1 00:00:01,502 --> 00:00:03,468 HI, EVERYBODY, I'M GUY FIERI, AND WE'RE ROLLIN' OUT, 2 00:00:03,504 --> 00:00:05,270 HEADED FOR SOME OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 3 00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:07,605 DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES. 4 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:09,408 (Guy) THIS TRIP-- SOME AMERICAN CLASSICS-- 5 00:00:09,477 --> 00:00:13,078 ONE-OF-A-KIND PLACES DOING GREAT FOOD THEIR OWN WAY-- 6 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:15,613 THE TEXAS SHACK WITH THE GOURMET CHEF... 7 00:00:15,649 --> 00:00:17,015 WOW. 8 00:00:17,084 --> 00:00:19,485 WHERE YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE BURGERS ARE MADE OF, 9 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:21,487 THE KANSAS DINER THAT'S LIKE A SECRET CLUB... 10 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:24,356 WE HAVE HAMBURGER JIM, BLUES JIM, BICYCLE JIM. 11 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:26,291 YOU JUST GOTTA BREAK THE CODE. 12 00:00:26,327 --> 00:00:28,760 I NEED A BEAT 17 OVER ON SNAGGLEPUSS' BICYCLE TABLE. 13 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:31,230 AND GREAT GREEK FOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. 14 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:33,098 WHAT'S THIS DOING HERE? 15 00:00:33,134 --> 00:00:35,033 WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS BROKE, 16 00:00:35,102 --> 00:00:37,068 AND YOU START DOING YOUR OWN THING. 17 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,437 THAT'S ALL RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW 18 00:00:38,572 --> 00:00:40,305 ON "DINERS, DRIVE-INS, AND DIVES." 19 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:43,342 ♪♪ 20 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:51,783 SO HERE I AM IN TARPLEY, TEXAS, 21 00:00:51,819 --> 00:00:54,319 WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR WEST OF SAN ANTONIO. 22 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:57,523 NOW THEY GOT ABOUT 50 PEOPLE BETWEEN SIGNS, AS THEY SAY, 23 00:00:57,658 --> 00:01:00,526 AND THEY GOT A POST OFFICE, A GENERAL STORE 24 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:04,462 AND A FUNKY LITTLE JOINT CALLED MAC & ERNIE'S ROADSIDE EATERY. 25 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:07,266 I THINK IT'S A SHACK. SHACK--OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH SHACK. 26 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,802 IT'S A SHACK, ALL RIGHT, NEXT TO A CREEK 27 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:12,337 DEEP IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, 28 00:01:12,373 --> 00:01:14,873 WHERE SELF-TAUGHT CHEF NAYLENE DILLINGHAM... 29 00:01:14,909 --> 00:01:16,608 ANY FORMAL CULINARY TRAINING? NO. 30 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:19,144 IS CRANKING OUT TOTALLY ROCKIN' FOOD 31 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:20,545 IN AN OPEN-AIR KITCHEN. 32 00:01:20,614 --> 00:01:23,015 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT RAINS--STAY OUT OF IT? 33 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:25,416 UH, SPEAK LOUDER. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK LOUDER. 34 00:01:25,453 --> 00:01:27,418 TIN ROOF IS KIND OF CLICKY-CLICKY? 35 00:01:27,455 --> 00:01:29,288 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF MAYBE GETTING TO-- 36 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,690 YOU KNOW, I COULD TALK TO THE PEOPLE AT THE GENERAL STORE, 37 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,225 MAYBE BUY THEM OUT... NO. 38 00:01:33,227 --> 00:01:35,693 MOVE INDOORS. NO, IT WOULD CHANGE ALL OF THE BEAUTY. 39 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:37,563 I THINK THE FLAVOR WOULD CHANGE. THE FLAVOR. 40 00:01:37,698 --> 00:01:38,763 WOW, THAT'S GOOD. 41 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:40,432 AND THE FLAVOR'S RIGHT ON POINT. 42 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,768 WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT TO FRY A LAMB CHOP? 43 00:01:42,903 --> 00:01:45,504 IT'S NEW ZEALAND LAMB COUNTRY-FRIED TEXAS-STYLE... 44 00:01:45,573 --> 00:01:47,705 IT'S SO MOIST, SO JUICY. 45 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:49,974 LOCAL QUAIL IN AN ANCHO CHILI SAUCE... 46 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,910 TENDER, WONDERFUL, JUICY. 47 00:01:51,979 --> 00:01:53,712 TUNA IN GINGER BUTTER. 48 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,180 IT'S JUST-- IT'S PERFECT. 49 00:01:55,216 --> 00:01:57,049 BUT THE DISH NAYLENE STARTED WITH WAS THIS ONE-- 50 00:01:57,184 --> 00:01:58,183 THE CABRITO BURGER. 51 00:01:58,185 --> 00:01:59,651 THE BURGER IS WONDERFUL. 52 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:02,520 AND IF YOU DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, CABRITO MEANS GOAT. 53 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:03,722 YOU HEARD ME--GOAT. 54 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,790 IT'S 100% GROUND CABRITO, AND I RAISE THE GOATS. 55 00:02:05,860 --> 00:02:08,393 NAYLENE, HER HUSBAND AND ANOTHER COUPLE 56 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:10,929 NEEDED A MARKET FOR THEIR GOATS. 57 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:14,466 THE RESULT--THIS RESTAURANT IN A SHACK AND THIS BURGER. 58 00:02:14,535 --> 00:02:16,802 I CALL 'EM CABRITO BURGERS, 59 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:18,737 BECAUSE IF YOU SAY GOAT BURGER, 60 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:21,273 IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME-- IT DOESN'T-- MUSKY, YEAH. 61 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:23,075 I WANTED TO CALL IT A McMUTTON, 62 00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:25,077 BUT WE KNOW WHO WOULD SUE ME OVER THAT. 63 00:02:25,212 --> 00:02:27,679 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COOK ONE? YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE ONE, THOUGH. 64 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:30,215 WELL, NO, I CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT. WHY? 65 00:02:30,217 --> 00:02:32,150 BECAUSE I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT'S IN IT. 66 00:02:32,186 --> 00:02:33,285 I SMELL GARLIC. 67 00:02:33,354 --> 00:02:35,954 I CAN SEE THAT THAT IS EITHER PARSLEY OR CILANTRO. 68 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,889 I CAN'T REALLY GET THE NOSE OF IT. 69 00:02:37,925 --> 00:02:39,791 (whispering) TELL ME THE RECIPE. NO. 70 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:43,028 (normal voice) WHERE'D THE RECIPE COME FROM? MY HEAD. 71 00:02:43,097 --> 00:02:45,564 YOU GO TO THE HOT SPOT WITH IT--8 OUNCES. 72 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:49,701 WOW, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE BAD AT ALL. 73 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:52,637 WHAT DO YOU SERVE THAT ON? ON A KAISER ROLL 74 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,105 WITH SOME PEPPER JACK CHEESE. 