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Is Casamento's Restaurant Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 24 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Casamento's Restaurant is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website stated it will reopen October 1st, 2026, calling this its 'final season,' checked on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →

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

Part 1 — Season 24, Episode 4 Aired

Casamento's Restaurant, a family-owned seafood restaurant on Magazine Street in New Orleans, appeared in the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'Rockin' New Orleans' (Food Network, aired 2016-01-20). According to Explore Louisiana, Casamento's has served its signature oyster loaf for more than a century.

Part 2 — Season 4, Episode 10 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Casamento's Restaurant in the 2008-10-06 episode "Cookin' It Old School," spotlighting the restaurant's oysters and seafood. Casamento's has operated since 1919 at 4330 Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, following a seasonal schedule that historically closes the restaurant from early June through early September for oyster season. According to the restaurant's own website, casamentosrestaurant.com, checked on 2026-09-08, the business announced it "will reopen on Thursday October 1st," adding that this "is looking like our final season." The statement did not specify a closure date or confirm the restaurant will not reopen again after that season. A Yelp listing updated in September 2026 separately shows continuing photo and review activity at the same Magazine Street address, consistent with active status ahead of the announced reopening.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 4
Aired
Title: Rockin' New Orleans · What was featured: the signature century-old oyster loaf
Season 4, Episode 10
Aired
Title: Cookin' It Old School · What was featured: Casamento's oysters and seafood on 'Cookin' It Old School'
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. explorelouisiana.com https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/seen-tv-louisiana-restaurants
  2. casamentosrestaurant.com https://casamentosrestaurant.com/
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/casamentos-restaurant-new-orleans
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