Is Chili John's Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 17 Burbank, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Chili John's is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-07 and a Tripadvisor review dated 2026-04-14 both show the restaurant still active, satisfying two independent dated sources despite the business's own stale, spam-altered site. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 17, Episode 2
- Aired
- Address 2018 West Burbank Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91506
- Website chilijohnsla.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Chili John's in Burbank for the 2013-04-29 episode "Chicken, Chili and Chowder," where the show sampled the shop's chili, served over a choice of bases with a range of toppings, plus homemade tamales and chili dogs. Chili John's opened in Burbank in 1946, carrying on a chili recipe brought from a Green Bay, Wisconsin restaurant founded in 1913; the Loguercio family has owned the Burbank shop for about 20 years, according to Wikipedia. Wikipedia describes the Burbank location as the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Burbank, noting it faced financial strain in 2025 and that owners opened an adjacent venue, the Taproom at Chili John's. A Yelp listing updated 2026-07 and a Tripadvisor review dated 2026-04-14 both show the restaurant still active; the business's own website displayed stale, spam-altered content when checked on 2026-09-08 and was not used as evidence.
The episode
Also in Season 17
Season 17: 22 of 33 still open
- Open
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Ep 1Highland Tavern
Open - Open
- Closed
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Ep 3Atomic Cowboy
Open -
Ep 3Perk Eatery
Open - Open
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Ep 4St. Francis
Closed
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Food Paradise
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Bar Rescue
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Bar Rescue
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Food Paradise
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Kitchen Nightmares
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/chili-johns-burbank-3
- Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g32123-d371873-Reviews-Chili_John_s-Burbank_California.html
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_John%27s
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Record ddd-0595 · checked by Cal Marchetti.