PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Chef-owner Jimmy Everett is on the palm-shaded patio of his restaurant, Driftwood, talking about Happy Meals at McDonald’s, the weeklong prep time for pork jowl fried rice, and the recent surge of reservations when a UPS driver pulls up, hollering excitedly.
“Hey, I’m gonna watch you on ‘Triple D’!” he says, waving, as Everett thanks him and blushes.
“Triple D” is, of course, shorthand for Guy Fieri’s long-running TV travelogue series “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives,” which dropped by the Boynton Beach gastropub in late February for a whirlwind day of filming that culminated with a May 8 appearance on the popular program. Everett says Food Network last week let him promote it on social media, which resulted in 100 new bookings — all from diners hoping to “beat the Food Network rush,” he speculates…