75 00:02:54,175 --> 00:02:56,241 YOU WANNA GET THE PEPPER JACK CHEESE? 76 00:02:56,243 --> 00:03:01,112 LOOK AT THAT. IT'S A LITTLE MORSEL OF DELIGHT. 77 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:03,181 WOW, THAT IS DELICIOUS. THANK YOU. 78 00:03:03,184 --> 00:03:05,516 WOW. 79 00:03:05,553 --> 00:03:08,253 YOU CAN ENJOY THAT BURGER IN THE PARKING LOT DINING ROOM... 80 00:03:08,255 --> 00:03:09,721 THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE VERANDA. 81 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,456 RIGHT BEHIND THE GENERAL STORE. 82 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:13,925 WHEN YOU SIT DOWN, DO YOU JUST PICK A BENCH 83 00:03:13,961 --> 00:03:16,395 AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE JUST SIT DOWN? THAT'S THE NEAT THING 84 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:17,596 IS YOU MEET PEOPLE, 85 00:03:17,598 --> 00:03:19,464 AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE GONNA SIT WITH. 86 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,866 OH, YOU DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER YET? NO, WE JUST MET. 87 00:03:21,936 --> 00:03:23,802 BUT THEY'RE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME REASON. 88 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:25,270 EVERYTHING'S SO FANTASTIC. 89 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:27,539 YOU SEE, AFTER THE BURGERS TOOK OFF, 90 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:29,674 NAYLENE STARTED EXPANDING THE MENU. 91 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:30,609 MEDIUM-WELL. 92 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:32,143 I GOTTA STAY ON IT. 93 00:03:32,213 --> 00:03:34,079 NOW SHE'S KEEPING A SMALL STAFF CRANKIN'. 94 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,146 (Naylene) HOLD ON, SHAUNTAY. 95 00:03:35,182 --> 00:03:37,148 WHILE SHE'S COOKIN' OUT BACK... 96 00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:38,550 TURN THE NEXT TICKET, PLEASE. 97 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:40,152 THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING ELSE UP FRONT 98 00:03:40,154 --> 00:03:42,487 IN CRAMPED QUARTERS WITH ALL THE CONVENIENCE OF A DORM ROOM. 99 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:44,489 THAT'S A SHELF. (Naylene) IT IS. 100 00:03:44,525 --> 00:03:46,958 I FEEL LIKE I'M IN COLLEGE. IT'S KIND OF RECYCLING. 101 00:03:46,961 --> 00:03:49,294 WE'RE ON THE, YOU KNOW, ECOLOGICAL THING. DOES IT ALWAYS START LIKE THIS 102 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:50,829 WHEN YOU OPEN AT 5:00-- 103 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:52,163 IT'S JUST--I MEAN, THERE'S A LINE? 104 00:03:52,233 --> 00:03:53,898 CHICKEN-FRIED LAMB CHOP. 105 00:03:53,968 --> 00:03:56,367 (Naylene) THERE USUALLY IS A LINE. WOW, ANOTHER LAMB, ANOTHER LAMB, 106 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:58,237 CABRITO BURGER, A LAMB, A RIB EYE, 107 00:03:58,372 --> 00:04:00,839 A SMALL FISH AND A LAMB. LAMB'S POPULAR TODAY. 108 00:04:00,841 --> 00:04:02,173 DOWN THOSE GO. 109 00:04:02,243 --> 00:04:04,509 MAYBE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT-- MAYBE SHE DROPPED A LAMB CHOP 110 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,177 INTO THE CHICKEN- FRIED-STEAK BATTER. 111 00:04:06,247 --> 00:04:10,115 I HEARD THAT A FRIEND'S DAD USED TO LOVE THESE LAMB CHOPS, 112 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,184 AND YOU THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND-- 113 00:04:12,186 --> 00:04:14,052 SHE SAID, "YOU ALWAYS HAVE LAMB ON THE MENU, 114 00:04:14,121 --> 00:04:15,120 DON'T YOU, NAYLENE?" 115 00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:16,588 AND I SAID, "YOU BET." 116 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:18,056 SHE SAYS, "MAN, I MISS IT. 117 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,258 DADDY USED TO ALWAYS MAKE CHICKEN-FRIED LAMB CHOPS." 118 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:23,195 AND IT WAS LIKE A LIGHTBULB THAT WENT OFF IN MY LITTLE HEAD, 119 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:27,332 AND I SAID, "LAMB CHOPS-- CHICKEN-FRIED LAMB CHOPS?" LAMB CHOPS-- I'M TELLIN' YA. 120 00:04:27,368 --> 00:04:32,738 AND ROLL 'EM AROUND IN THE FLOUR. A LITTLE SEASONED FLOUR. 121 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:35,807 AND THIS IS SOME BUTTERMILK. OKAY, DREDGED 'EM ONCE, 122 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:37,409 POPPED 'EM INTO THE BUTTERMILK 123 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:40,279 AND THEN BACK IN AGAIN. THEY'RE READY TO GO. 124 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:43,014 THEY'LL DEEP-FRY ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO MEDIUM-RARE. 125 00:04:43,017 --> 00:04:45,684 AND TO GO WITH 'EM, THERE'S A HOMEMADE DARK-ROUX GRAVY 126 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:47,352 FROM NAYLENE'S MOTHER'S RECIPE. 127 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:49,354 YOU GOT OIL, AND YOU GOT FLOUR. MM-HMM. 128 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:51,889 I'VE GOT SOME SALT AND PEPPER... AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SALT AND PEPPER. 129 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:54,359 AND THE SECRET INGREDIENT. SECRET INGREDIENT-- CAN I SEE IT? 130 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:57,762 SURE. SECRET INGREDIENT. 131 00:04:57,798 --> 00:05:01,566 CAN I TASTE IT? OF COURSE. 132 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:03,635 TURBINADO SUGAR. YES. VERY NICE. 133 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:06,872 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE THERE. OKAY, GAME ON. 134 00:05:09,243 --> 00:05:11,910 MMM. THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST LAMB CHOP I'VE EVER HAD. 135 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,445 YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING? 136 00:05:13,514 --> 00:05:15,380 WHAT YOU GET IN THE PARKING LOT 137 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,449 DEPENDS ON WHAT NAYLENE FEELS LIKE COOKING 138 00:05:17,451 --> 00:05:18,850 THE DAY YOU SHOW UP. 139 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:21,986 THERE MIGHT BE SALMON OR LOCAL QUAIL AND ANCHO CHILI SAUCE. 140 00:05:22,056 --> 00:05:24,722 THIS IS AN ANCHO CHILI THAT'S DRIED. 141 00:05:24,758 --> 00:05:26,325 I JUST TAKE THE SEEDS OUT. 142 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,994 WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME HONEY, TWO CLOVES OF GARLIC. 143 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:30,996 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LID ON THIS BAD BOY? 144 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:33,198 IT GOT MISPLACED. 