresh,
locally sourced.

I've been to a lot of
beach communities.

You do not find restaurants
like this all the time.

-Agreed.
-Finish that tartar,
get it out first.

[Guy] That's because
Jacob and Brooke Town

picked up some gourmet vibes
during their time in
San Francisco

before they headed back
to the beach.

You know, we spent 20 plus
years in the industry.

We moved back home
and we opened a restaurant.

That's, uh, expression
of our collective experience.

Why "Spoon Trade"?

We spoon food
and trade in stories.

I think it's the one tool
to bind us all on
the whole planet.

-[Guy] The spoon
is pretty universal.
-[Brooke] Yeah.

-Everybody uses a spoon.
-It's time to eat.

[woman] Chicken and dumplings.

A few things
that are my favorites.

One of 'em is
chicken and dumplings.

Garlic-fennel chicken sausage.

Completely changes your mind
about chicken and dumplings.

-What are we
starting off with?
-[Jacob] Chicken stock.

Roasted chicken bones.
We add carrots, celery, onion,

rosemary, thyme, garlic,
peppercorn and bay leaf.

Top it off with water.
Bring it to a simmer
for about 12 hours.

Strain it off. We're gonna
make our chicken broth.

We melt butter down,
add a little shaved
thin garlic.

Add flour to that.
Lots of black pepper.

-Fresh ground?
-Always.

Chicken stock. Bring it up,
season it with salt.

-Now what are we on to?
-[Jacob] Chicken sausage.

-We turn it into a meatball?
-Mmm-hmm. We're gonna
make a slurry.

White wine, salt,
toasted pepper, rosemary,
toasted fennel.

-Got it.
-[Jacob] Some fresh garlic.

-Get ice in there.
-All right, let's hit it.

All right, here we go.
And we're ready to mix.

-[Guy] Oh,
you're gonna paddle this out.
-[Jacob] Ground chicken,

chicken and chicken skin
puree, slurry of white wine,
garlic, fennel.

Start it up, mix thoroughly.

We can scoop and bake,
425 for six minutes.

-[Guy] What's our next step?
-Dumplings 2.0.

-Let's see it.
-[Jacob] We have flour,
baking powder,

baking soda, sugar, salt.

Do a quick little mix of that.
Nice ice-cold butter going in.

Then we have some
nice cold buttermilk.

[Guy] What are we doing
using a spoon?

We are The Spoon Trade,

and this is
a Lady Hamilton 1932.

-I was noticing that.
-[chuckles]

[Guy] Make it a few hundred
of these.

-What temp we
baking 'em off at?
-375 for 15 minutes.

-Let's build it.
-[Jacob] Start with
the hot broth.

Dumplings, sausage,

Brussels sprouts
and butternut squash.

We'll bring this to a simmer.

-Greek oregano.
-Okay. Look at that.

-[Jacob] A little bit
of olive oil.
-[Guy] Okay.

Crunchy sea salt,
fresh ground pepper,

and some freshly chopped
parsley over the top.

Mmm. This is a piece of art.

Thing about stock is,
it really measures the chef.

Tender meatball.

I'm trying to give each bite
the respect it deserves.

This is probably
the most elevated

chicken and dumplings
I've ever had.

Warning, the dish
you're about to eat

may wreck everything
you ever thought about

-chicken and dumplings.
-[both chuckle]

[Jacob] Dumplings
going to the plate.

Fennel, meatballs, chicken,
really, really good.

-It's fabulous.
-I almost drowned in it.

-[laughs]
-Biscuits that are
just soft and fluffy,

but a little crunchy
on the outside.

These two are crazy? Creative?

-All of the above.
They're creative.
-Really creative.

[Jacob] Sauce for tikka
going down.

Where do all of these
spoons come from?

[Brooke] People just started
bringing 'em in and...

-"Grandma's baby spoon,
the World's Fair spoon."
-I've got baby spoons.

And it gives you that
sense of being at home.

And the food makes you feel
like you're welcome.

[Guy] What is up next?

[Jacob] Bologna,
nice and crispy.

Bologna sandwiches,
don't go anywhere.

Hanging out in Grover Beach.

Not Pismo, he just told me.

-[laughs] I love it.
-See you in a bit.

