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What Happened to Bella Luna Cafe After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Bella Luna Cafe has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: The site at the featured address now markets itself as "Bella Luna | Chicago Event Venue" with banquet-hall hours and no cafe menu, and its copyright line reads 2023.

  • Season / episode Season 29, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 6136 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60629
  • Current name Bella Luna

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives stopped at Bella Luna Cafe in Chicago for the September 21, 2018 episode "From Pork to Pasta" (S29E1), which paired the cafe's dine-in food with several other Midwest stops. Bella Luna Cafe operated as a neighborhood cafe on South Pulaski Road in Chicago. The same address now operates under the name "Bella Luna," described on its own website as a Chicago event venue rather than a cafe, according to the site checked 2026-09-08. That site advertises "newly renovated banquet spaces" for private events and lists hours for tours and bookings rather than walk-in dining, and its copyright line reads 2023. Google Places still lists a business called "Bella Luna" as operational at the address, consistent with the venue's continued use for events rather than as the featured cafe.

Mystery Diners' Sept. 11, 2013 episode "Deliver Us from Evil" (Season 4, Episode 9) featured Bella Luna Café in Chicago. According to an episode overview on TheTVDB, the owner contacted Charles Stiles after hearing customer complaints about the restaurant's delivery service; the sources reviewed for this entry did not include a full recap of the undercover investigation or its outcome. Separately, according to a CBS Chicago report on crime concerns in River North and a Yelp listing, the restaurant — doing business since 1988 on North Dearborn Street, later as Bella Luna Bar & Pizza — lost its lease and closed in September 2022, a closure the CBS report ties in part to safety concerns in the neighborhood. Bella Luna's own "Our Story" page describes the business's history at that address going back to 1988. Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, notes that the show carries a credits disclaimer stating that events may be re-enacted for dramatic purposes, and cites a television critic who described the show's scenarios as implausible and its resolutions as staged. This appearance is tracked here as an additional TV credit for the business already profiled on this site as Bella Luna; that existing profile carries this site's current status and address determination for the location.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 29, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
From Pork to Pasta
What was featured
The cafe's dine-in menu, part of a Pork to Pasta episode
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Bella Luna Cafe
Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
Deliver Us from Evil
What was featured
Customer complaints about a slow, unreliable delivery service
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Bella Luna Cafe

Frequently asked questions

Is Bella Luna Cafe still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Bella Luna Cafe has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

What happened to Bella Luna Cafe after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives stopped at Bella Luna Cafe in Chicago for the September 21, 2018 episode "From Pork to Pasta" (S29E1), which paired the cafe's dine-in food with several other Midwest stops. As of September 2026, Bella Luna Cafe has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

Is Bella Luna Cafe permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Bella Luna Cafe has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is Bella Luna Cafe called now?

Now: Bella Luna (formerly Bella Luna Cafe). As of September 2026, Bella Luna Cafe has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

Where is Bella Luna Cafe located?

6136 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60629. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Bella Luna Cafe?

Season 29, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired September 21, 2018. The episode is titled “From Pork to Pasta”.

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Address
6136 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60629
Venue type
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Official website
bellalunabh.com

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Sources

  • bellalunabh.com — https://www.bellalunabh.com/
  • thetvdb.com — https://thetvdb.com/series/mystery-diners/allseasons/official
  • cbsnews.com — https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/river-north-near-north-crime-police-downtown-deployment/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/bella-luna-bar-and-pizza-chicago
  • tripledlife.com — https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/bella-luna-cafe/
  • chicagobellaluna.com — https://www.chicagobellaluna.com/ourstory
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners

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