Is Crest Café Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 18 San Diego, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Crest Café is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Crest Cafe, updated August 2026, shows continuing photos and reviews at 425 Robinson Ave, and the business's own site, crestcafe.com, offers live online ordering and a loyalty program consistent with active operation. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 18, Episode 1
- Aired
- Address 425 Robinson Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
- Website crestcafe.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Neighborhood Knockouts' episode (aired 2013-08-26), Guy Fieri visited Crest Cafe, a longtime breakfast-and-brunch spot in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood, sampling the cafe's comfort-food classics. Crest Cafe operates as a casual, counter-and-table cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. According to Yelp, whose listing for Crest Cafe was updated in August 2026, the cafe continues to draw active customer reviews and photos at its 425 Robinson Avenue address, with current hours listed as 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The cafe's own website, crestcafe.com, offers functioning online ordering for delivery and takeout, a rewards program for members who earn points on online orders, a downloadable mobile app, and active Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok accounts, and it references the cafe's 2013 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives appearance. Taken together, the actively updated Yelp listing and the cafe's working ordering and loyalty systems point to Crest Cafe still operating under its original name in Hillcrest.
The episode
Also in Season 18
Season 18: 21 of 33 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 1Show Dogs
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Ep 2The Refuge
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Ep 3The Front Porch
Open - Closed
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/crest-cafe-san-diego
- crestcafe.com https://crestcafe.com/
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Record ddd-0622 · checked by Cal Marchetti.