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What Happened to Budare After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? (San Juan, PR)

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As of September 2026, Budare has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places lists Budare's business status as permanently closed, and the restaurant's former domain now hosts unrelated gambling-promotion content rather than any trace of the restaurant.

  • Season / episode Season 35, Episode 10
  • Original air date
  • Address 670 Avenida Juan Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00907

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Budare, doing business as Budare RestaurArte, appeared in Food Network's 'Chicken, Steak and Cake' episode (aired 2022-05-20). The restaurant operated in San Juan's Miramar neighborhood and was named for the flat griddle traditionally used in Venezuelan-style cooking to prepare arepas and similar dishes. Google Places lists the business status as permanently closed. A check of the restaurant's former web address, budarepr.com, on 2026-09-08 found the domain now hosting an unrelated Indonesian-language gambling-promotion site, with no trace of the original restaurant's content, consistent with the business no longer operating under that domain or maintaining any web presence there. No dated news coverage of a closure announcement was located during this record's search. The restaurant's last known address was 670 Avenida Juan Ponce de León in San Juan.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 35, Episode 10
Original air date
Episode title
Chicken, Steak and Cake
What was featured
San Juan restaurant named for the Venezuelan budare cooking griddle
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Budare

Frequently asked questions

Is Budare still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Budare has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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

Budare, doing business as Budare RestaurArte, appeared in Food Network's 'Chicken, Steak and Cake' episode (aired 2022-05-20). As of September 2026, Budare has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

Is Budare permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Budare has closed — confirmed via Google, 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.

Where is Budare located?

670 Avenida Juan Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00907. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

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

Season 35, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired May 20, 2022. The episode is titled “Chicken, Steak and Cake”.

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Address
670 Avenida Juan Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00907
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
budarepr.com

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Sources

  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=18.455800399999998,-66.0836533
  • budarepr.com — http://budarepr.com/

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