A New Triple D File

Thanks to TheProf for sending the first review of the Triple XXX Restaurant in West Lafayette IN

By us doing the review of the ones we visit the file will have another opinion besides the one from Guy Fieri the host of the show.

I don't know if this was on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I ate there in Woodbridge VA. 13440 Occaquan RD. It is a small b-b-q restaruant, but nice atmosphere and good food.

Sorry navycop but Dixie Bones has not been featured in the Triple D program, anyhow glad you liked the food.

Added three new locations to the Triple D Plus.csv

Nye's Polonaise Room in Minneapolis, MN
R&R Taqueria in Elkridge, MD
Moseberth's Fried Chicken in Portsmouth, VA

My wife loves triple d. This may be my first poi file for my nuvi. I have never tried installing one, so I'll check it out when I have time to really look at it. Looks like a great community here. Thanks for your hard work.

Welcome aboard! As you are a new user and member, I suggest you look through the FAQ section as it will answer a lot of questions. I also strongly suggest you do a backup of your unit before making changes. You only need to do a backup before any Garmin software updates, not every time you load custom POI.

As you have a 205, you'll need to follow the directions about locating the correct version of the sound exchange program SOX and how to load that so you can get alert sounds for your POI.

All in all, welcome aboard and don't be afraid to ask questions, we don't bite.

I concur with Box Car and don't hesitate to ask if you need help loading any file.

stopped in a Philadelphia diner couldn't figure out what was featured. We didn't feel it was worth driving to it. Glad you created a file with the featured meals, now we'll be looking for those items.

I don't see any reason you couldn't combine Triple D locations as one even if they were visited multiple times and having multiple featured items.

Actually there is only one location that was visited twice, The Bayway Diner in Linden NJ and has separate listings in the file because of the food that was prepared for each visit.

BTW I'm planning the next time we go to Philly to stop at The Dining Car & Market for some Chicken Croquettes

Thanks Box Car and flaco! I appreciate the advice and willingness to help. I'll be sure to ask if I run into any problems. I'm about to try loading something right now. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow at work (I drive around all day long).

Just uploaded the latest Triple D Plus file with the last three locations filmed during 2011 13th season for the Outside the Box Series.

Pepe's and Mito's
Dallas, TX

Joe Squared Pizza
Baltimore, MD

Savoy Café & Deli
Santa Barbara, CA

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

The file just uploaded has a new review by TheProf of The Zydeco's Restaurant in Mooresville, IN

New season of DDD starts showing next week.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

We have eaten in many of these restaurants and the only two places we were disappointed in was the first show from Wichita KS where the food was greasy and not kind to our stomachs and the Mad Greek Diner where it was just blah.
Otherwise we have not found others bad.

kurzemnieks that is precisely why I’m adding our own reviews so we can have an independent recommendations besides the show’s host.

You wrote of the places you have visited 2 were not of your liking but the others are not bad so why the Not Worth It title?

Triple D started the 2012 season with two new locations.

Pizzeria Lola
Minneapolis, MN

Monument Cafe
Georgetown, TX

At first I thought, "Wow. Stalkers are marking down where a set of Triple D's are located at now"? >.>

Then a guick Google helped me out abit.

Might this be of some help?
http://tripledfan.com/

I'm going there.

Any poi from the POI-Factory file has more information in one spot than this site has.

The TripleDFan.com is a good resource for a quick check by state if it's kept up-to-date.

The official FoodNetwork TripleD site used to list all of the visited diners and the number of `views' for each. You could also sort the diners by # of views, which was a convenient way to find newly listed/visited diners. I can't seem to locate that page anymore, can anyone help me out or is it no longer accessible?

Flaco,

this is an interesting idea. If I find some time I'll send you a few comments about some of the dozen or more DDD places my wife and I have gone to. Whenever we travel, one of the first things we do is search for DDD places in the area.

Overall we've enjoyed every place we've gone to. The only exception is Standard Diner in Albuquerque, NM. The food was OK, but we and our guests all agreed that we wouldn't recommend it and certainly wouldn't go back again. It is the only DDD place we've eaten at over the years that we won't give an unqualified recommendation to others to visit.

rocknicehunter I’m looking forward to your comment on the different places you have eaten, it will help others make an educated decision if it is worth stopping or not, just make the comments informative and concise as to why we should visit or not that particular restaurant, just send me an e-mail and I will add them to the file.

New file just uploaded has several new reviews by rocknicehunter that include:

Broadway Diner in Baltimore, MD
Standard Diner in Albuquerque, NM
Cecilia's Café in Albuquerque, NM
Roberto's Mexican Food in Phoenix, AZ
Haus Murphey's in Glendale, AZ
Hob Nob Hill in San Diego, CA
Hodad's in Ocean Beach, CA

Thanks rocknicehunter for sharing your reviews.

The file also includes three new locations from the series Streamlined Sammies, Episode DV1402H

The 1029 Bar in Minneapolis, MN
Luke's Inside Out in Austin, TX
Maple and Motor in Dallas,TX

You probably already know this, but Al's Breakfast is listed twice. Once referencing Episode DV1004 And again referencing Episode DV0112.

Yeap, same restaurant twice, different episodes, different food.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/local/mn-minneapolis/als-breakfas...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/americ...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/you-fo...

I'll probably have a couple more for you soon, and we're be on the road in a few weeks, so maybe some new ones too...

A comment on what you said above. On occasion we find that the dishes featured on DDD really are the best ones offered by the establishment. I may suggest that locations featured in more than one episode will not disappoint if you order anything from the menu. If you are only visiting the place once, stick with what Guy had and you shouldn't be disappointed.

