Is Duarte's Tavern Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 Pescadero, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Duarte's Tavern is listed open on duartestavern.com, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The business's own website, checked 2026-09-07, shows current hours, contact information, and menu details consistent with ongoing operation. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 2
- Address 202 Stage Road, Pescadero, CA 94060
- Website duartestavern.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3, Episode 2
This episode featured Duarte's Tavern, the family-run roadhouse in Pescadero, California that has operated since 1894, spotlighting its Crab Cioppino and other seasonal specialties served in the century-old dining room. Duarte's Tavern's own website lists the same 202 Stage Road address and weekly hours as the existing record, and Wikipedia's entry on Duarte's Tavern, revised September 2025, confirms it as a historic restaurant and bar founded in 1894 at that address, matching the existing record for this business.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 26, Episode Special Aired
In the 'All Stacked Up' special (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, aired 2017-03-10), Guy Fieri returned to Duarte's Tavern, a Pescadero restaurant open since 1894 and run by the same Portuguese American family for four generations, to sample its crab cioppino and artichoke soup, according to SFGate and Mashed. Duarte's is also known for its ollalieberry pie, according to Mashed.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2, Episode 4 Aired
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Duarte's Tavern in the "Local Flavor" episode, which aired 2007-10-22, spotlighting the restaurant's Crab Cioppino. Duarte's Tavern is a family-run restaurant in the small coastal town of Pescadero, California, that has operated since 1894, according to the business's own website. A check of duartestavern.com on 2026-09-07 showed current weekly hours, including a Monday lunch service, a Wednesday-and-Thursday lunch window, Friday and Saturday hours from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., a Sunday breakfast-and-lunch schedule, and a Monday happy hour for drinks only.
The website stated Crab Cioppino is available on Saturdays and Sundays only, and that the restaurant accepts Visa and Mastercard. No news coverage of a closure, sale, ownership change, or relocation turned up in this check. The restaurant's listed address, 202 Stage Road in Pescadero, and phone number match the business's own site.
The episodes
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Ep 2Craigie on Main
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Sources we checked
- duartestavern.com http://www.duartestavern.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duarte%27s_Tavern
- sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/guy-fieri-duartes-tavern-17680182.php
- mashed.com https://www.mashed.com/1942813/best-diners-drive-ins-and-dives-restaurant-california-duartes-tavern-local/
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Record ddd-0049 · checked by Cal Marchetti.