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Is Angelo's Civita Farnese Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 15 Providence, Rhode Island

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Angelo's Civita Farnese is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-07, shows current posted hours (closed Monday and Tuesday, open the remaining days) at 141 Atwells Avenue, and Wikipedia's article on the restaurant, revised 2026-07-11, describes it as a fourth-generation family-owned business. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Angelo's Civita Farnese, an Italian restaurant in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, for the episode 'East Coast Comfort,' which aired 2012-09-24. According to Wikipedia, Angelo's Civita Farnese opened in 1924, seats guests family-style, and has remained under the same family's ownership since it opened; the same source notes the restaurant has repeatedly appeared in Rhode Island Monthly's 'Best of Rhode Island' awards and was included in Esquire's 1999 'Greatest Lunch Ever Made' feature. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-07, shows it operating at 141 Atwells Avenue with current posted hours of Wednesday through Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday. No indication of a closure, relocation, or change of ownership was found in this check.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 15

Aired
Title: East Coast Comfort · What was featured: Angelo's Civita Farnese on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, episode 'East Coast Comfort'
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/angelos-civita-farnese-providence
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo%27s_Civita_Farnese
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