Added two new locations from the show Crankin' Up the Classics, Episode DV1403H

Broders’ Pasta Bar in Minneapolis, MN

Chop House Burgers in Arlington, TX

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

Thanks for this work, that's a file for any road warrior....

Added two new locations from the show Passin' The Baton, Episode DV1404H

Pete's Breakfast House in Ventura, CA

Sip & Bite Restaurant in Baltimore, MD

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

Added three new locations from the show Big Time Flavor, Episode DV1405H

Counter Café in Austin, TX

Marla’s Caribbean Cuisine in Minneapolis, MN

Cane Rosso in Dallas, TX

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

Added three new locations from the show Unexpected Eats, Episode DV1406H

Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque in Stillwater, MN

Johnny Garlic's in Santa Rosa, CA

Harvey's Hot Dogs II in Portsmouth, VA

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

If you patronize the Triple D restaurants I encourage you to share with us your experience at the locations you have visited.

Just write a short review about the place, food, etc. and if you recommend others to eat there.

Your mini review will be added to the file so others can view it while on the road and help them make a wise choice.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/35780

Thanks

That's a great idea....in fact it would be nice to have more POI files with reviews.

Yes! That would be wonderful!

When loading the latest file using POI Loader to my Garmin 750, I get an error:

There is a data format error on line 508 of file ...Triple D Plus.csv. The data earlier in the file will be written, but no more data can be read from this file.

I'm wondering if it's me because I don't see anyone else mentioning it. Anyone have any suggestions? I checked line 508 and don't see anything obvious.

The is a comma after avenue in the 4th column. Remove it and see what happens. That's the only thing I spotted.

Thanks slobeavis and pwohlrab for catching that error, I removed the comma alter Avenue and also the one before Canada.

The weird thing is that location has been there for a while and this is the first complaint I got with the loader giving an error, I have updated both my Garmin as late as yesterday and it did not error out for me.

Once I upload the file later tonight the master will have the fix.

I removed the comma after avenue and before Canada and it still stops at line 508.

The other odd thing is that I moved the whole line 508 to the very end of the file thinking now it would get to the end before crashing but it still said Line 508 had an error.

Still don't see anything obvious.

I just uploaded the updated file, removed the extra commas and after uploading it I checked for errors with the POI-Factory tool and it came back with "no problems found"

Let me know if the newest file is still giving you problems.

@Slobeavis. Due to the issues, I went and loaded the old file (before Flaco fixed it) and they all loaded fine. So I don't know what to recommend for you.
What version of poi loader are you using?

Well it got further than Line 508 this time. It now stops at line 518. Anything suspicious on Line 518?

How do I find that out? When I open the POI Loader, there's no "about" or version number anywhere.

Never mind. I downloaded the latest POI Loader (v2.71) and noticed I still had the old extraction file in the "download" directory which says v2.53. After loading 2.71, everything worked. For some reason, v2.53 doesn't like something in the POI file but 2.71 is ok with it. Everything is fixed now. Thanks.

There was quite a mess around those version numbers that created havoc with files. To check the version number click in the upper left of the poi window and you will get a drop down box with the "about" in it.

Also, somewhere about that time the default install locations changed so if you are using sox.exe for sound check to see where it is.

I am also reminded that the name changed from "PoiLoader.exe" to "POI Loader.exe"

AND, when I was looking at the POI Loader folder, I saw that I had included in the folder a little batch file that was suggested by one of our members (can not remember who, but thank you to that member) that will easily give the version of the sox.exe executable in my POI Loader folder.

The batch file contains two lines

sox --version
pause

Copy these two lines into Notepad

Then do a File Save

In the file name type "sox-ver.bat" (include the quotes to force Notepad to name it exactly as you want it).

Store the sox-ver.bat file in your "Program Files\Garmin\POI Loader" folder

When you run this .bat file, you should see
"sox: SoX v14.0.1"

Charlie Parker's (Springfield, IL)
Comet Cafe (Milwaukee, WI)
Iron Barley (St. Louis, MO)
Keegan's Seafood Grille (Indian Rocks Beach, FL)
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish (South Pasadena, FL)

Sorry Jorgenson but Crabby Bill's Seafood (Indian Rocks Beach, FL) has never been featured in Diners Drive In and Dives.

Jorgenson and others have questioned why I keep the locations CLOSED OOB in the file, my reasoning is that they are still showing on TV the shows filmed at those locations that are now out of business, if someone happens to see one of those locations on the TV show they may assume 1) they still in business 2) that I forgot to add the location to the file, by keeping them there with a notation CLOSED OOB you will save a drive to a non existing location.

I like the logic - I am going to add this POI to my collection and hopefully be able to provide a review.

Thanks for the POI

Not sure if this is the right thread (and if not please feel free to move this to another thread or start a new one)...

I cannot get this file to load using the OSX version of POI Loader (latest version is 2.2.1 which is WAY behind the Windows version). POI Loader just stops on 'initializing' and I have to Force Quit the app. The Windows version I run on a VM processes the file just fine.

Is there anything I can do to help debug the issue?

Is this the only file giving you trouble loading using the OSX version?

I'm bumping this up hoping one of the Mac users can help trouble shoot and maybe tell me if I need to do something to the file.

It's the only one of the few I'm using which is giving me an issue, yes.

I currently use

Costco USA & Canada
Speed & Redlight Cameras
Target Stores
Tim Hortons
Triple D Plus, and
Walmart USA & Canada

I do have the workaround which is to process the file using the Windows POI Loader which I run on a VM but I'd really like to get to the bottom of issue just in case this is a problem for others.

Thanks!