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What Happened to Beer Belly After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Beer Belly has closed — confirmed via lamag.com, July 2019.

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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: A 2019-07 LAmag article reported the Koreatown location's closure, and a Yelp listing updated 2026-06 still marks it permanently closed; the business's own website returned no response on a 2026-09-08 check.

  • Season / episode Season 16, Episode 11
  • Original air date
  • Address 532 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Beer Belly in Los Angeles for the 2013-03-11 episode "Unlikely Partners," where the show sampled the gastropub's beer-battered bar food and craft beer selection. Beer Belly operated in the Koreatown neighborhood at 532 South Western Avenue. According to LAmag (2019-07), the Koreatown location was set to close that month. A Yelp listing for the address, updated 2026-06, still marks the business as permanently closed. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the restaurant's website (beerbellyla.com) returning no response, consistent with the closure. No source confirming a reopening or new ownership at the Western Avenue address was found. Koreatown, the Los Angeles neighborhood where Beer Belly operated, is one of the city's densest restaurant and nightlife corridors, and no review or social post from 2020 or later describing the restaurant as still open turned up in the sources reviewed.

On Food Paradise's 2013 episode 'Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word' (Travel Channel), the show visited Beer Belly, a craft-beer bar in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, spotlighting the bar's over-the-top deep-fried snacks alongside its rotating beer list. Beer Belly opened in Koreatown as a gastropub built around craft beer and inventive bar food. According to LAmag, the Koreatown location closed on July 28, 2019, after eight years in business; co-founder Jimmy Han said the team felt they had accomplished what they set out to do with the original location. A Long Beach location of Beer Belly continued operating after the Koreatown closure, per the same report.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 16, Episode 11
Original air date
Episode title
Unlikely Partners
What was featured
Beer-battered gastropub fare and craft beer selection
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Beer Belly
Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 18
Original air date
Episode title
Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word
What was featured
over-the-top deep-fried bar snacks and craft beer
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Beer Belly

Frequently asked questions

Is Beer Belly still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Beer Belly has closed — confirmed via lamag.com, July 2019.

What happened to Beer Belly after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Beer Belly in Los Angeles for the 2013-03-11 episode "Unlikely Partners," where the show sampled the gastropub's beer-battered bar food and craft beer selection. As of September 2026, Beer Belly has closed — confirmed via lamag.com, July 2019.

Is Beer Belly permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Beer Belly has closed — confirmed via lamag.com, July 2019. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Beer Belly located?

532 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Beer Belly?

Season 16, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired March 11, 2013. The episode is titled “Unlikely Partners”.

What do reviews say since Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Koreatown, the Los Angeles neighborhood where Beer Belly operated, is one of the city's densest restaurant and nightlife corridors, and no review or social post from 2020 or later describing the restaurant as still open turned up in the sources reviewed. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Visit info

Address
532 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Venue type
bar
Official website
beerbellyla.com

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Sources

  • lamag.com — https://lamag.com/dining/beer-belly-koreatown/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/beer-belly-los-angeles-2

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