Is Bluebird Barbecue Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 31 Burlington, Vermont
Current status
As of October 2026, Bluebird Barbecue is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website was live with a working online-ordering and catering system, and Google Places marked the business operational, both checked 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 31, Episode 5
- Aired
- Address 317 Riverside Ave., Burlington, VT 05401
- Website bluebirdbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Bluebird Barbecue in Burlington on the episode 'Smokin' Hot BBQ,' which aired 2020-01-31, highlighting the restaurant's slow-smoked meats and bold barbecue flavors. Bluebird Barbecue describes itself as a fun, friendly neighborhood barbecue restaurant on Riverside Avenue, offering a dine-in menu, catering, and a walk-up counter. A site check on 2026-09-08 found bluebirdbbq.com online and functioning, with navigation for Restaurant, Catering, Contact, and an Order To Go section that let visitors place takeout orders directly from the homepage. The same check found no visible copyright year or seasonal date markers on the page, so the working ordering tool itself served as the clearest sign of current activity. Google's business listing for Bluebird Barbecue also showed the restaurant as operational when the same check ran on 2026-09-08, corroborating the live website. No conflicting reports of a closure, relocation, or ownership change turned up during the review.
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Sources we checked
- bluebirdbbq.com https://www.bluebirdbbq.com/
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bluebird+Barbecue+317+Riverside+Ave+Burlington+VT+05401
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Record ddd-1184 · checked by Cal Marchetti.