Does DD&D bring you in to places to eat...

I get a lot of my restaurant ideas when traveling from the show. Every one I’ve been to (maybe 10) has been great.

Yep, I've prolly been to a little over 10 during travels and never disappoints.

nah, i usually watch more when it's places I already know about.

We look for a DDD place when traveling. One reason is to avoid the fast food chains and eat at a local place.

We have eaten at about 16; about 4 of them were great, about 1/2 were ok, and the rest were disappointments. But most of them we have only eaten at once - hard to judge a place based on one visit.

The biggest disappointment was a place in Fairhope, AL. It was supposed to have Cajun food but it was not good. Don’t remember the name.

The Gumbo Shack in Fairhope was not good. (Had to look the name up.)
Neither one of us liked it.

By comparison, on that same road trip we ate at Chimes in BR & loved it.

I have not been to the Gumbo Shack, but have seen that episode more than once. I would not go there based upon what I saw on the show. OF COURSE it escapes me, now, but I remember enough to know I commented on it each time I saw the segment.

Something about the way he did crawfish? And maybe tomatoes in his gumbo?

Coincedentally the Gumbo Shack episode was on this afternoon. Let's just say his gumbo was non F&D approved.

To the OP, I absolutely consult DDD to try to find some places that interest me when traveling. And most deliver

The only time I've been to a place on DDD was in Key West at the little burrito shop that was featured.

It was an Ok buritto.

There is an app we use that has all of the TV food shows on it. dd&d, Delicious Destinations, Food Paradise and others.

We use it all the time. It is called TV Food Maps. Give it a try if you upgraded from a flip phone.