145 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,668 I SWEAR I'M LOSING MY HEARING FROM THIS THING? HUH? 146 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:38,337 OH-OH-OH. 147 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:41,005 AND YOU JUST TRY TO GET AS MUCH GLAZE ON THERE THAT YOU CAN? THAT'S RIGHT. 148 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:45,343 AND I LIKE TO CRISP IT UP REALLY GOOD ON THE GRILL. I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE THINKIN'. 149 00:05:45,346 --> 00:05:48,146 OOH, THAT IS JUICY. MM-HMM. 150 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:50,081 FRESH DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON THESE. 151 00:05:50,117 --> 00:05:52,550 YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING A LITTLE PRETEND MEAL. 152 00:05:52,619 --> 00:05:55,754 WOW, THAT IS GOOD. 153 00:05:55,756 --> 00:05:57,889 THAT'S VERY--I MEAN, THEY LOOK SMALL, 154 00:05:57,958 --> 00:06:00,158 BUT THEY'RE VERY RICH... THEY ARE VERY RICH. 155 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,226 AND VERY FILLING. 156 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,561 THAT'S EXCELLENT. 157 00:06:02,563 --> 00:06:04,896 BUT YOU STILL GOTTA GRAB A PIECE OF DESSERT-- 158 00:06:04,932 --> 00:06:05,963 ANYBODY'S. 159 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:08,232 SUSIE, SUSIE... DON'T YELL. 160 00:06:08,268 --> 00:06:09,967 SUSIE, HE'S STEALING YOUR PIE. 161 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:11,969 GUY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO? 162 00:06:12,005 --> 00:06:13,772 WE CALL ON THE TELEPHONE, 163 00:06:13,841 --> 00:06:16,174 AND WE MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR A PIECE OF PIE. 164 00:06:16,243 --> 00:06:18,576 DO YOU SERIOUSLY? YOU HAVE TO... YEAH, YOU HAVE TO. 165 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:21,012 OTHERWISE YOU DON'T GET ANY PIE. OR YOU DON'T GET ONE. 166 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:23,448 OH, YOU HAVE TO LOCK IN ON YOUR PIE? YOU HAVE TO LOCK IN ON THE PIE. 167 00:06:23,583 --> 00:06:25,983 NOW HOW MANY MEALS DO YOU SERVE ON AN AVERAGE DAY? 168 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:27,919 FRIDAY NIGHT WE SERVED 145. NO? 169 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:30,588 MM-HMM. LAST NIGHT-- 130, 135. I'M NOT SURE. 170 00:06:30,657 --> 00:06:33,458 IN A PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE... 171 00:06:33,494 --> 00:06:34,393 I LOVE IT. 172 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:36,194 AND THE TABLES ARE JAMMED. 173 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:38,596 WELL, I WAS HERE FRIDAY... WERE YOU HERE FRIDAY? 174 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:40,598 AND LAST SATURDAY AND THE SATURDAY BEFORE THAT. 175 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:43,668 'CAUSE INSIDE THE SHACK, THIS LADY CAN COOK. 176 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,670 (Naylene) AND THE FELLA BEHIND HIM WAS LIKE, 177 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,139 "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU GOT THE LAST TWO ORDERS? 178 00:06:48,175 --> 00:06:49,074 THAT'S NOT RIGHT." 179 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:51,075 HE OFFERED TO BUY 'EM FROM HIM. 180 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:53,745 HE WAS SCALPING--HE WAS SCALPING THE CHICK-- 181 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,746 THE CHICKEN-FRIED LAMB CHOPS? 182 00:06:55,783 --> 00:06:57,015 MAKES SENSE TO ME. 183 00:06:57,017 --> 00:07:01,686 I'VE HAD EIGHT SO FAR. (Naylene) (laughing) 184 00:07:01,688 --> 00:07:04,489 WE SHOULD GIVE YOU AN AWARD. 185 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:06,758 UP NEXT, WE'RE AT A KANSAS CLASSIC 186 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:08,292 TO WHIP IT, FLIP IT... 187 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:10,128 (man) YOUR EGGS ARE GONNA NEED A HELMET. 188 00:07:10,197 --> 00:07:11,496 AND TALK SOME TRASH. 189 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:12,898 I NEED A BEAT 17 OVER ON SNAGGLEPUSS' BICYCLE TABLE. 190 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,509 I'M UP EARLY IN WICHITA, KANSAS, 191 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:27,179 DOING WHAT ELSE, BUT LOOKING FOR A GOOD DINER BREAKFAST. 192 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:29,847 SO YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHERE I FOUND THIS PLACE. 193 00:07:29,883 --> 00:07:31,849 TUCKED BEHIND THIS-- A BAKERY OUTLET-- 194 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:33,317 AND AN AUTO PARTS STORE 195 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:35,119 IS BRINTS DINER, 196 00:07:35,189 --> 00:07:37,622 WHERE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH A PLATEFUL OF EGGS. 197 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,124 OKAY, WE GOT A DENVER. 198 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:40,592 THE EGG MASTER IS JESSIE MEDINA... 199 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:41,993 (Jessie) WHAT DO I GOT NEXT? 200 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:43,995 WHO'S BEEN COOKING SINCE HE WAS 15... 201 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,930 OVER MEDIUM, BACON, HASH BROWNS, WHOLE WHEAT. 202 00:07:45,999 --> 00:07:48,399 AND FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE OVER THIS PLACE 203 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:50,268 JUST THREE YEARS AGO. 204 00:07:50,304 --> 00:07:52,871 YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO OWN YOUR OWN PLACE. OH, YEAH, FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. 205 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:55,540 NOW THAT HE DOES, HE'S CRANKING OUT FIRST-RATE BREAKFAST, 206 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:56,741 LUNCH AND DINNER 207 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:58,476 FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE, 208 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:00,078 FROM YOUNG PROFESSIONALS... 209 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,080 WE'RE REGULARS. YOU'RE REGULARS? 210 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:03,748 TO LAWYERS IN SUITS AND BOOTS... 211 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:04,950 I JUST LOVE IT. 212 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:06,818 TO NEWCOMERS TO OLD-TIMERS. 213 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,353 CHARLIE'S A FIXTURE AROUND HERE. 214 00:08:08,422 --> 00:08:11,756 HE'S BEEN SITTIN' AT THAT STOOL FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. 215 00:08:11,792 --> 00:08:13,624 AND TO KEEP HIM THERE, 216 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:17,094 JESSIE'S DOING EVERYTHING HIS OWN PARTICULAR WAY. 217 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:20,165 THIS IS WHERE WE MIX OUR EGGS AND OUR OMELET. 