It reminds me when
I used to go to chicken stock
falls in Flavortown.

-[chuckling]
-[background laughter]

Welcome back to Triple-D.
Hanging out in Grover Beach.

This is Spoon Trade.

His last name is Town,
his middle name is,

of course, together?

-Flavor.
-Flavor. Exactly.
Jacob Flavor Town.

Butter brioche
hitting the flat top.

[customer] Jake's food
is like a warm hug.

Catering to people
who really love food.

Bologna going down.

Their bologna sandwich
is a work of art.

From the brioche bun,
to the bologna itself.

It's insane.

It's bologna 2.0.

We're gonna make a cure.
A little water, maple syrup,

-salt, and a little bit
of curing salt.
-[Guy] Got it.

-And we've got pork shoulder?
-[Jacob] Already has a good
amount of fat,

but we want a little more,
so we're gonna put

-some fatback in there also.
-Where did you get--
Is that fatback?

-It is straight fatback.
-Got it.

He didn't say we're gonna
put the fat back.

It wasn't in there before.

[Jacob] This is gonna
cure for one hour.

We grind this
in a course grind.

And then our bologna spices.

Milk powder, nutmeg,
white pepper, coriander,

-allspice, garlic powder
and smoked paprika.
-[Guy] Got it.

[Jacob] Get this going,
and we're gonna add that
ice water in there.

The colder, the better.

Load it in with
as little air as possible.

So, our little
mini-stuffer here.

[Guy] Wait a second,
this is a plastic bag.

I've never seen this.

[Jacob] Get it nice and tight.

Look at the technique.

[Jacob]
We'll drop it in the sous vide
at 180 degree Fahrenheit.

And it'll cook for hours
before we drop it
in the ice bath.

-But it comes with
American cheese?
-Yep.

-Do not tell me
you make American cheese.
-We sure do.

-Teach me, oh wise one.
-Right on.

Put some milk on the stove.
Bring that to a simmer.

Sodium citrate.

Turn the heat off,
and then some bloomed gelatin.

Make our little
cheese mixture here.

Grated cheddar cheese.
Add a little milk powder,

-salt, smoked paprika.
-Okay.

[Jacob] Cream of tartar.
Add to the food processor.

We just add hot milk to that,

and we let it run
till it's that smooth,
smooth texture.

This will
go back on the stove,
get it nice and hot.

And we'll pour it
into our molds.

Chill it down,
and they'll set up nicely.

What else are we gonna make?

-Brioche.
-Of course we are.

[Jacob] Milk,
room temperature eggs,
organic flour out of Utah.

Add yeast and sugar to that,
a little bit of salt.

Mix it for about four minutes,
and then we start to
add butter.

We'll proof it one time.

Portion it into the buns,
proof again.

And egg wash it,
pop it in a convection oven
at 350 for about 10 minutes.

And then, of course,
we're gonna make
the Dijonnaise.

[Jacob] Egg yolks,
lemon juice, garlic,
Dijon, salt.

Put it on the mixer.

Emulsify our rice bran oil
into that, Dijonnaise.

The bologna is done,
and it's cooled.

Nice, thick slices.

Butter, throw it all
on the flat top here.

Bun down,
get it nice and crunchy.

And here we go.
American cheese.

A little bit of time
in the salamander.

Dijonnaise that bun.

Four slices of bologna,
ooey-gooey cheese,

a little bit more sauce.

Simple.

Delicate.

-[Guy yells] What!
-[laughs]

[Guy] You have legitimized
bologna and cheese.

The texture of the bologna
is outstanding.

A little coarseness to it.

The cheese,

silky, creamy.
Brioche bun is spot on.

There's a guy named Oscar,
he's looking for you.

Well, my bologna
has a first name,

it's J-A-C-O-B.

That's worth a pilgrimage.

Our beloved balogna sandwich.

So you get this nice stack
of really, really tasty meat.

And with the melted cheese
all over it,

it is just really great.

And the gooeyness
and all the different
textures and flavors.

It brings me back
to my childhood.

-You got to eat
bologna and cheese?
-Yeah.

See, Penny? Other people
got to eat bologna and cheese.

[Jacob] Kitchen noodle soup,
duck confit.

