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What Happened to Cabbage Town Market After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 Atlanta, Georgia Closed 2010

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Cabbage Town Market has closed — confirmed via patch.com, December 20, 2013.

What the source shows: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on June 15, 2009 that Lisa Hanson and Maria Locke bought the store from Leon Little in March 2007 and ran it as Cabbagetown Market. Patch reported on December 20, 2013 that the building became available in 2010 and that Brad and Nina Cunard reopened the store, which they run as Little's Food Store. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Cabbage Town Market in Atlanta on the "Totally Unexpected" episode, aired August 18, 2008. The small grocery and grill at 198 Carroll Street SE in the Cabbagetown neighborhood had operated since 1929 as Little's Food Store under the Little family; Lisa Hanson and Maria Locke bought it from Leon Little in March 2007 and ran it as Cabbagetown Market, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Cabbagetown Market was gone by 2010, when Brad and Nina Cunard reopened the store under its original name, Little's Food Store, Patch and Atlanta magazine reported. Little's Food Store is still operating as a burger-focused neighborhood store, according to Tasting Table and Islands coverage from late 2025, but it is a different business from the one featured on the show.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Totally Unexpected · What was featured: a Cabbagetown corner grocery and eatery
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ga/atlanta/cabbage-town-market-closed-restaurant
  2. patch.com https://patch.com/georgia/eastatlanta/help-save-cabbagetowns-beloved-littles-food-store
  3. atlantamagazine.com https://www.atlantamagazine.com/dining-news/a-love-letter-to-littles-food-store/
  4. atlantamagazine.com https://www.atlantamagazine.com/tag/cabbagetown-market-and-grill/
  5. tastingtable.com https://www.tastingtable.com/2032864/atlanta-best-classic-burger-spot-local
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