218 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,500 IT MAKES 'EM FLUFFY. 219 00:08:21,635 --> 00:08:23,368 YOU BEAT 'EM UP LIKE THAT-- 220 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,303 AND IT CHANGES THE TASTE, TOO. 221 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:27,506 IT MAKES IT EXCELLENT-- VERY GOOD. 222 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:30,442 DID YOU MAKE THIS UP? THIS IS FROM EXPERIENCE 223 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:35,113 FROM ALL THE DINERS THAT I'VE WORKED IN SINCE 1971. 224 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:37,716 WOW, IT ALREADY LOOKS FLUFFY AND FOAMY. 225 00:08:37,718 --> 00:08:41,052 AND IT'LL STAY THAT WAY EVEN AS KIND OF A HALF-SCRAMBLE, 226 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:43,521 LOADED WITH VEGGIES, CHEESE, HAM, BACON 227 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:45,523 AND FRESH CHORIZO SAUSAGE. 228 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,391 IT'S NOT AS GREASY, AND IT'S MORE FLAVORFUL. 229 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:48,859 JESSIE JUST DOES IT RIGHT. 230 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:51,530 JESSIE'S GOT A WHOLE BAG OF EGG TRICKS, 231 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:53,531 LIKE BASTING 'EM WITH ICE TO STEAM 'EM 232 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,200 AND NO EGGS ON THE GRILL, 233 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:57,002 WHERE THEY JUST DON'T COME OUT AS GOOD. 234 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:59,003 EVEN I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO HUMPTY DUMPTY. 235 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:01,539 WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF YOU LOVE BREAKFAST-- 236 00:09:01,575 --> 00:09:04,009 A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE TO MAKE BREAKFAST AT HOME-- 237 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:06,411 YOU NEED TO OWN A GOOD LITTLE SKILLET LIKE THIS 238 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:08,879 JUST TO DO EGGS AND DO NOTHING ELSE IN IT, RIGHT? YOU BETCHA. 239 00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:10,949 OF COURSE, A LITTLE TECHNIQUE NEVER HURT. 240 00:09:11,018 --> 00:09:14,085 OKAY. OH, DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG? 241 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,887 NO, THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. 242 00:09:16,924 --> 00:09:18,823 I LIKE HOW YOU JUST DO IT LIKE THIS. 243 00:09:18,825 --> 00:09:20,625 IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE SINATRA ON STAGE. 244 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,227 (mumbling) 245 00:09:22,362 --> 00:09:25,096 JESSIE'S GOT THE SAME STYLE WITH EVERYTHING ON THE MENU. 246 00:09:25,165 --> 00:09:27,031 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF ON HERE. 247 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:28,766 FROM PANCAKES WITH WALNUTS OR BLUEBERRIES 248 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:30,168 OR MOUSE EARS 249 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:32,770 TO HOMEMADE SAUSAGE GRAVY SLATHERED ON BISCUITS... 250 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:35,640 I MEAN, THAT'S SAUSAGE IN THERE. NOTHING'S FROZEN. 251 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:38,309 FROM BURGERS TO PHILLY CHEESESTEAKS 252 00:09:38,378 --> 00:09:40,445 TO SOMETHING CALLED CINCINNATI SPAGHETTI. 253 00:09:40,514 --> 00:09:42,513 WHERE DOES CINCINNATI SPAGHETTI COME FROM? 254 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:45,516 UH, I BETCHA IT CAME FROM CINCINNATI, 255 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,185 I THINK. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. 256 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,653 THE THING THAT MAKES IT CINCINNATI 257 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:50,588 IS WE'RE GONNA PUT CHILI ON IT HERE. 258 00:09:50,657 --> 00:09:53,391 OKAY, SO NO BEANS, JUST MEAT AND SAUCE. 259 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:57,528 MEAT AND SAUCE. AND THEN WE HIT IT WITH-- 260 00:09:57,598 --> 00:10:01,032 A LITTLE BIT OF SHREDDED CHEESE. HIT IT WITH SOME SHREDDED CHEDDAR CHEESE. 261 00:10:01,068 --> 00:10:02,934 AND THEN YOU CAN-- YOU CAN JUST PUT ONIONS-- 262 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:06,805 YOU PUT ONIONS ON IT? WE'LL PUT ONIONS RIGHT HERE ON THE TIPPY TOP. 263 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,940 MY NOSE STARTS TO SMELL THE CHILI, 264 00:10:09,075 --> 00:10:11,609 SO I THINK I'M GETTIN' INTO, LIKE, SOME CRUNCHY FRENCH FRIES, 265 00:10:11,645 --> 00:10:14,412 AND THEN I GET INTO THE PASTA-- AND I'M A PASTA JUNKIE. 266 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:16,414 WOW, THAT IS GOOD. I COULD REALLY EAT THAT. 267 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:18,149 WHATEVER JESSIE'S COOKING, 268 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,284 AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE RESTAURANT BIZ, 269 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,886 HE'S FINALLY LIVING HIS DREAM. 270 00:10:22,022 --> 00:10:23,821 IF YOU KEEP IT IN YOUR HANDS, 271 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:25,757 ONLY YOU CAN DETERMINE THE QUALITY 272 00:10:25,892 --> 00:10:27,291 OF FOOD YOU'RE GONNA PUT OUT. 273 00:10:27,361 --> 00:10:29,827 AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SINCERE DESIRE TO PLEASE. 274 00:10:29,896 --> 00:10:31,563 I MADE IT JUST FOR YOU. 275 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:34,298 I'VE BEEN EATING HERE 40 YEARS. THIS IS THE BEST IT'S EVER BEEN. 276 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,501 IN FACT, SINCE JESSIE TOOK OVER, 277 00:10:36,570 --> 00:10:38,770 THIS 47-YEAR-OLD WICHITA CLASSIC 278 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:41,039 THAT HAD BEEN GOING DOWNHILL 279 00:10:41,041 --> 00:10:42,507 HAS BEEN TOTALLY TURNED AROUND. 280 00:10:42,576 --> 00:10:44,575 YOU HAVE GOT THE LIFE WORKIN', BROTHER. 281 00:10:44,611 --> 00:10:46,911 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT--I GOT THE LIFE OF RILEY HERE, 282 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:48,179 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BLESSED. 283 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:51,182 EVERYTHING THAT I NEED, I'VE GOTTEN. ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 284 00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:53,718 (Guy) SO YOU STARTED WORKING HERE FIRST OR DATING HIM FIRST? 285 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,389 UH, I ACTUALLY WORKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS HERE. YOU WORKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS? 286 00:10:57,524 --> 00:10:59,724 YEAH. DID YOU DO THIS FOR TWO WEEKS? 287 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:01,192 NO, I DIDN'T START COOKING. 