If you haven't eaten here,
you really need to.

[Guy] It just seems
like a place that's really
comfortable to everybody.

But what you'll experience
on the menu

is up in the multiple star
restaurants.

-Cheers.
-Flavor.

-That's what we
call him now, Mr. Town.
-[laughs]

[Guy] Coming up...

An out of bounds
barbecue joint

in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Outstanding.

Getting serious...

Your attention to detail
shines through.

...with their sandwiches.

I'm gonna have to
whip out the hunch.

It's outrageous.

So, I'm here in Asbury Park,
New Jersey.

About an hour
from New York City,

and just a couple blocks
from the beach,

check out a barbecue joint.

It's a regular story,
you know?

The guy was in tech sales,
loved barbecue,

did backyard barbecue,
opened up a joint.

Well, the story doesn't
stop there, no.

Evidently, the residents of
Flavortown converged
on this joint.

Yep, that's right.
The Guy Fieri Flavor Army,

and they said,
"This place is the real deal."

[all] Hey, Guy!

We're here at
Mutiny BBQ Company

in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[all] It's great barbecue!

I gotta check it out. This is
Mutiny BBQ Company.

Sliced brisket combo,
collards, potato salad
for table five.

This place is so authentic.

Bacon Turkey Bama
and a Beast from the East.

Definitely the best
barbecue spot around.

[Guy] And it's sporting
Carolina and Texas style.

All from Tom Dunphy,
who risked it all
to man the pit.

I was a corporate guy.
Started in the driveway,

and just grew a business
from there.

The dream was to open a place
that could be on this show.

-Lottery ticket today,
my friend.
-Feels good.

-So what are we making?
-[Tom] Our smoke fried
chicken thigh sandwich.

I have the smoke fried thigh.

The smoke fried thigh is my
favorite thing on the menu

'cause I just like
the combination of the sauce.

And those homemade pickles.

[excitedly]
Oh, it's delicious.

We're gonna make
the buttermilk brine...

-Got it.
-...for our smoke fried
chicken thighs.

Buttermilk, sugar,
kosher salt.

-[Guy] How long will it brine?
-[Tom] Twenty-four hours.

We're gonna hit it
with the house dry rub.
Turbinado sugar, honey powder.

-Dehydrated honey?
-[Tom] Yep.

Dry mustard, kosher salt,
black pepper, garlic powder,

onion powder,
chili and cayenne just to
give it a little bit of heat.

[Guy] How long
we gonna go on smoker for?

[Tom] 250 for about two hours.

Do we serve this chicken
as a sandwich when it's
not fried?

-No, sir.
-[chuckles] Oh, it doesn't
work that way.

[Tom] It's gotta be fried.

Our dredges,
cornstarch and rice flour.

The house dry rub in there
to season it.

-So, this is gluten-free
fried chicken?
-It is.

-[Guy] What's the next step?
-Hot honey barbecue sauce.

So, we gotta make
the house sauce first
as a base.

Water, ketchup,
apple cider vinegar.

My kind of barbecue sauce.

Maple syrup,
honey, Worcestershire,

kosher salt, pepper,
brown sugar.

[Guy] Granulated garlic,
onion and paprika.

Warm this up a little bit.

[Tom] Then it's ready
for the hot honey.

Delicious.

[Tom] Dried chile de arbols,
red chili, garlic puree
and honey.

Let this go
for about 10 minutes,
and then we're gonna strain it

and add it to our
house barbecue sauce.

-What's the next step?
-[Tom] Doing our
house pickles.

Fresh dill, mustard seed,
garlic puree, a couple of
bay leaves.

-Are we hot brining this
or cold brining this?
-Cold brine.

Vinegar, sugar, salt,
whisk till it's fully
dissolved.

Add the sachet to it,
and then we'll pour our

sliced English cucumbers
over the top.

-That is gonna be like
a crunchy pickle chip.
-[Tom] Absolutely.

I "pickle up"
what you're laying down.

Now, we're gonna
fry the chicken.

Get this a little tossed
in the sauce here.

A couple of house pickles
we talked about,

smoke fried chicken thigh.

[Guy] First thing I was
worried about, I was gonna
get too much smoke on this,

which is not the case.
It's kissed with smoke,

but I know that you're cooking
this all the way through at
two and a half hours.

