Is Falafel's Drive-In Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2, Episode 1 Aired October 1, 2007

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Falafel's Drive-In in San Jose in the 'Totally Fried' episode, highlighting the drive-in's falafel sandwiches and its signature banana milkshake. A community-run site (falafels-drive-in.com) for the restaurant states Falafel's Drive-In was founded in 1966 by Anton and Zahie Nijmeh and has operated at its current Stevens Creek Boulevard location ever since, preserving the original drive-in setup with a covered terrace. A Yelp listing updated in September 2026 showed the restaurant active, with thousands of photos and reviews logged at 2301 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose. That same month, the restaurant's delivery listings on Grubhub, DoorDash, Seamless, and Caviar were live, offering falafel, gyros, and banana milkshakes for delivery, and posted hours showed the drive-in open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with shorter Sunday hours.

Man v. Food, Season 8, Episode 17 Aired November 5, 2019

Man v. Food's 2019-11-05 San Jose episode featured Falafel's Drive-In, a longtime San Jose Middle Eastern eatery. Per its own website, Falafel's Drive-In has served the Stevens Creek Boulevard neighborhood since 1966, pairing falafel and other Middle Eastern specialties with classic American drive-in items. The restaurant has also appeared on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, according to its site. Falafel's operates as a walk-up and counter-service spot rather than a sit-down restaurant, per its own description. The business's website, showing a June 2026 update, and a Yelp listing updated September 2026 with thousands of reviews both list the same Stevens Creek Boulevard address and current hours, indicating the drive-in continues to operate there nearly sixty years after it opened.