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Is California Tacos Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 27 Omaha, Nebraska

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, California Tacos is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 21, 2026.

What the source shows: Business's own Toast online-ordering page shows "Open now, 11AM-7PM" with a live current menu; the linked official site (calitacoandmore.com, GoDaddy-hosted, 2026 copyright) lists current weekly specials (Taco Tuesday, BBQ Thursday, Industry Wednesday) with matching phone/address; Facebook page posted it is back and ready for visitors. Supersedes the August 2026 Yelp closed listing. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 27, Episode 5 Aired

This Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment featured California Tacos and More, a longtime Omaha restaurant at 3235 California Street known locally as Cali Taco. According to Visit Omaha's dining guide, the restaurant served Guy Fieri its signature dish: a housemade, deep-fried puffy taco shell stuffed with meat, lettuce, and cheese. The same source describes the restaurant as having built a loyal following in Omaha around this style of taco.

Part 2 — Season 5, Episode 12 Aired

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'All Kinds of Fast Food' (aired 2009-03-16), Guy Fieri visited California Tacos & More for its California-style steak tacos and hand-fried flour tortilla chips. California Tacos & More is a Mexican fast-food restaurant on California Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Yelp's listing for the business, updated August 2026, marked it permanently closed, but that listing has since been superseded: as of September 2026, the business's own Toast online-ordering page shows it open with a live menu, its official website lists current weekly specials, and its Facebook page posted that it is back and ready for visitors.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Mex to the Max · What was featured: Housemade deep-fried puffy tacos, a longtime Omaha specialty
Season 5, Episode 12
Aired
Title: All Kinds of Fast Food · What was featured: California-style steak tacos and hand-fried tortilla chips
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. visitomaha.com https://www.visitomaha.com/restaurants/dining-guides/now-serving-omaha-dining-videos/california-tacos-and-more/
  2. tvfoodies.com https://www.tvfoodies.com/locations/380/california-taco/
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/california-tacos-and-more-omaha
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