288 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:03,194 HE'S TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT COOKING. 289 00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:05,664 SO YOU WERE WORKING THE COUNTER? I'VE NEVER COOKED ON A FLATTOP BEFORE. 290 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:07,298 SHE SURE PICKED IT UP QUICK. 291 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:08,599 ORDER UP. 292 00:11:08,635 --> 00:11:10,468 BY THE TIME SHE AND JESSIE WERE ENGAGED, 293 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:12,403 SANDI SAMMONS WAS COOKIN' LIKE A PRO. 294 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:14,338 I GOTTA DO AN EGG WHITE DENVER. 295 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:18,743 THEY WANT TO HAVE ONE O-E BOK HERB HOST 296 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:22,913 FOR 4 SS AND A KITU 93. 297 00:11:22,949 --> 00:11:26,217 OH, REALLY? ONE OVER EASY, BACON, HASH BROWNS, 298 00:11:26,253 --> 00:11:28,820 WHITE TOAST AND COFFEE. 299 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:30,622 WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MORE COFFEE, NASCAR? 300 00:11:30,757 --> 00:11:33,224 NO, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT. YOU SURE? YOU HAVE YOUR OWN POT HERE? 301 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:35,093 OH, YEAH, WE GOT OUR OWN POT. 302 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:37,095 SANDY AND LARRY ARE BIG NASCAR FANS, 303 00:11:37,097 --> 00:11:38,963 SO WE REFER TO THEM AS NASCAR, 304 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:41,433 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SANDYS AND SEVERAL LARRYS THAT COME IN. 305 00:11:41,568 --> 00:11:43,434 DO WE HAVE--DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? 306 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:45,837 WELL, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE HAMBURGER JIM, BLUES JIM, 307 00:11:45,972 --> 00:11:47,304 BICYCLE JIM. 308 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,908 I NEED A BEAT 17 OVER ON SNAGGLEPUSS' BICYCLE TABLE 309 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:53,111 WITH A W-W AND A B-F AND A J-K 310 00:11:53,180 --> 00:11:55,380 OVER THERE ON STACK. 311 00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:57,782 NOW WOULDN'T HE BE SURPRISED IF A PLATE OF FOOD POPPED UP 312 00:11:57,851 --> 00:11:59,316 IN THAT WINDOW? YEAH, EXACTLY. 313 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:00,852 JESSIE'S MAKING ALL KINDS OF-- 314 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:02,787 HE'S GOT LASAGNA AND ICE CREAM ON THE GRIDDLE. 315 00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:04,789 AND HE'D PROBABLY MAKE IT IF YOU ORDERED IT. 316 00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:06,858 THIS IS USUALLY, LIKE, ALL TOGETHER. 317 00:12:06,927 --> 00:12:09,593 THAT'S THE SCRAMBLE. BUT I MAKE HIM SEPARATE IT. 318 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:11,195 BUT YOU MAKE HIM SEPARATE IT. 319 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,598 I DON'T THINK-- HAVE YOU MET JESSIE? YEAH. 320 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,667 I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 321 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:17,402 WHAT I'VE LEARNED, BASICALLY, FROM JESSIE 322 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:19,938 IS YOU CAN GO A LOT OF PLACES AND GET SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. 323 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:22,607 YOU CAN GO A LOT OF PLACES AND GET SOME GOOD SERVICE, 324 00:12:22,676 --> 00:12:26,210 BUT IT'S FEW PLACES WHERE YOU GET THE COMBINATION OF 'EM BOTH. 325 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:27,745 AND IT'S A FAMILY THING-- 326 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:30,682 SANDI'S DAUGHTER STEPHANIE, JESSIE'S NIECE DEIRDRE 327 00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:33,818 AND A WHOLE CROWD OF REGULARS WHO THINK THEY'RE FAMILY, TOO. 328 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,019 IT'S LIKE HOME. 329 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,489 YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO YOUR GRANDMA'S KITCHEN, AND YOU EAT. 330 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,023 THIS IS WHAT IT IS. 331 00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:41,226 ASSUMING GRANDMA'S STILL MAKING HER OWN CRACKER CRUMBS 332 00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:42,293 FOR THE MEAT LOAF... 333 00:12:42,329 --> 00:12:43,694 IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE. 334 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:45,163 IT'S A GOOD ONE. 335 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:46,697 HAND-BATTERING AND FRYING EACH INDIVIDUAL ORDER 336 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:48,299 OF A KANSAS FAVORITE... 337 00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:50,168 CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK-- IT'S EXCELLENT. 338 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:52,170 EVEN MAKING THAT OLD STANDBY LIVER AND ONIONS... 339 00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:53,705 I'M GONNA BE OVER HERE. 340 00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:55,573 FOR THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT LIKE IT. 341 00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:57,441 JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING, JESSIE. 342 00:12:57,511 --> 00:12:59,910 THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST PART RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE BEST PART? 343 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,912 YES, BACON GREASE. YOU GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE BIT 344 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,782 OF BACON GREASE. NOW THAT I'M IMPRESSED WITH. 345 00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,049 THAT I LIKE. 346 00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:06,651 JESSIE SAYS HE'S SIMPLY COMMITTED 347 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,586 TO MAKING THE OLD-TIME DINER CLASSICS, 348 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:09,988 AND THAT INCLUDES DESSERT-- 349 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:12,657 THIS FRESH-FRUIT COBBLER, 35 KINDS OF MILK SHAKES 350 00:13:12,659 --> 00:13:14,458 AND FRESH PIE. 351 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:17,127 A MENU LIKE THIS WILL TAKE A 2-MAN CREW ON THAT LINE. OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 352 00:13:17,164 --> 00:13:21,032 CAN THEY GET THIS MENU ALL DAY? OH, YES, BREAKFAST ALL DAY. 353 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,934 I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY INFATUATION IS 354 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,269 WHEN SOMETHING'S MAKING NOISE. 