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Is 24th Street Café Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Bakersfield, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, 24th Street Café is listed open on 24thstreetcafe.com, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, returned HTTP 200 with 2026-dated page content; no online-ordering widget was detected on the site. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate? 2 episodes

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9, Episode 12

Best Thing I Ever Ate visited 24th Street Cafe in the 'Let's Do Lunch' episode (S9E12), highlighting the Bakersfield restaurant's classic American breakfast and lunch fare. 24th Street Cafe is a restaurant at 1415 24th Street in Bakersfield, California, operating in a building that first opened as Cy's Coffee Shop in 1950; the current cafe was established in 1987 by Mark Huggs, according to the restaurant's own website. On 2026-09-08, the site (24thstreetcafe.com) displayed 2026-dated page content and listed a Daily Specials page and a contact page, according to 24thstreetcafe.com. No online-ordering widget was present on the site during that check, and no closure, relocation, or ownership-change notice appeared.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 22, Episode 8 Aired

On 'Sweet, Savory and Saucy' (aired 2015-04-17), Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited 24th Street Cafe in Bakersfield, California, where Guy Fieri sampled the diner's Texas Chili, served with french fries, alongside a stack of Pumpkin Pancakes. The retro diner occupies a building that first opened as Cy's Coffee Shop in 1950; third-generation Bakersfield restaurateur Mark Huggs established 24th Street Cafe there in 1987, according to the restaurant's own website. The all-day menu leans on comfort classics -- chili, biscuits, pancakes and burgers -- served in a nostalgic, diner-style dining room.

The episodes Best Thing I Ever Ate

Episode 12
Air date not confirmed
Title: Let's Do Lunch · What was featured: Classic American breakfast and lunch plates at 24th Street Cafe
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 22, Episode 8
Aired
Title: Sweet, Savory and Saucy · What was featured: Texas Chili with french fries and Pumpkin Pancakes

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. 24thstreetcafe.com https://24thstreetcafe.com/
  2. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ca/bakersfield/24th-street-cafe-restaurant
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