What Happened to CRUjiente Tacos After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 39 Phoenix, Arizona Closed May 2025
Current status
As of October 2026, CRUjiente Tacos has closed — confirmed via azfamily.com, April 23, 2025.
What the source shows: AZFamily/ABC15 (2025-04-23) reported the announced closure after nine years, KTAR reported the restaurant's final closure around May 2025 after a lease-extension reprieve fell through, and Google's listing shows it permanently closed as of 2026-09-08 while the restaurant's own website is unreachable. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 39, Episode 5
- Aired
- Address 3961 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018
- Website crutacos.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured CRUjiente Tacos on "Phoenix Food Fans," which aired 2024-04-05, spotlighting chef Rich Hinojosa's elevated tacos at the Camelback Road restaurant and bar he opened with Jason Morris in 2016. According to AZFamily/ABC15, reported 2025-04-23, Hinojosa announced the restaurant would close after nine years in business as rising rent made the lease unsustainable, initially setting a closure date of April 26, 2025. KTAR News reported that the closure was pushed back after the property owner granted a temporary lease extension, and that the restaurant went on to serve its final meals and close after dinner service on May 31, 2025.
Google's business listing marks the location permanently closed as of a 2026-09-08 check, and the restaurant's website (crutacos.com) was unreachable during the same check. Together, the 2025 closure reporting and the current Google status confirm CRUjiente Tacos is no longer operating at its Camelback Road address.
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Sources we checked
- azfamily.com https://www.azfamily.com/2025/04/23/award-winning-crujiente-tacos-phoenix-closing-after-9-years-business/
- ktar.com https://ktar.com/arizona-restaurant-news/crujiente-tacos-closed/5713262/
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Record ddd-1467 · checked by Cal Marchetti.