355 00:13:24,271 --> 00:13:26,070 I WANT TO ALWAYS STICK MY FINGER IN IT. 356 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:29,207 BUT NOT EVEN JESSIE CAN PULL OFF THE DOUBLE BACKFLIP. 357 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:32,610 HOW DID YOU DO THAT? THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 358 00:13:32,646 --> 00:13:35,146 THAT WAS FAB-- I'VE NEVER SEEN-- 359 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:37,147 I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. 360 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:40,084 THANK YOU. I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK. NO, YOU WON'T. 361 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,354 BUT HE WILL, MAKING A CLASSIC EVEN BETTER 362 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:45,689 AFTER 40 YEARS OF WAITING FOR THE CHANCE. 363 00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:47,158 THIS IS NOW THE JESSIE SHOW. 364 00:13:48,094 --> 00:13:50,628 NEXT, SOME CLASSIC GREEK GONE MAD. 365 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:52,764 IT SEEMS A LITTLE JUNKY, BUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 366 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:04,175 I'M HERE IN BAKER, CALIFORNIA. 367 00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:08,246 VEGAS IS THAT WAY. L.A. IS WAY THAT WAY. 368 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,381 I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESSERT. 369 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:13,517 SO WHERE DOES THAT PUT ME? AT THE MAD GREEK. 370 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:15,953 FOR 20 YEARS, THIS PLACE HAS BEEN FAMOUS 371 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:17,388 FOR SERVING TRAVELERS 372 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:19,590 SOME OF THE MOST OUT-OF-BOUNDS HOMEMADE GREEK FOOD 373 00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:20,791 YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE. 374 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:23,527 IT'S WONDERFUL. I CRAVE THESE FROM THIS PLACE. 375 00:14:23,597 --> 00:14:26,197 IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 376 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:29,267 IT'S A NICE BREAK BETWEEN L.A. AND VEGAS-- 377 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:30,535 EXCELLENT FOOD. 378 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:32,203 I STOP HERE ALL THE TIME. 379 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,539 AND MAYBE EVEN MORE OFF THE HOOK THAN THE FOOD 380 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,640 IS THE GUY WHO STARTED IT ALL... 381 00:14:36,642 --> 00:14:38,543 THAT'S NOT A TUXEDO JACKET. THAT'S MY... 382 00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,611 MAD GREEK MICHAEL DABOUR. 383 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,813 MAD IS MAINLY ECCENTRIC. 384 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:45,283 EVERYTHING COMBINED HERE-- IT'S ECCENTRIC. 385 00:14:45,285 --> 00:14:47,551 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY 386 00:14:47,621 --> 00:14:49,554 MAYBE SOMETIME WHEN YOU HAVE SPARE TIME, 387 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:51,422 YOU COULD DECORATE. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 388 00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,891 THIS IS THE BEST DECORATION AT ALL. THEY COME FROM NEW YORK. 389 00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:56,361 THERE'S NOT A SPARE PLACE TO PUT ANYTHING. I NEED MORE WALLS. 390 00:14:56,363 --> 00:14:58,095 I NEED MORE WALLS. 391 00:14:58,164 --> 00:15:00,565 WHY DID YOU EXPAND? JUST 'CAUSE I NEEDED MORE WALLS. YEAH, I NEED MORE WALLS. 392 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:02,633 IT SEEMS A LITTLE JUNKY, BUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 393 00:15:02,636 --> 00:15:04,502 WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING WHAT PEOPLE LIKE, 394 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,036 THE MAD GREEK AIN'T SO MAD. 395 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:08,038 IT'S DELICIOUS. THEY JUST KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 396 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:10,374 WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? THIS IS BAKER, CALIFORNIA. 397 00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,576 YOU CAME AND PUT A GREEK RESTAURANT 398 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:14,445 WHERE TYPICALLY THERE'D BE A TRUCK STOP, 399 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:17,581 AND THIS PLACE IS PACKED. WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS BROKE. 400 00:15:17,651 --> 00:15:19,583 "WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS BROKE." 401 00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:22,120 THAT'S OFTEN WHY I GET IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS, YEAH. 402 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:24,054 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO LOSE, 403 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:25,924 AND YOU START DOING YOUR OWN THING. 404 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:28,126 WHICH MEANT HAVING A SHOWMAN SENSE OF THEATER, 405 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:30,395 FAITH IN HIS FAMILY'S RECIPES 406 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:32,730 AND THE GOOD SENSE TO STICK HIS SON LARRY 407 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:34,165 WITH MOST OF THE WORK. 408 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:36,667 HE'S THE ONE THAT WORKS HIS BUTT AND ALL THAT, 409 00:15:36,670 --> 00:15:38,536 AND I COME HERE. I PICK UP THE MONEY. 410 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:39,871 AN ANCIENT ANCESTOR. 411 00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:41,271 WAY BEYOND KEEPING UP THE DéCOR... 412 00:15:41,308 --> 00:15:43,274 THE BIG WRENCH. THE BIG WRENCH-- 413 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:45,009 THAT'S THE EQUALIZER. 414 00:15:45,045 --> 00:15:47,078 LARRY'S COMMITTED TO KEEPING UP THE MENU, 415 00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:50,815 CRANKING OUT THE HOMEMADE FOOD HIS FATHER INSISTED ON 416 00:15:50,884 --> 00:15:52,349 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 417 00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,819 WE DON'T MESS WITH GRANDMA'S RECIPES. YOU JUST DON'T-- 418 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:56,621 IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT. RIGHT. 419 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,689 BELIEVE ME, NOTHING'S BROKEN, 420 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:01,092 LIKE THE SOUVLAKI-- GREEK SHISH KEBAB 421 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:03,494 MARINATED FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE BEING SKEWERED 422 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:05,029 AND SEARED ON THE GRILL. 