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What Happened to Espino's Mexican Bar and Grill? (Chesterfield, MO)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 15 Chesterfield, Missouri

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Espino's Mexican Bar and Grill has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing titled 'CLOSED - Updated July 2026' marks the restaurant permanently closed, and the business's own domain returned an expired security certificate on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 15, Episode 13 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Espino's Mexican Bar and Grill in Chesterfield, Missouri, in the episode "Turn On Traditional" (aired 2012-11-12), spotlighting the restaurant's fresh approach to Mexican cooking, including fajitas, enchiladas and queso alongside a wide tequila selection. The bar and grill operated at 17409 Chesterfield Airport Road in the West County area, serving three meals a day with live music on Fridays and a small patio alongside its bar area, per a restaurant guide description. A Yelp listing titled "Espino's Mexican Bar & Grill - CLOSED" and updated July 2026 marks the restaurant permanently closed. On 2026-09-08 the restaurant's own domain, espinosmexicanbargrill.com, returned an expired security certificate rather than a working page, a further sign the business is no longer active.

Part 2 — Season 27, Episode 5 Aired

This Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment featured Espino's Mexican Bar & Grill, a Mexican restaurant at 17409 Chesterfield Airport Rd in Chesterfield, Missouri. According to the restaurant's episode listing on dinersdriveinsdives.com, the segment highlighted the restaurant's fresh, made-from-scratch approach to Mexican cooking, contrasted there with more typical St. Louis-area Mexican fare. According to the restaurant's own site, its menu has included fajitas, enchiladas, burritos, and queso, along with a bar offering a range of tequilas.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Turn On Traditional · What was featured: fajitas, enchiladas and queso at the West County bar and grill
Season 27, Episode 5
Aired
Title: Mex to the Max · What was featured: Scratch-made Mexican fare, from fajitas to enchiladas
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/espinos-mexican-bar-and-grill-chesterfield
  2. espinosmexicanbargrill.com https://espinosmexicanbargrill.com/
  3. dinersdriveinsdives.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdives.com/Espinos-Mexican-Bar-and-Grill-Chesterfield-MO
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Record ddd-0565 · checked by Cal Marchetti.