So, the fry can be
really light on that.

It's not a real big,
heavy batter on this.

It's more like
just a little bit of a coating

that lets the sauce
adhere to it.

The balance is what makes this
such a great sandwich.

And the pickle
is the little respite

that you want.

You think about things
every step of the way.

And that's a dynamite
sandwich.

[Tom] Smoke fried thigh,
honey barbecue for Jesse.

The way the chicken is
prepared, fried and smoked,

mmm, tastes so good!

You get hot, you get sweet,
and it's got that little
tang to it.

It's all about the sauce.

Longtime buddy of mine,
one of my restaurant mentors

when I came out of college,
Tom Karen.

But I've come out here to see
the real player of the Karen
family, Quinn.

Are you a barbecue guy?

Honestly, not really,
but this was amazing.

Buffalo and
the honey sriracha wings.

The flavor is cooked into it.

[Tom] We're burning
nothing but kiln-dried
barkless oak.

Dry enough
to burn efficiently,

but still enough of
the sugars, the tannins,
the carbohydrates

-to stay in that wood.
-[repeatedly] Wait, wait...
Are you techie, nerdy guy?

I get obsessive and nerdy
about the things that I love,
and I love barbecue.

Building The Beast
from the East.

The Beast of the East
comes with pulled pork,

brisket and sausage.

It's bigger than my head.
My head's pretty big. [laughs]

All right, jump in.

[Tom] So, I'm going to trim,
score and then dry rub
this pork butt.

-[Guy] This is the house rub?
-[Tom] Yes.

This is gonna sit overnight,
soak in, and then it'll go
to the smoker.

[Tom] We're gonna go 250,
ten or 11 hours.

-Paper wrap?
-[Tom] Then double foil.

[Guy] Got it.

-Next brisket.
-I'm just gonna trim some
of this fat cap off nicely.

-[Guy] Salt-pepper mix,
on to the smoker, 250.
-[Tom] Eight or nine hours.

-Hot links go on
the smoker also?
-[Tom] We deep fry those.

-Just when I think
he's gonna zig, he zags.
-[chuckles]

-[Guy] All right, chef.
Let's see it.
-[Tom] It's our pork finish.

Apple cider vinegar,
brown sugar, Cajun seasoning,

crushed red pepper,
and the black pepper as well.

Whisk it together real quick.

This hot pork is gonna
soak it up.

That finishing sauce
is the money.

[Tom] We can
slice this brisket.

If I look at
this brisket mean,

it'll fall apart.

If all you sold was brisket,

you would have your
treasure chest full of gold.

[Tom] I'm gonna go ahead
and build our Beast
from the East.

Texas style sausage,
brisket, pulled pork,

house coleslaw, pickles,

pickled red onion,
house barbecue sauce.

You know,
the beach is right over there?

You're gonna have me
right out of the board shorts
into the muumuu.

[Tom laughs]

I'm gonna have to
whip out the hunch.

It's outrageous.

I love the vinegar that
comes through from the slaw

and from the pickled onions.

Sausage deep fried,
nice snap to it.

Your balance is your key.

It's a dynamite sandwich.

It's really well made.

-Delicious.
-[server] Beast from the East.

Pulled pork has a little bit
of a vinegar kick.

It really has that smoky
taste to it as well.

It's a little bit
of everything.

But the brisket is so spot on,

he could just call it,
"The Brisket House."

-Yeah.
-Just so good.

[Tom] Half rack combo,
in the window.

There's nothing like it
in this area.

Your attention to detail
shines through.

There will absolutely be
no mutiny in this barbecue
house.

-You're the real deal, man.
Congratulations.
-Appreciate it, bro.

Outstanding.

So, that's it
for this road trip.

But don't worry,
we've got plenty more joints
to find all over this country.

I'll be looking for you
next time on

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

All right, are we done?
That was 10 minutes?

I thought we were
doing this for TV?

You just stop being
the producer, all right?

-Um, yes, sir.
-You're a techie nerd don't--
Let me just stay on my job.

-Absolutely.
-What's up with this guy?

-[laughs]
-I'm gonna go
talk to your wife.

-You're in trouble.
-Sorry about that. [laughs]