Is Chuck's Southern Comforts Café Still Open? (Burbank, IL)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Burbank, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, Chuck's Southern Comforts Café is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Chuck's own website and an independently updated September 2026 Yelp listing both show the Burbank location actively operating with no closure flag. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 12, Episode 10
- Aired
- Address 6501 W 79th St, Burbank, IL 60459
- Website chuckscafe.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (S12E10, 'Global Comfort,' aired October 24, 2011), Guy Fieri visited Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe for its Southern-style comfort cooking built around slow-smoked meats and scratch sides. The restaurant operates from a stand-alone building at 6501 W 79th St in Burbank, Illinois, and has since expanded with a second location in Darien, Illinois. Chuck's own website, checked in September 2026, listed current hours and an active online-ordering option for the Burbank location. According to Yelp, the Burbank restaurant's listing was updated in September 2026 with more than 1,000 reviews and carries no closure flag. Together, the two independently dated sources indicate the original Burbank location featured on the show remains open today under the same name and ownership.
The episode
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Ep 10El Bohio
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Ep 11Beach Pub
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Ep 11Taco Bus
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Sources we checked
- chuckscafe.com http://www.chuckscafe.com/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/chucks-southern-comforts-caf%C3%A9-burbank-2
- OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/chucks-southern-comforts-cafe-burbank
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Record ddd-0458 · checked by Cal Marchetti.