What Happened to El Nuevo Frutilandia After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 24 San Francisco, California
Current status
As of October 2026, El Nuevo Frutilandia has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.
What the source shows: Google's listing marks the address permanently closed, the former website returns a not-found error, and a Yelp listing for the address is marked closed as of an August 2026 update. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 24, Episode 8
- Aired
- Address 3077 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Website frutilandiasf.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured El Nuevo Frutilandia in San Francisco's Mission District for its Cuban and Puerto Rican comfort food, part of the 'International Appeal' episode that aired 2016-03-25. The family-owned restaurant was established in 1974 and run for decades by Rafael and Tyrisha Frias, according to a Flavortown USA episode summary; the episode recap itself did not single out one specific dish. The restaurant sat along a stretch of 24th Street known for Latin American eateries in the Mission District. According to a Yelp listing for the 3077 24th St address, the restaurant is marked closed, with the page updated in August 2026. The restaurant's former website, frutilandiasf.com, returned a not-found error when checked directly on 2026-09-08, and a Google Places record for the address lists the business as permanently closed.
The episode
Also in Season 24
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Ep 7The Fish House
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Ep 9Cosecha Cafe
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Ep 9Midtown Creperie
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-nuevo-frutilandia-san-francisco
- frutilandiasf.com http://frutilandiasf.com/
- flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/891/el-nuevo-frutilandia
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Record ddd-0870 · checked by Cal Marchetti.