I stopped by Georgia’s Greek Restaurant & Deli on 85th and 3rd today to pick up some lunch and found a camera crew from the Food Network filming for a segment on “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” hosted by Guy Fieri.
That’s bleach-blond Guy second from the right, and Georgia’s owner Laki Kazakos on the left, just after Laki lit the restaurant’s famous Saganaki (fried cheese) on fire (sorry for the poor cell phone photo quality - I wasn’t allowed to use a flash because of the professional cameras). And here’s Guy in the parking lot filming his stand-up, where he’s pretending he just got out of his red sports car and can’t wait to finally eat at Georgia’s:
In reality, they filmed that opening segment at the very end of two days of filming. And here he is doing yet another take after numerous flubs and technical challenges:
We’ll try to keep you posted on when the segment will air. By the way, Guy will appear on David Letterman on Wednesday night.
11 responses so far ↓
1 John Eddy // Jan 26, 2009 at 9:52 pm
oooooo, wonder where else in town he’s going to film.
2 Alexis Saloutos // Jan 27, 2009 at 11:53 am
Drove past this film set up yesterday in Wallingford and wondered what it was! Will look forward to watching the episode……..funny!
3 Bryan // Jan 27, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Georgia’s has the best potatoes on earth.
4 The Boss of You // Jan 27, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Too bad Fieri never heard of Taki’s Mad Greek. He would have had a nice meal if he had.
5 Beverly // Jan 27, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I thought I saw Guy Fieri at BOKA on Sunday night, though he wasn’t filming. This makes me think maybe I was right!
6 Lana // Jan 27, 2009 at 7:49 pm
DDD filmed at the Southern Kitchen in Tacoma on Saturday and Sunday the 24th and 25th and came up to Seattle Sunday night. Saw Fieri and camera crew at Kells, downtown, Sunday night. He had a bad attitude, for sure.
But DDD is awesome, and I’m glad the local places are getting some airtime.
7 Diane // Jan 27, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Yeah, he was staying at Hotel 1000
8 Chris Abajian // Jan 28, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Glad to see it. Georgia’s rocks. Try the braised lamb.
9 Allison // Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I heard they were planning on shooting at Pig Iron BBQ in Georgetown.
10 LesaCooks // Jan 28, 2009 at 7:07 pm
My husband and I Love Georgia’s! Laki is a sweet, wonderful dude and we’re happy to see his restaurant get some props.
11 Rachel // Jan 30, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I believe they were planning on shooting at Bizarro in Wallingford, as well.
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