# Food Paradise season 1

The first season of Food Paradise, an American food reality television series narrated by Mason Pettit on the Travel Channel, premiered on December 17, 2007. First-run episodes of the series aired in the United States on the Travel Channel on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. EDT. The season contained 15 episodes and concluded airing on April 26, 2008.
Food Paradise features the best places to find various cuisines at food locations across America. Each episode focuses on a certain type of restaurant, such as "Diners", "Bars", "Drive-Thrus" or "Breakfast" places that people go to find a certain food specialty.

## Episodes
### Hamburger Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Louis' Lunch | New Haven, Connecticut | invented original hamburger sandwich in 1895 using vertical flame broilers |
| White Castle | (First) Wichita, Kansas (throughout U.S.) | famous 2 1/2 inch steamed sliders with chopped onions |
| All-American Drive-In | Massapequa, New York | old-fashioned classic "All American Burger" |
| Bob's Big Boy | Burbank, California | "Original Double Deck Hamburger" (2 patties), "Super Boy Big Combo" |
| World Famous Ted's Restaurant | Meriden, Connecticut | Steamed cheeseburgers with white cheese |
| Half-Moon Restaurant & Saloon - CLOSED | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania | Wild-game burgers (buffalo, ostrich, elk, antelope, wild boar and kangaroo) |
| The Spot Natural Food Restaurant | Hermosa Beach, California | Homemade veggie burgers |
| Pop Burger - CLOSED | (Lower West Side) New York City, New York | 3 inch mini burger gourmet sliders |
| Old Homestead Steakhouse | (Chelsea/Meat Packing District) New York City, New York | $41 Kobe beef burger with exotic mushrooms and tater tots |
| Waylan's Kuku Burger | Miami, Oklahoma | Giant grilled burgers with buttered buns and any topping |

### Pizza Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Lombardi's Pizza Napoletant | (Little Italy) New York City, New York | Neapolitan-style thin-crust coal oven pizza, "Margerita"-cheese and sauce, famous pesto pizza |
| Ray's Pizza (on Prince St.) | New York City, New York | Original Ray's traditional thin-crust pizza |
| The Original Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana | ("Little Italy" – Wooster Square) New Haven, Connecticut | New Haven-style coal fire oven pizza |
| Sally's Apizza Restaurant | New Haven, Connecticut | Coal fire New Haven-style pizza |
| Pizzeria Uno | Chicago, Illinois | Original deep dish pizza, "Numerio Uno" – cheese, sauce, sausage and pepperoni |
| Lou Malnati's Pizzeria | Chicago, Illinois | Deep dish pizza with buttery flaky crust, Wisconsin cheese and Illinois pork sausage, Chocolate chip pizza |
| Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza | Chicago, Illinois | Stuffed pizza Turino-style - 4 1/2 pound pizza pies with double crust, cheese on bottom and sauce on top |
| Caioti Pizza Cafe | Studio City, California | California-style gourmet pizza with unexpected toppings, "Pizza Rockafella"-seafood topped pizza |
| California Pizza Kitchen | Beverly Hills, California (1st), (Throughout U.S.) | Gourmet California-style pizza, Original Bar-B-Que chicken pizza |
| Nino's Bellissima Pizza | (Upper East Side) Manhattan, New York | "Luxury Pizza" - $1,000 gourmet pizza with crème fraîche, lobster tail, caviar and salmon roe |

### Hot Dog Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Nathan's Famous | Coney Island, New York | famous frankfurters (chili dogs, sautee onion & pepper dog), crinkle-cut fries, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| Pink's Hot Dogs | Hollywood, California | 21 celebrity-named grilled hot dogs, chili cheese dogs |
| The Varsity | Atlanta, Georgia | World's biggest hot dog stand and drive-in, water-boiled hot dogs (chili dogs, chili slaw dog), onion rings, |
| Superdawg Drive-In | Chicago, Illinois | "Superdawgs" voted best Chicago hot dogs – (smokey & garlicky) |
| Hot Doug's The Sausage Superstore | Chicago, Illinois | Wild-game sausages sandwiches, corn dogs, "The Dog" – Chicago dog |
| Jimmy Buff's Hot Dogs & Sausages | East Hanover, New Jersey | Originators of the Italian hot dog (fried hot dogs with fried potatoes, onion & peppers stuffed into a roll |
| Franktitude | (Southbeach) Miami, Florida | Chilean-style seafood dogs, salmon franks, low calorie chicken/tofu franks |

