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Is Black Market Liquor Bar Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 38 Studio City, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Black Market Liquor Bar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website carries 2026-dated content and online ordering, and a Wikipedia biography of owner Antonia Lofaso, revised 2026-08-27, lists her as still owning the business. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Black Market Liquor Bar in the "Champion Chefs" episode, aired 2023-09-15, highlighting the bar's chef-driven small plates and cocktail program. Black Market Liquor Bar is a restaurant and bar in Studio City, Los Angeles, owned by chef Antonia Lofaso, who previously appeared on Top Chef, Chopped, and Cutthroat Kitchen, according to a Wikipedia biography of Lofaso revised 2026-08-27. That same Wikipedia entry lists Lofaso as continuing to own Black Market Liquor Bar along with Scopa Italian Roots and DAMA, both also in Los Angeles. Separately, the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, carried a 2026 copyright notice and offered online ordering, GoldBelly shipping, and meal-kit sales alongside its dinner and happy-hour menus. No news coverage describing a closure, sale, or rename was found for the business.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 38

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Champion Chefs · What was featured: chef-driven small plates and cocktails from Antonia Lofaso
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. blackmarketliquorbar.com https://www.blackmarketliquorbar.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Lofaso
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Record ddd-1420 · checked by Cal Marchetti.