# Diners, Drive-ins and Dives **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527 "2015-10-13T06:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/1 "2015-10-13T06:25:58Z")
The only TV I watch is DDD on UK food network. Happy to watch two episodes concurrently. That food just looks so good, so much variety, such a good show. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/2 "2015-10-13T09:58:47Z")
That show is everything wrong with the current direction the Food Network has taken. It is the worst, and Guy Fieri is worse than that. He’s a pushy asshole who talks over everyone he interviews, too. Which just puts me off whatever food he’s showing (I agree it’s often great-looking food). I’m a big fan of a lot of American diner & BBQ culture, but that man is the worst possible curator of that awesome heritage. I’d much rather watch a nice BBC food show, like Andy Bates or Rachel Koo. People where I don’t feel like they’re constantly shouting in my ear. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/3 "2015-10-13T10:45:42Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > That show is everything wrong with the current direction the Food Network has taken. But it’s the only thing left that’s not a competition or has anything do with cakes and cupcakes. I miss shows like _Good Eats_ and _$40 a Day_, and detest nearly everything about Food Network these days. _Diners, Drive-ins and Dives_ is a nice break from the competitive drivel. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/4 "2015-10-13T10:51:05Z")
I liked when DDD went to Doumar’s in Norfolk, which I’ve been to a number of times. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/5 "2015-10-13T11:18:00Z")
I can’t watch a celebrity “chef” who looks like he has an Axe vapor cloud permanently enveloping him. I mean, that can’t be good for the food. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/6 "2015-10-13T11:19:20Z")
I’d like to see the British version of Triple D. Actually I love British food shows. I have Gordon Ramsay’s “The F Word” and BBC America to thank for that 🙂 Our version of Triple D…I usually catch it on the weekend overnights when I’m getting ready for work. I agree, Guy does find the funkiest places with the very interesting food. However, hearing him screech at 3AM is another story. I sometimes turn down the volume because of him. There have been a few instances where somebody he’s interviewing will flip everything right back to him. You can tell he’s not expecting it. When he plays along with it it’s a riot. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/7 "2015-10-13T11:34:29Z")
Don’t know if the UK version is any different, but based on having been to several of the places that have been on the American show I assume the food is similarly oversold. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/8 "2015-10-13T12:22:42Z")
I like DDD in small doses, but it’s not something I would binge watch. I do like to go to the restaurants featured on the show when I am traveling. There is a good app for that called Food Network On the Road that will locate all the restaurants near your location that have been on any Food Network show, and they can be filtered by show, chef, cuisine, etc. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/9 "2015-10-13T14:21:09Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > There have been a few instances where somebody he’s interviewing will flip everything right back to him. You can tell he’s not expecting it. When he plays along with it it’s a riot. He’s not quite as bad as some people make him out to be; he may be douchey, but he does seem to be pretty friendly and engaging on the show, and he’s always very complimentary to the restaurant owners and chefs. And I’ve eaten at a few places he’s had on the show- excellent food at all of them. Oddly enough, DDD is one of those go-to shows I’ll watch when I’m in the mood for something very positive to watch; there’s no drama and there’s nothing negative about the show- just Guy being positive and letting people show off their restaurant’s specialties. Few shows can say that- most seem to have a competitive or dramatic element these days. I like Andrew Zimmern’s “Delicious Destinations” for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/10 "2015-10-13T14:31:08Z")
The concept of the show is great, but [Guy Ferry](http://cdn-jpg.thedailymeal.net/sites/default/files/u15547/guy-fieri-normal-hair-PROMO.jpg) (his real name) is a simulacrum of a human being. Everything about him, including his name, is fake and I can’t bear to watch him. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/11 "2015-10-13T14:38:03Z")