423 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:07,431 THERE'S SPANAKOPITA-- THAT'S SPINACH PIE-- 424 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:10,168 AND BAKLAVA MADE WITH FRESH GROUND PISTACHIOS 425 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,703 AND THE TOP SELLER-- 426 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:14,371 MAYBE THE MOST MISPRONOUNCED FOOD ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 427 00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:16,574 SOME PEOPLE SAY, "MAKE UP YOUR MIND. 428 00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:18,242 DO I CALL IT GY-RO OR A YEAR-O?" 429 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:20,177 I SAY, "GIVE ME MY 5 BUCKS. 430 00:16:20,246 --> 00:16:22,646 I'LL LET YOU CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT." ..AND CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. 431 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,182 FOR THE RECORD, IT'S A YEAR-O. 432 00:16:24,184 --> 00:16:27,118 THE CONE COMES IN AT 40 POUNDS? CORRECT. 433 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:31,789 AND IT'S A GROUND MIXTURE OF LAMB AND BEEF... CORRECT. 434 00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:33,391 WITH HERBS AND SPICES. CORRECT. 435 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:34,992 IT'S GREAT IN A PITA SANDWICH 436 00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:37,194 WITH A YOGURT-BASED SAUCE CALLED TZATZIKI. 437 00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:38,729 BUT AS GOOD AS IT IS, 438 00:16:38,732 --> 00:16:40,664 LARRY SAYS THERE'S AN EVEN MORE AUTHENTIC VERSION. 439 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:43,134 IS THIS MORE LIKE WHAT YOU FIND IN GREECE? YES, 440 00:16:43,203 --> 00:16:45,603 THIS WOULD BE MORE WHAT YOU FIND IN GREECE. 441 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:49,140 AND THIS IS CALLED? WELL, WE'RE CALLING IT THE SHAWARMA, 442 00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:51,876 BUT IT CAN ALSO BE CALLED A DONER. BUT THIS IS MORE EXPENSIVE, 443 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,545 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT BY HAND? RIGHT, RIGHT. 444 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:57,014 OKAY. AND THAT-- YOU HAVE BEEF AND LAMB? RIGHT. 445 00:16:57,083 --> 00:16:59,484 SO YOU HAVE TO GET THE BONELESS LAMB, THE BONELESS BEEF, 446 00:16:59,619 --> 00:17:02,219 CUT IT INTO SLICES, POUND IT OUT, STACK IT TOGETHER... 447 00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,355 MARINATE IT, MARINATE IT. MARINATE IT. 448 00:17:04,357 --> 00:17:07,558 DO YOU MARINATE IT FIRST OR AFTER IT'S ON THE STICK? NO, FIRST. 449 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:10,028 FIRST. AND THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND SLIDE IT ON? RIGHT. 450 00:17:10,163 --> 00:17:12,496 AND YOU GOTTA KEEP IT SOMEWHAT UNIFORM? RIGHT. 451 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:15,299 YEAH, WE TRIM IT. SO IT SITS ON THERE THE RIGHT WAY. 452 00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:17,234 IT'S LABOR- INTENSIVE. YEAH, IT IS. 453 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:19,704 SO THIS YOU JUST RUN IT RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE? RIGHT. 454 00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:22,040 CAN I TRY A LITTLE PIECE HERE? SURE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 455 00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:23,107 I THINK I'M GONNA-- 456 00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:24,642 I THINK I CARVED IN BAD. 457 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,978 MMM. A LITTLE HOT? 458 00:17:27,113 --> 00:17:30,180 IT'S GOT A LITTLE CRUNCH. IT'S GOT A LITTLE GLAZING, 459 00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:31,849 ALMOST LIKE IT'S CARAMELIZED A BIT. 460 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:36,054 PROBABLY SOME OF THE JUICE FLOWING DOWN AS IT'S COOKING. 461 00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,190 WOW. I'M NOT KIDDIN' YA, MAN. 462 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:41,659 I THINK IF MORE PEOPLE--AH, AH-- 463 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:45,663 REALLY KNEW HOW GREAT THAT WAS, 464 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,198 THE LINE WOULD BE LONGER THAN IT ALREADY IS. 465 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,267 OF COURSE, PLENTY OF PEOPLE KNOW ALREADY. 466 00:17:50,336 --> 00:17:54,805 THE SHAWARMA IS ONLY ONE REASON THE CROWDS KEEP JAMMIN' IN. 467 00:17:54,808 --> 00:17:56,607 WELL, I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE 468 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,542 THAT DON'T COME ALL THE TIME, LIKE ME. 469 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:01,011 I GET TO, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. 470 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:03,414 IF YOU'RE JUST COMING THROUGH TO VEGAS ONCE IN A WHILE, 471 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:05,349 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING GREAT, 472 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,751 BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL THE GREAT STUFF THEY HAVE. 473 00:18:07,821 --> 00:18:08,953 ...LIKE THE DEEP-FRIED CALAMARI 474 00:18:09,022 --> 00:18:10,354 SLICED AND BATTERED FRESH EVERY DAY. 475 00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:11,421 AND SPEAKING OF FRYING... 476 00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:13,758 FRIED ZUCCHINI STICKS. 477 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,825 ...HOMEMADE... 478 00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:16,294 (woman) REALLY EXCELLENT. 479 00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:17,228 ...TOTALLY FROM SCRATCH. 480 00:18:17,297 --> 00:18:19,230 I'M PRETENDING IT'S HEALTH FOOD. 481 00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:21,165 WHATEVER THE REASON, FOR TONS OF FOLKS 482 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:22,700 THE MAD GREEK IS A MUST-STOP. 483 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,702 TELL 'EM IT'S IN THE DESERT... IT IS. 484 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:27,305 IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT. IT'S THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. 485 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,708 YEAH, WE HAVE NAKED LADIES ON OUR STATUES. 486 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,710 BUT REMEMBER, IT ISN'T REALLY WHAT'S ON THE WALLS 487 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,244 THAT MAKES THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL. 488 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,780 IT'S WHAT'S IN THE KITCHEN. 