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Upstate NY restaurants you've seen on TV
Upstate NY is packed with restaurantsthat have seen their fame skyrocket after being featured on TV shows. From Food Network shows like "Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" to Travel Channel challenges like "Man vs. Food," these Upstate foodspots have something special that brings in the cameras.
Take a look at the restaurants near you that have been on TV, and see which shows have featured them.
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Frank Ordonez | The Post-Standard
"Diners, Drive-ins &Dives" - Season 16, episode 3 (Food Network)
"Guilty Pleasures" - Season 2, episode 1 (Food Network)
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Grover's Bar & Grill, East Amherst
"Diners, Drive-ins &Dives" - Season 7, episode 10 (Food Network)
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"Diners, Drive-ins &Dives" - Season 1, episode 6 (Food Network)
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Pastabilities, Syracuse
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 16, episode 2 (Food Network)
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"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 7, episode 13 (Food Network)
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Empire Brewing Company, Syracuse
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 16, episode 7 (Food Network)
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"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 8, episode 7 (Food Network)
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Kitty Hoynes, Syracuse
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 15, episode 13 (Food Network)
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Blackthorn Restaurant and Pub, Buffalo
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 8, episode 5 (Food Network)
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Pizza Junction, North Tonawanda (closed)
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 8, episode 2 (Food Network)
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Mulberry Italian Ristorante, Lackawanna
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 9, episode 2 (Food Network)
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Byblos Mediterranean Cafe, Syracuse
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 16, episode 1 (Food Network)
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Earl's Drive-in, Chaffee (closed)
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 8. episode 9 (Food Network)
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Ellen M. Blalock | eblalock@syracuse.com
Eva's European Sweets, Syracuse
"Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" - Season 16, episode 9
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Dinosaur Bar B Que, Syracuse
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" - Season 1, episode 2 (Food Network)
"Guilty Pleasures" - Season 3, episode 12 (Food Network)
"Roker on the Road" - Season 3, episode 9 (Food Network)
"Hungry Detective" - Season 1, episode 3 (Food Network)
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"Man vs. Food" - Season 3, episode 14 (Travel Channel)
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The Harvest Restaurant, Queensbury
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" - Season 4, episode 1 (The Best Thing I Ever Ate)
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Hattie's Restaurant, Saratoga Springs
"Throwdown with Bobby Flay" - Season 1, episode 13 (Food Network)
"Food Nation with Bobby Flay" - Season 1, episode 21 (Food Network)
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Facebook / The Ice Cream Man
"Throwdown with Bobby Flay" - Season 3, episode 10 (Food Network)
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Don Cazentre | dcazentre@syracuse.com
"Restaurant Impossible" - Season 2, episode 14 (Food Network)
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Heid's of Liverpool, Liverpool
"Man vs. Food" - Season 3, episode 13 (Travel Channel)
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New World Home Cooking, Saugerties
"Chopped" - Season 5, episode 2 (Food Network)
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"$40 a Day" - Saeson 1, episode 26 (Food Network)
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Ommegang Brewery, Cooperstown
"$40 a Day" - Season 1, episode 26 (Food Network)
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"Man vs. Food" - Season 3, Episode 15 (Travel Channel)
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Riverstone Grill, Grand Island
"Man vs. Food" - Season 3, episode 15 (Travel Channel)
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"Man vs. Food Nation" -Episode 20 (Travel Channel)
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"Man vs Food Nation" - Episode 20 (Travel Channel)
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"Guilty Pleasures" - Season 2, episode 9 (Food Network)
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Charlie the Butcher's Kitchen, Williamsville
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" - Season 4, episode 4 (Food Network)
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"Best Thing I Ever Ate" - Season 6, episode 7 (Food Network)
"FoodNation with Bobby Flay" - Season 1, episode 4 (Food Network)
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Anchor Bar, Buffalo
"Food Wars" - Season 1, episode 1 (Travel Channel)
"Food Paradise" - Season 1, episode 13 (Travel Channel)
"Throwdown with Bobby Flay" - Season 2, episode 11 (Food Network)
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"Food Paradise" - Season 4, episode 11 (Travel Channel)
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"Food Paradise" - Season 4, episode 8 (Travel Channel)
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Whistle Pig, Niagara Falls (closed)
"Food Paradise" - Season 4, episode 11 (Travel Channel)
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Poppy's Burgers and Fries, Beacon
"Chopped" - Season 5, episode 4 (Food Network)
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La Puerta Azul
"Chopped" - Season 16, episode 2 (Food Network)
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Joe Willy's
"Restaurant Impossible" - Season 6, episode 1 (Food Network)
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Papa C Eastside Cafe, Fairport
"Restaurant Impossible" - Season 9, episode 13 (Food Network)
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Oleander Bar and Grill, Olean (closed)
"Restaurant Impossible" - Season 4, episode 13 (Food Network)
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Duff's Famous Wings, Buffalo
"Food Wars" - Season 1, episode 1 (Travel Channel)
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Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park
"Chopped" - Season 13, episode 7 (Food Network)
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"$40 a Day" - Season 1, episode 17 (Food Network)
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