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Is Darwell's Café Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 Long Beach, Mississippi

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Darwell's Café is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated July 2026 showed Darwell's Café active and re-opened at 127 1st Street after a 2020 closure reported by WLOX. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Darwell's Café in the 2008-09-29 episode "Big Flavor," spotlighting the restaurant's Southern menu, its BYOB policy, and live music. Darwell's Café is a Southern-style restaurant at 127 1st Street in Long Beach, Mississippi. WLOX reported on 2020-10-09 that owner Darwell Yeager III was closing the café due to injuries, on doctor's orders. According to a Yelp listing updated in July 2026, the café has since reopened and remains active at the same 1st Street address, with continuing customer reviews and photos. The restaurant's own website, darwells.com, remains live and describes the business as a Southern-flavor cafe in Long Beach, MS, and the Coastal Mississippi tourism directory also lists the business as open, with posted hours of Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 5-8pm and Sunday 11am-2pm.

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

Episode 9
Aired
Title: Big Flavor · What was featured: Darwell's Café's Southern menu on 'Big Flavor'
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/darwells-cafe-long-beach-2
  2. wlox.com https://www.wlox.com/2020/10/09/darwells-cafe-long-beach-will-be-closing-soon/
  3. darwells.com https://darwells.com/
  4. coastalmississippi.com https://www.coastalmississippi.com/directory/darwells-long-beach-caf%C3%A9/
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