### Steak Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Peter Luger Steak House | Brooklyn, New York | Dry-aged USDA prime beef, heavy-cut lamb chops |
| Hilltop Steak House CLOSED | Saugus, Massachusetts | Prime rib, Rib eye steak |
| Pat's King of Steaks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia cheese steak (chopped steak with Cheese Wiz) |
| Geno's Steaks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia cheese steak (sliced steak with provolone) |
| Cattlemen's Steakhouse | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | USDA prime & choice steaks, (T-Bone Steak, "Cattlemen's Strip Sirloin") |
| Big Texan Steak Ranch | Amarillo, Texas | Big Texan Challenge: 72 ounce top sirloin, dinner roll, side salad, baked potato, and fried shrimp. |
| Buckhorn Exchange | Denver, Colorado | Wild game steaks: (buffalo, yak, elk, ostrich) |
| Megu | New York, New York | Kobe Chateaubriand and Kobe Filet Mignon |

### Donut Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Café Du Monde | New Orleans, Louisiana | beignets with powdered sugar, cafe au lait |
| Kane's Donuts | Saugus, Massachusetts | traditional cake- and yeast-style donuts; giant coffee rolls; full line of Kane's Gluten Free (KGF) donuts (14 daily flavors) |
| Randy's Donuts | Inglewood, California | 50-foot ceramic doughnut-shaped sign, glazed, sugar and chocolate raised donuts |
| The Spudnut Shop | Richland, Washington | "Spudnuts" – potato flour donuts, "Nutty Spuddy", "Spufins" – potato flour muffins |
| Voodoo Doughnut | Portland, Oregon | "Voodoo Doughnut" – raspberry jam-filled voodoo doll-shaped doughnut, "Bacon Maple Bars", "Dirt Doughnuts", bubblegum doughnuts, "Dirty Snowball", "Memphis Mafia" |
| Top Pot Doughnuts | Seattle, Washington | old-fashioned spice cake doughnuts, maple doughtnuts, "Rainbow Doughnuts", "Pink Feather Boa" – pink icing with coconut |
| Doughnut Plant | (Lower East Side) New York City, New York | designer gourmet doughnuts, glazed doughnuts with edible flowers, raspberry glaze, doughnut jelly square, pistachio nut glaze |

### Barbecue Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Arthur Bryant's | Kansas City, Missouri | 12-hour hickory & oak slow-smoked beef brisket, pork ribs with signature vinegar-based BBQ sauce. |
| Interstate Bar-B-Que | Memphis, Tennessee | Dry-rubbed brisket, pork ribs, chicken and sausage, one-pound pulled pork sandwich, "Barbecue Spaghetti" (seasoned rib meat mixed with BBQ tomato-based sauce over spaghetti) |
| Smitty's Market | Lockhart, Texas | Slow smoked brisket and signature smoked sausage. |
| Kreuz Market | Lockhart, Texas | Fast-smoked brisket, boneless beef shoulder, and smoked sausage. |
| Black's Barbecue | Lockhart, Texas | Smoked brisket, turkey, pork loin and beef ribs with signature BBQ sauce. |
| Annual Barbecue Festival | Lexington, North Carolina | Chopped or sliced pork shoulder in a ketchup & vinegar-based BBQ sauce called "Dip" served with cole slaw. Hot pork skins and barbecue turkey legs. |
| Lexington BBQ | Lexington, North Carolina | Lexington-style barbecue slow-smoked fire pit pork shoulders with vinegar-based BBQ sauce. Chopped pork sandwich served with "red slaw" (ketchup-based cole slaw), hush puppies and sweet tea. |
| Cowboy Flavor (Catering) | Santa Maria, California | Santa Maria-style "cowboy barbeque" (over an open firepit with red oak smoke) "Barbacoa", Beef shoulder, Linguica sausage served with pinto beans and salsa. |
| The Hitching Post | Buellton, California | "World's Best BBQ Steaks", Modern Santa Maria-style barbecue (vinegar & garlic-infused vegetable oil basted angus rib chops, prime top sirloin, filet mignon, grilled ostrich meat, barbecued artichokes with smoked tomato ancho-chili mayonnaise) |
| 17th Street Bar and Grill | Murphysboro, Illinois | Award-winning barbecue (apple wood smoked), dry-rubbed pork ribs smothered with signature tomato & vinegar-based BBQ sauce and sprinkled with "Magic Dust" (secret seasoning) |

