Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives Visits Jackson

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Many of you already know that Guy Fieri and his Food Network show, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, rolled into town a few weeks ago. I’m here to share what restaurants he visited and what went down at each of the spots he visited.

Lotus Cafe, Pinky G’s Pizzeria, Sidewinders Tavern, Pica’s Mexican Taqueria, Nora’s Fish Creek Inn, and Cafe Genevieve were the six restaurants that Guy’s production crew filmed for the show.

I caught up with Sidewinders, Pica’s, Nora’s and Cafe Genevieve and got the scoop on their experience and what the process was like, start to finish.

The producers of the show contacted each of the restaurants to let them know they had been selected to be on the show, but had to go through a series of interviews and other steps in order to qualify to actually be filmed and have their food aired on TV. After hours of interviewing and sending recipes and pictures, Guy Fieri himself chose these six restaurants. He also hand-picked which recipes he wanted to cook with the designated chefs.

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Guy Fieri with the Genevieve crew

After all the restaurants got the call they were going to be filmed and on TV, the production crews made their way to Jackson. There were two production crews, each one filmed three restaurants. Each restaurant closed while the crews filmed for two days. Beforehand, there were many hours spent cleaning, prepping and getting everything ready to cook. The first day, Guy came in and cooked the recipes that he chose from each restaurant. The restaurants invited locals and customers to come in to be interviewed about their food the second day.

At Sidewinders Tavern, he chose the chicken pot pie, pretzel, french onion soup and their carne asada. The Pica’s team prepared and cooked their posole verde, grilled shrimp tacos, sopes de chicken tinga and their salsa. At Nora’s, Guy requested to cook their sourdough banana bread french toast, huevos rancheros, biscuits and gravy, blueberry pancakes, and prime rib with  blue cheese mushrooms. And at Cafe Genevieve, Guy chose their signature pig candy, the ramen noodle bowl, and the pork neck ragu.

“Guy was really funny, witty and just like he is on TV. He and our chef are from the same area in California, so they really made a good connection and hit it off. He was a lot of fun to have,” said Cafe Genevieve’s manager, Sarah Rowe.

The producers couldn’t guarantee any details about if and when each restaurant would air on TV, but they did tell them it would be anywhere from three to six months, with a month’s heads up before airing. When we hear any more details, we’ll let y’all know!

 

 

 

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Casey Alderman

Born and raised in south Georgia, Casey moved to Colorado after graduating college and has now settled in Jackson, where she loves to snowboard, hike and water-ski. She's a true southern food junkie, but loves every type of food (there's nothing she won't eat) and will try anything once. A lifelong love of food combined with a Journalism degree made her realize she could combine her two passions which led her to the position of Editorial Assistant. She loves hot sauce and anything pickled, and you'll always find her on the hunt for the perfect Bloody Mary.

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