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What Happened to Don Chow Tacos After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 22 Los Angeles, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Don Chow Tacos has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 14, 2015.

What the source shows: The truck's own website carries an owner farewell notice giving its last day of service as February 14, 2015, after six years in business, matching the closure date in the Wikipedia article about the truck. How we decide a status →

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 22, Episode 14 Aired

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' "Food TruckAPalooza" (aired 2015-02-22), Guy Fieri visited Don Chow Tacos in Los Angeles for its Chinese-Latino fusion menu, sampling kung pao chicken tacos and masa-wrapped chimales, according to Food Network. The truck also served Chinese barbecue pork burritos blending Chinese and Mexican cooking traditions.

Part 2 — Season 9, Episode 8 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Don Chow Tacos in the Fast Food Their Way episode, S9E8, which aired 2010-06-21, spotlighting the truck's Chinese-Mexican fusion tacos built around the owners' family recipes. Don Chow Tacos was a Los Angeles food truck founded in 2009 by Dominic Lau and Lawrence Lie under the motto Where Chino Meets Latino, serving dishes such as the Chimale, the Ultimate LA Taco, and Carne Asada Chow Fun. The truck's own website carries an owner farewell notice giving its last day of service as February 14, 2015, after six years in business, and thanking staff members and customers by name. Wikipedia's entry on the truck, revised September 2026, gives the same closure date. According to Wikipedia, Guy Fieri returned to feature Don Chow Tacos on the show a second time in 2015, shortly before the truck's closure.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 14
Aired
Title: Food TruckAPalooza · What was featured: Kung pao chicken tacos and Chinese-Mexican masa chimales
Season 9, Episode 8
Aired
Title: Fast Food Their Way · What was featured: Chinese-Mexican fusion tacos built on family recipes
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/342/don-chow-tacos-food-truck
  2. donchowtacos.com https://donchowtacos.com/tag/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/
  3. donchowtacos.com https://donchowtacos.com/
  4. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Chow_Tacos
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