### Ice Cream Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Bassett's Ice Cream @ Reading Terminal Market | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | America's Oldest Ice Cream Company - ice cream consisting of high butterfat content (makes it creamier) - Mint Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream, Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter, Butter Pecan, English Toffee Crunch |
| The Berkey Creamery | University Park, Pennsylvania | 100 ice cream flavors, 10 frozen yogurt flavors and 6 sherbet flavors - "Alumni Swirl" (vanilla Ice Cream with Swiss mocha chips and blueberry swirl), "Pralines 'N Cream" (Praline flavored ice cream with praline pecans and caramel swirl) |
| Ben and Jerry's | Waterbury, Vermont | "Cherry Garcia" (cherry ice cream with cherries & fudge flakes), "Chunky Monkey" (banana ice cream with fudge chunks & walnuts), "Chubby Hubby" (fudge-covered peanut butter filled pretzels covered in vanilla malt ice cream swirled with fudge & peanut butter), "The Vermonster" (a huge ice cream sundae served in a bucket filled with 20 scoops of ice cream, 4 bananas, hot fudge, 3 chocolate chip cookies, a chocolate fudge brownie, walnuts, 4 choice toppings and whipped cream). |
| Doumar's Drive-In | Norfolk, Virginia | Creators of the ice cream cone - homemade Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry or Pecan ice cream inside a famous Doumar hand-rolled waffle cone. |
| Max and Mina's of Main Street | Queens, New York | Homemade Ice Cream & Ices (with eccentric experimental ice cream flavors) "Lox", "Corn on the Cob", "White Fish" (w/ vodka), "Cotton Candy (w/ marshmallows), "Halava", "Chocolate Cupcake", "Praline Pecan" "French Toast", "Garlic" and "Beer & Nuts". |
| Fair Oaks Pharmacy & Soda Fountain | Pasadena, California | Lime Rickey, Egg Creams, Milkshakes, ice cream sodas, "Classic Sundae" (ice cream sundaes w/ hot fudge, chopped nuts, whipped cream and a cherry), "All-American Banana Split" (a scoop of vanilla, chocolate & strawberry ice cream topped with hot fudge, strawberry & pineapple sauces with whipped cream, cherries and a split banana). |
| Serendipity 3 | Manhattan, New York | "Strawberry Fields Sundae" (cheese cake, strawberry ice cream and strawberry topping and whipped cream), "Forbidden Broadway Sundae" (chocolate "blackout cake", ice cream, hot fudge topped with whipped cream), "Can't Say No Sundae" (humble pie, ice cream, banana and hot fudge with whipped cream), "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate" (frozen drink with 15 different blends of chocolate a topped with whipped cream), Guinness World Record "Golden Opulence Sundae" ($1,000 ice cream sundae with Tahitian Vanilla ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla beans and edible gold leaf topped with Paris dried fruit, 23-karat gold-covered almonds, gold sugar flowers, passion fruit caviar and gold flakes served in an Amedei Porcelana & Venezuelan Chuao chocolate, 23K edible goldleaf-lined Baccarat crystal goblet eaten with an 18K gold spoon. |

### Diner Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Speciality(s) |
| Modern Diner | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Breakfast Food - Custard French Toast topped with warm fruit and coconut shavings. |
| Rosie's Diner | Rockford, Michigan | Fried Bologna Sandwich, "Cobblestone French Toast", meatloaf sandwich served with mashed potatoes and gravy. |
| Empire Diner | New York, New York | Rail-car diner with a full bar – hamburgers, club sandwiches. |
| Ed Debevic's Diner | Chicago, Illinois | Cheeseburgers, cheese fries, milkshakes, pies. "Double-burger Special" (14 ounce beef patties) |
| Fog City Diner | San Francisco, California | Gourmet diner – mac n' cheese with ham & peas, Todo Santos Fish Tacos, Mu Shu Pork Burritos, Buffalo Burgers, truffle-oil fries, famous Bloody Marys, Dungeness Crab Ciopino, signature crab cakes. |
| Papermoon | Baltimore, Maryland | Breakfast quesadillas, "Cranberry Melt" (turkey with Swiss cheese and cranberry sauce on toast) "Mom's Meatloaf" (served with mashed potatoes and gravy), "David's Delight" (omelette stuffed with lox, cream cheese and capers) |
| Napa Valley Wine Train | Napa Valley, California | Seasonal Menu - Mahi Mahi Special with fresh vegetables paired with wine, braised short ribs with a Merlot sauce. |

