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Is East Side Banh Mi Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 35 Nashville, Tennessee

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, East Side Banh Mi is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website is live with a working ordering, catering, and gift-card system, and a same-day Google Places check separately lists it as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited East Side Banh Mi in Nashville, Tennessee for the 'Stellar Sandwiches and Big-Time Burgers' episode, which aired August 5, 2022, spotlighting the shop's Vietnamese sandwiches, salads, and bowls. East Side Banh Mi operates on Gallatin Avenue in Nashville's East Nashville area and describes its recipes on its website as sourced locally and made using a family chef's recipes. According to eastsidebanhmi.com, checked on September 8, 2026, the site runs a working online ordering system alongside menu, catering, and gift-card sections, branding itself as serving 'Nashville's biggest banh mi.' A Google Places business record checked the same day lists East Side Banh Mi as operational at the Gallatin Avenue address. No closure, relocation, or ownership change has been reported for the business since the episode aired.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 35

Episode 15
Aired
Title: Stellar Sandwiches and Big-Time Burgers · What was featured: Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, salads, and bowls
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. eastsidebanhmi.com https://www.eastsidebanhmi.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=East+Side+Banh+Mi+1000+Gallatin+Ave+Nashville+TN+37206
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Record ddd-1335 · checked by Cal Marchetti.