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Is Big Earl's Greasy Eats Still Open? Update (Cave Creek, AZ)

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As of September 2026, Big Earl's Greasy Eats is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed May 2026.

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What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Big Earl's Greasy Eats, updated in May 2026, shows the diner active with 592 reviews and current hours.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 4
  • Original air date
  • Address 6135 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331

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What happened after Mystery Diners?

In 'Big Earl's Gone Wild' (aired 2012-06-01), Mystery Diners investigators targeted Big Earl's Greasy Eats, a Cave Creek diner, after the owner suspected a bartender of misusing the bar and the property after hours. Hidden cameras recorded the bartender drinking on shift, pocketing cash instead of ringing sales into the register, and organizing unauthorized after-hours parties on the property, behavior the episode framed as putting the diner's liquor license at risk. Investigators presented the owner with time-stamped clips of the drinking, the skimmed cash, and the party setup, walking through each instance in sequence, and the episode showed the owner confronting the bartender directly with the footage. According to Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, later episodes carried an on-screen disclaimer noting that certain depicted events may have been staged or re-enacted for dramatic purposes.

The diner continues operating at 6135 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331. This project's own site check on 2026-09-08 could not load bigearlsgreasyeats.com, which returned an HTTP 403 response, so no dated content could be pulled directly from the business's own site in this pass. A Yelp listing updated in May 2026 showed Big Earl's Greasy Eats active with 592 reviews and current hours, and a Toast online-ordering page tied to the same address was also located. Google Places separately listed the business as operational as of the same check. Between the Yelp listing and the Google Places record, the diner is treated as currently open.

Featured on Mystery Diners

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 4
Original air date
Episode title
Big Earl's Gone Wild
What was featured
Bartender drank on shift, skimmed cash, threw unauthorized parties
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Big Earl's Greasy Eats

Frequently asked questions

Is Big Earl's Greasy Eats still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Big Earl's Greasy Eats is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed May 2026.

What happened to Big Earl's Greasy Eats after Mystery Diners?

In 'Big Earl's Gone Wild' (aired 2012-06-01), Mystery Diners investigators targeted Big Earl's Greasy Eats, a Cave Creek diner, after the owner suspected a bartender of misusing the bar and the property after hours. As of September 2026, Big Earl's Greasy Eats is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed May 2026.

Where is Big Earl's Greasy Eats located?

6135 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Mystery Diners featured Big Earl's Greasy Eats?

Season 1, Episode 4 of Mystery Diners, first aired June 1, 2012. The episode is titled “Big Earl's Gone Wild”.

What do reviews say since Mystery Diners?

A Yelp listing updated in May 2026 showed Big Earl's Greasy Eats active with 592 reviews and current hours, and a Toast online-ordering page tied to the same address was also located. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
6135 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Venue type
diner
Official website
bigearlsgreasyeats.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/big-earls-greasy-eats-cave-creek-2
  • bigearlsgreasyeats.com — https://bigearlsgreasyeats.com/
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Big+Earl%27s+Greasy+Eats%2C+6135+E+Cave+Creek+Rd%2C+Cave+Creek%2C+AZ+85331
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners

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