### All You Can Eat Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Bellagio Hotel & Casino | Las Vegas | Bellagio Buffet (200 selections) suckling pig, Beef Wellington, sushi rolls, fish-smoked salmon roulade, Alaskan crab legs |
| The Broadmoor Hotel | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Gourmet Sunday Brunch (tapas, cheeses, desserts--chocolate fountain, chocolate showpieces) |
| The Castaway | Burbank, California | Sunday brunch (shellfish, shrimp, crab legs, sushi) full bar (Bloody Mary's & champaign), 25 different desserts |
| Gauchos Village | Glendale, California | "Rodizio"--Brazilian buffet ("pacana" - Brazilian grilled meat on skewers, empandas) Brazilian dancers |
| Pea Soup Andersen's | Buellton, California | All-you-can-eat "bottomless bowl" of split pea soup |
| Cafe Fleuri @ The Langham Hotel | Boston, Massachusetts | (September–June) "Chocolate Bar" – dessert buffet with 520 items (chocolate fantasies & chocolates of the world—chocolate soup, creme brulee, chocolate fountain, crepe station) |
| Denny's Beer Barrel Pub | Clearfield, Pennsylvania | World's largest hamburger, (1 to 15 pound burgers) |

### Sandwich Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Katz's Delicatessen | Lower East Side, New York City, New York | Pastrami on rye with mustard & Beef salami sandwich |
| Stage Deli | Midtown, Manhattan, New York | 35 oversized celebrity-named sandwiches (classic pastrami) |
| Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe | Naugatuck, Connecticut | Italian Grinder sandwiches: "Meat Combo" (Three different kinds of meat) |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey | Submarine sandwiches ("Club Sub" with oil & vinegar) |
| Primanti Bros. | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Italian-style meats, coleslaw & fries-stuffed sandwiches |
| Phillipe The Original | Los Angeles, California | French dip sandwiches (roast beef, lamb, pork, & turkey with au jus & spicy mustard) |
| Peanut Butter & Co. Sandwich Shop | Greenwich Village, New York City, New York | 400 combos of peanut butter sandwiches (PB & Fluff, "Elvis"-PB, bananas, bacon, "The Pregnant Lady-PB & pickles) |
| Tony's I-75 Restaurant | Birch Run, Michigan | Over-sized BLT sandwich (World's biggest) |

### Ribs Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Nugget Rib Cook-Off | Sparks, Nevada | "Best in the West BBQ Rib Cook-Off" (every BBQ region is represented) |
| Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Two-time BBQ pork ribs champion, "All American BBQ Feast" – ribs, chicken, corn bread, fries, corn on the cob and baked beans |
| New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Barbecue (aka: "Church BBQ") | Huntsville, Texas | "Devine Soul Food Ribs" – Oak wood-smoked dry rub secret seasoning barbecue ribs |
| Charles Vergo's Rendezvous Charcoal Ribs | Memphis, Tennessee | Charcoal longback rib racks (dry rubbed and basted) with vinegar solution and Greek seasoning |
| The Shed BBQ & Blues | Ocean Springs, Mississippi | Fall-off-the-bone BBQ baby back ribs and spare ribs (dry rub with brown sugar and secret sauce |
| Baby Blue's Bar-B-Q | Venice Beach, California | Soul Food, slow-cooked hybrid baby back BBQ ribs (dry rub marinade, smoked, grilled, and sauced), Memphis-style pork ribs, Texas-style beef ribs |
| Nancy's Pig Heaven | (Upper East Side) New York City, New York | (wet rub) Chinese spare ribs with Chinese red sauce (honey, five-spice powder, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sherry and rice wine) |

