Is an undisclosed restaurant Still Open? Mystery Diners Update
Mystery Diners, Season 9 Culver City, California
Current status
As of October 2026, an undisclosed restaurant is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's page for Culver & Main at 3829 Main St, updated September 2026, shows current hours and recent customer reviews for an active cafe. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 3
- Aired
- Address 3829 Main St, Culver City, CA 90232
- Now called Culver & Main
- Website culverandmain.com
- Show map
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About this show's format: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.
What happened after Mystery Diners?
In the Mystery Diners episode "Very Bad Bosses" (aired 2015-02-18), staff at an unnamed Culver City restaurant told investigator Charles Stiles that the owner regularly berated and insulted kitchen employees during service and cut corners on food quality. Stiles's crew wired hidden cameras through the kitchen and dining room, and two undercover diners posed as regular customers to observe the accused manager directly, according to the Food Network's episode listing. Producers did not identify the restaurant on air. Records for 3829 Main St, Culver City, list a business called Culver & Main at that address.
As is the format of the series, Stiles reviewed the recorded footage with the owner and outlined changes intended to prevent a repeat of the behavior described by staff. Wikipedia's article on Mystery Diners, citing the program's own end-of-episode disclaimer and a critic's review, notes that certain scenes are staged or re-enacted for dramatic effect and that the series has been criticized for implausible scenarios and unconvincing acting. Yelp's page for Culver & Main, updated in September 2026, listed weekday breakfast-and-lunch hours and recent customer reviews for an all-day California-style cafe at the address, and Grubhub listed the location as accepting delivery and pickup orders. Whether Culver & Main is the same business that was filmed in 2015 or a later occupant of the storefront could not be confirmed from the available sources.
The episode
Also in Season 9
Season 9: 5 of 11 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners
- Open
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Ep 2Lenny's Deli
Closed -
Ep 4Doffo Winery
Open -
Ep 5Hot Red Bus
Closed -
Ep 7Moviesets
Closed - Open
- Renamed
- Open
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Boardwalk 11 (Boardwalk 11 Karaoke Bar and Grill)
Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/culver-and-main-culver-city
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/mystery-diners/episodes/very-bad-bosses
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
- Grubhub https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/culver--main-3829-main-street-culver-city/11661912
We work hard to keep every status accurate and dated, but restaurants change fast and our sources aren't perfect. If something here is wrong — a status, a name, an address, anything — tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it, and we'll check it.
Record md-101 · checked by Cal Marchetti.