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

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Donatelli's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.

What the source shows: Donatelli's own website, fetched 2026-09-08 with a page-modified timestamp of 2026-09-07, posts a same-day notice about a weather-related delayed opening, current hours, and an active Toast online-ordering link; Yelp's listing, updated September 2026, also shows the location active. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Donatelli's for the 'Doin' Their Own Thing' episode, aired 2008-11-10, spotlighting the restaurant's homemade Italian pastas, sauces, and pizza, built around family recipes served since 1976. Donatelli's is a family-owned Italian restaurant and caterer in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. According to the business's own website, donatellis.com, fetched 2026-09-08 with a page-modified timestamp of 2026-09-07, the restaurant posted a same-day notice about a weather-related delayed opening, listed current weekly hours, and offered an active Toast online-ordering link at 2692 County Road E East. Yelp's listing for the address, updated in September 2026, also shows the location as active.

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

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Traditional Dishes · What was featured: family-recipe Italian pastas, sauces, and pizza
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. donatellis.com https://donatellis.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/donatellis-white-bear-lake
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