### Steak Paradise 2: A Second Helping

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Gene & Georgetti Steakhouse | Chicago, Illinois | Wet aged beef (char-broiled 32 ounce T-bone), beef fat cottage fries |
| David Burke's Primehouse | Chicago, Illinois | 40-day Himalayan salt cured dry aged free aged prime beef (hot rock skewers, Kobe beef sashimi) |
| The Palm Restaurant | (Midtown East) Manhattan, New York | 28- to 35-day dry-aged beef, broiled steaks (New York strip) |
| Lawry's The Prime Rib | Beverly Hills, California | 17 pound prime rib roast, spinning bowl farmhouse salad |
| The Grill House & Rock Bottom Bar | Allegan, Michigan | "Do-It-Your-Own Steakhouse"-pick out and grill your own choice meat, (only haunted steakhouse in U.S.) |
| Musashi Japanese Steakhouse | Las Vegas | Hibachi-grilled Kobe beef steaks |
| Bern's Steak House | Tampa, Florida | 8-week dry aged beef, wine & steak (8 ounce Delmonico steak), world's largest wine selection of any restaurant (1/2 million bottles in underground wine cellar) |

### Bar Food Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Union Oyster House | Boston, Massachusetts | Blue point oysters on the half-shell, 5 to 16 lb lobsters, "clam chowda" |
| Jimmie Kramer's Peanut Bar | Reading, Pennsylvania | unlimited bowl of free peanuts |
| Restaurant Moderno | Piedras Negras, Mexico | created the original nachos with cheese & pickled jalapeños |
| J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill | Arlington, Texas | "Irish Nachos"-cottage fries, cheese, peppers, onions, jalapeño's served in a skillet |
| Finn McCool's Irish Pub | Santa Monica, California | Guinness beer, Loaded potato skins with Irish bacon & mushrooms |
| Barney's Beanery | West Hollywood, California | World-famous chili (on burgers, hot dogs, fries, hashbrowns), "Champaign Breakfast"-chili cheese dog with Dom Pérignon |
| Frank & Teressa's Anchor Bar | Buffalo, New York | World-famous original Buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing & celery |
| National Buffalo Wing Festival | Buffalo, New York | Hundreds of different kinds of chicken wings, plus wing eating contests |

### Breakfast Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| The Machine Shed | Urbandale, Iowa | Farmhouse Breakfast (big portions): "Farmer's Daughter" & "Hungry Man's Breakfast", "I Love Eggs"-get a free egg, giant cinnamon rolls |
| Loveless Cafe | Nashville, Tennessee | South-style breakfast: hot biscuits and gravy & country ham with sorghum syrup |
| Pancake Pantry | Nashville, Tennessee | 23 different kinds of pancakes: sweet potato pancakes |
| Petite Abeille | Lower East Side, New York City, New York | Belgian waffles: (Brussels waffles & Liege waffles) |
| Murray's Bagels | Greenwich Village, New York City, New York | Hand-rolled bagels: Lox & whitefish, "Leo" (Special)-lox, eggs, onions on salt bagel |
| Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe | Santa Cruz, California | Create "Cereal-My-Way" with different kinds of combinations |
| Swingers | Santa Monica, California | Late-night organic breakfast: Huevos rancheros, pancakes, waffles, omelettes. |

### Deep Fried Paradise

| Restaurant | Location | Specialty(s) |
| Willie Mae's Scotch House | New Orleans, Louisiana | Best fried chicken |
| Jive Turkey | Brooklyn, New York | Deep fried turkey, fried turkey sandwich |
| Goodson's Café | Tomball, Texas | The best chicken fried steak in Texas |
| Sodolak's Original Country Inn | Snook, Texas | Chicken fried bacon with cream gravy |
| Hollywood Café | Robinsonville, Mississippi | fried dill pickles, fried green tomatoes |
| Dyer's Burger | Memphis, Tennessee | Deep fried hamburgers and cheeseburgers in 100-year-old oil |
| Rutt's Hut | Clifton, New Jersey | Deep fried hot dogs with secret mustard relish |
| Chipshop | Brooklyn, New York | (Will fry up anything!) fish and chips, deep-fried Mars bars, deep-fried pizza |