Every Illinois Spot Guy Fieri Visited on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

If you doubt that Guy Fieri has spent a lot of time in Illinois, you should see this list of more than 39 episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that have all been filmed in the Land of Lincoln.

How many episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives have been filmed in Illinois restaurants?

According to the website Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Locations, Guy Fieri has featured 45 Illinois restaurants on his famous TV show. I've done hours of investigative work and have found nearly all of them. Note that many of these Illinois restaurants have gone out of business over the years and are hard to find information about, but this is as complete a list as I could compile.

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How does Guy Fieri choose what restaurants are on his show and what rules must they follow?

According to Delish, Guy Fieri's TV show production team look for food, story and character. They say that surprisingly the places are not allowed to say "Flavortown" on camera. It's important for each restaurant that wants to be on the show to do all of their own homestyle cooking and Guy Fieri gets the final word on which restaurants make the cut and which ones don't. Fortunately, for dozens of Illinois restaurants have become TV stars over the past couple of decades.