Best Dives and Cozy Restaurants

I love dinners/drive inns/and dives!

New Orleans.....Figaro's.......... .... http://www.yelp.com/biz/fiorellas-cafe-new-orleans

Houston...........Kona grill in galleria.....http://www.konagrill.com/

Mesa Az...........Moki's hawaain grill.............http://www.mokis.com/

Memphis..........Guss's Chicken Originally Posted by DallasRain

I'm a big fan of the Guy Fierei (spelling?) Food Network Show as well...but I think the "cozy" part of the the thread title really doesn't apply to most of the featured places on the show as well as most of the places listed here.

Don't get me wrong: great eats at a lot of the places listed, but most of them have become tourist traps and/or gone corporate.

10 years ago (or so), before they were discovered, they were truly "cozy dives"

I know of a number of true dives that only the locals know in a number of cities. PM me if you are interested, but discretion prevents me from sharing them because literally I'm a regular there...

New Orleans has a great pub that is not well know in the lower garden district that has AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME burgers...Down The Hatch

Nola: Bombay club, Maspero, alibi bar, yo mamas, Irenes, Rib room, Oceans, angeli Metairie: come back inn, impastato. St Tammany: Sal & Judys, friends, nuvolari, Purple parrot in hatriesburg MS, Trapani in bay st louis. Too may to list. These are some that I go to.

Rooster's Chicken & Waffle's in L.A. Originally Posted by thumpusa

Perish the thought. Roscoe's is L.A.'s premier chicken and waffles joint.