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Is Ena's Caribbean Kitchen Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 28 Columbus, Ohio

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Ena's Caribbean Kitchen is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website (checked 2026-09-08) carries a 2026 copyright and current contact details, and Google Places lists the business as operational the same day. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Ena's Caribbean Kitchen in Columbus on the Dec. 22, 2017 episode 'Mom's Kitchen,' spotlighting the kitchen's Caribbean home cooking rooted in the owner's family recipes. Ena's is a Caribbean restaurant on Cleveland Avenue that also runs a food truck and offers brunch and catering service. According to the restaurant's website (enascaribbeankitchen.com), checked 2026-09-08, the site carries a 2026 copyright and lists the business's Cleveland Avenue address and phone number, though it does not have an online ordering widget. Google Places also lists the business as operational as of the same 2026-09-08 check. No separate news coverage was reviewed, leaving the website and the mapping listing as the two dated sources on file.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 28

Episode 1
Aired
Title: Mom's Kitchen · What was featured: Caribbean home-style cooking from the owner's family recipes
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. enascaribbeankitchen.com https://enascaribbeankitchen.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Enas+Caribbean+Kitchen+2444+Cleveland+Ave+Columbus+OH+43211
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Record ddd-1009 · checked by Cal Marchetti.