489 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:38,449 AND WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS RECIPE 490 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,084 FROM LARRY'S GRANDMOTHER... 491 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:43,488 AND NOW YOU'RE GIVING IT AWAY ON TV? YEAH. 492 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:45,489 AND MY ATTEMPTS TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. 493 00:18:45,525 --> 00:18:47,758 YOU GOTTA PUT THE BUTTER DOWN THERE FIRST THERE, GUY. 494 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,093 WHEN WE COME BACK. BUTTER FIRST. 495 00:18:57,804 --> 00:18:59,837 THE MAD GREEK IN BAKER, CALIFORNIA-- 496 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:02,840 NOT YOUR STANDARD ROADSIDE FAST FOOD JOINT. 497 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,375 YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE EATING NOW, 498 00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:08,245 BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO RAISE MY PRICES. I'M LUCKY-- 499 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,714 WHAT DID YOU JUST-- MY LANDLORD RAISED THE RENT. 500 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:11,849 I'M THE LANDLORD. 501 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:13,251 SELF-PROFESSED MAD GREEK MICHAEL DABOUR 502 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:15,252 STARTED THIS PLACE 20 YEARS AGO. 503 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,455 HIS SON LARRY'S RUNNING IT TODAY, 504 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,389 STILL MAKING THE STUFF HIS GRANDMOTHER MADE. 505 00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:21,392 SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE? SPANAKOPITA. 506 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:23,927 I MEAN, IS THIS KIND OF LIKE THE GREEK EGG ROLL? 507 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,463 IT'S AN APPETIZER. IT'S AN APPETIZER. 508 00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:27,198 WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 509 00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:29,666 SO OKAY--SO YOU CAN PUT IT WITH EVERYTHING-- GREEK EGG ROLL-- THAT WORKS. 510 00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,602 YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE THAT. YEAH. 511 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,003 SPANAKOPITA ARE SPINACH PIES, 512 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:35,005 BUT HERE WE'RE MAKING 'EM FRESH WITH SPINACH, 513 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:36,607 ONIONS, PARSLEY AND FETA CHEESE. 514 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:39,076 HOW MUCH FETA CHEESE DO YOU GUYS GO THROUGH IN A MONTH? 515 00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:40,211 ABOUT 300, 400 POUNDS. 516 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:42,480 AND FOR A SWEETER TASTE--CURRANTS. 517 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:44,949 MOST PEOPLE DO NOT PUT CURRANTS IN. 518 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:46,550 OUR RECIPE HAS CURRANTS. 519 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:49,220 MIX IT UP. IT'S TIME TO FILL AND FOLD. 520 00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,889 YOU GOTTA PUT THE BUTTER DOWN THERE FIRST THERE, GUY. 521 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:53,758 SORRY. BUTTER FIRST. 522 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,294 WELL, THERE GOES THE FOOD PART. THAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE TOO MUCH, DOESN'T IT? 523 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:58,095 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA TAKE SOME OFF. 524 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:00,564 YEAH, TAKE SOME OFF. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT, UM-- 525 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:02,032 YOU'RE FOLDING WRONG. GO THIS WAY. 526 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:04,568 OKAY, SO NOW I COME OVER HERE... RIGHT, YEAH. 527 00:20:04,571 --> 00:20:07,104 THEN UP. THERE YOU GO. FLAG FOLDING 101. 528 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,173 THERE YOU GO. LOOK AT THAT. 529 00:20:09,308 --> 00:20:11,708 I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE DELI CASE-BOUND. 530 00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:14,645 MOST PLACES USE FROZEN. LARRY SAYS, "FORGET ABOUT IT." 531 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:16,714 IS THERE THAT MUCH OF A QUALITY DIFFERENCE 532 00:20:16,783 --> 00:20:18,315 BETWEEN THE TWO? I THINK SO. 533 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,517 IT'S THE SAME REASON THEY MAKE THEIR BAKLAVA 534 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:22,519 A PHYLLO DOUGH LAYER AT A TIME 535 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:24,588 AND THEIR TRADITIONAL GREEK ALMOND COOKIES BY HAND 536 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,256 A BATCH AT A TIME 537 00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:28,993 AND THE SOUVLAKI AND THE SHAWARMA FROM SCRATCH. 538 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:30,394 THAT'S HANDMADE. THEY DO IT HERE. 539 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:31,995 IT IS MAD GREEKS' FOOD. 540 00:20:32,031 --> 00:20:34,431 THEY REALLY DO WANT EATING HERE TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL... 541 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,334 THOSE STRAWBERRY SHAKES-- THEY LOOK SO GOOD. 542 00:20:36,336 --> 00:20:37,801 JUST LIKE THE REST 543 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:39,737 OF THE ENTIRE MAD GREEK EXPERIENCE. 544 00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:42,272 THANK YOU FOR COMING BY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 545 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,075 THANKS AGAIN. NOW THAT'S GOTTA MAKE YA HAPPY. 546 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:46,610 THIS GUY HAS HAD IT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 547 00:20:46,679 --> 00:20:49,479 AND HE SAYS YOURS IS THE BEST. WELL, I KNOW THAT. 548 00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:51,882 HE KNEW IT ALREADY. I MEAN, HE DOESN'T TELL ME NOTHING NEW, 549 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:55,286 BUT I APPRECIATE HIM SAYING-- HE DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING I DON'T KNOW. 550 00:20:57,824 --> 00:20:59,223 THAT'S IT FOR THIS TRIP, 551 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,491 BUT WE GOT PLENTY MORE JOINTS WE GOTTA HIT. 552 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:05,696 WE'LL SEE YA NEXT TIME ON "DINERS, DRIVE-INS, AND DIVES." 553 00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:07,364 OPEN UP.