Sometimes this show is playing at the gym and I find that I can tolerate it better without sound. But there’s something about the frenetic editing of the show that is exhausting; no shot lasts more than 2 seconds and I guess I’m officially too old for that #\*$(. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/12 "2015-10-13T14:46:05Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > The concept of the show is great, but [Guy Ferry](http://cdn-jpg.thedailymeal.net/sites/default/files/u15547/guy-fieri-normal-hair-PROMO.jpg) (his real name) is a simulacrum of a human being. Everything about him, including his name, is fake and I can’t bear to watch him. You know, he may just be the smartest “celebrity” out there. I think if I were to be famous, then I’d love it so that a fake me was famous, allowing me to go back to the “real” me when I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/13 "2015-10-13T15:16:55Z")
Although the show focuses on places with obscene portions, I do like that the food featured is made from scratch. Unlike Robert Irvine’s show you never see a Sysco label anywhere. I think there should be a program where restaurants that could be on Guy’s show teach candidates for Robert’s show how to run a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/14 "2015-10-13T15:34:56Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > The concept of the show is great, but [Guy Ferry](http://cdn-jpg.thedailymeal.net/sites/default/files/u15547/guy-fieri-normal-hair-PROMO.jpg) (his real name) is a simulacrum of a human being. Everything about him, including his name, is fake and I can’t bear to watch him. [Photoshopped.](http://time.com/3593888/guy-fieri-hair-chef-makeover-normcore/) > [@](#): > > And now here’s Fieri without the two things that make him Fieri, in a consummate Photoshop makeover by @gewqk. Fieri was his great grandfather’s name when he came to America where it was changed to Ferry. Guy changed his name back to the original when he got married. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/15 "2015-10-13T16:24:28Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I can’t watch a celebrity “chef” who looks like he has an Axe vapor cloud permanently enveloping him. I mean, that can’t be good for the food. He’s not cooking any of it though. I love the show. I especially love going to the featured placing whenever they are in driving distance. Been to about 15. I have had some really great stuff! Ironically, I suppose, the worst experience from a DDD spot has been his own place, Johnny Garlic’s. We were very underwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/16 "2015-10-13T18:02:07Z")
I like the show and I don’t mid Guy. I think it’s funny when someone puts an egg on top of something he has to eat. He always flips it off to the side. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/17 "2015-10-13T19:30:46Z")
I don’t care about any of that, I like it bold, brassy and shallow and American. I hate English cooking programs. I don’t want to see any more of Jamie Oliver, or Two Fat Bitches, or Nigella Sodding Middle Class Wank Fantasy. Keith Floyd was alright. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/18 "2015-10-13T19:51:42Z")
[Guy eats eggs and brains.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1Omqh2P0Y) It’s pretty clear he finds the dish less than appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/19 "2015-10-13T20:12:02Z")
Hey, I’m an old fart and I don’t mind the way Guy looks. He’s no more annoying than most TV hosts. And when you have a program called _Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives_ there’s something to be said for having someone who looks like they might be a patron of such establishments. I love the program. When I’ve flipping through the channels late at night (when it’s on here in Panama) it’s one of the few shows I can put on without worrying what point of the program it is. It’s like food porn. If I ate that kind of stuff regularly I’d weigh 300 pounds, but it’s nice to ogle it. It’s also interesting to see how restaurant-sized quantities of food are prepared. ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527/20 "2015-10-13T20:22:44Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Hey, I’m an old fart and I don’t mind the way Guy looks. He’s no more annoying than most TV hosts. And when you have a program called _Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives_ there’s something to be said for having someone who looks like they might be a patron of such establishments. > > I love the program. When I’ve flipping through the channels late at night (when it’s on here in Panama) it’s one of the few shows I can put on without worrying what point of the program it is. > > It’s like food porn. If I ate that kind of stuff regularly I’d weigh 300 pounds, but it’s nice to ogle it. It’s also interesting to see how restaurant-sized quantities of food are prepared. It’s definitely food porno, all those different types of burgers and burritos with lurid coloured spicy sauces on them, all glistening and juicy and fattening and tempting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/734527.md?page=2)