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Is Casino El Camino Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 Austin, Texas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Casino El Camino is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp listing now shows a September 2026 update with 1,219 photos and 1,606 reviews (up slightly from 1,218 photos), and Instagram confirms 'Open 7 days a week 11:30am-2:00am.' How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Casino El Camino in the "Burgers and Dogs" episode (aired 2008-07-28), featuring the bar's gourmet burgers. Casino El Camino is a dive bar on Austin, Texas's Sixth Street entertainment district, at 517 East 6th Street. Yelp's listing, updated September 2026, shows 1,218 photos and 1,606 reviews, with current daily posted hours of 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. and a listed happy hour from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The bar's own website, casinoelcamino.net, remains active, and a separate menu-listing page shows a "Full Menu Update" dated 2026.

No closure, relocation, or ownership-change notice was found as of the 2026-09-08 check. Casino El Camino opened in September 1994, founded by Paul Eighmey, who performs under the stage name "Casino," and business partner Mark Supples, according to Austin Monthly's profile of the bar.

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

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Burgers and Dogs · What was featured: dive bar, gourmet burgers, punk-rock atmosphere
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/casino-el-camino-austin
  2. casinoelcamino.net https://www.casinoelcamino.net/
  3. austinmonthly.com https://www.austinmonthly.com/casino-el-camino-remains-the-punk-stalwart-of-sixth-street/
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