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Is Fat Sal's Deli Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19 Los Angeles, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Fat Sal's Deli is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's page for Fat Sal's at 972 Gayley Ave carries a July 2026 update with 1,545 reviews and no closure notice, and the chain's own website currently lists the Westwood location with live online ordering. How we decide a status →

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

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19, Episode 12 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Fat Sal's original Westwood location for the 2014-06-06 episode "Righteous Bites," where Guy Fieri tried the Fat Jerry, a sandwich stacked with cheesesteak, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, bacon, a fried egg, and fries. Fat Sal's is a delicatessen a few blocks from UCLA, co-founded by three friends including actor Jerry Ferrara of HBO's Entourage, and built its name on oversized specialty sandwiches. According to Yelp, the Gayley Avenue location's page carried a July 2026 update with more than 1,500 reviews and no closure notice. Fat Sal's own website lists the Westwood shop among its current locations, with an active online ordering system tied to the Gayley Avenue address and posted hours of 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.

Food Paradise, Season 5, Episode 5

Food Paradise featured Fat Sal's in the episode 'Sandwich Paradise 3,' highlighting the shop's oversized, heavily stuffed sandwiches. The location appearing on the show is Fat Sal's Deli - Hollywood at 1154 Highland Ave in Los Angeles, the same business already documented in the database under a separate entry. The restaurant's own website, fatsalsdeli.com, listed an active online ordering option and multiple locations when checked on 2026-09-08, consistent with continued operation.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Righteous Bites · What was featured: The Fat Jerry, a stacked cheesesteak-chicken-bacon-egg specialty sandwich
Food Paradise, Season 5, Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Sandwich Paradise 3 · What was featured: massive stuffed sandwiches at Fat Sal's Deli
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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/fat-sals-deli-los-angeles-13
  2. fatsalsdeli.com https://www.fatsalsdeli.com/location/fat-sals-westwood/
  3. imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3766648/
  4. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/fans-line-up-at-fat-sals-deli-0226350
  5. fatsalsdeli.com https://www.fatsalsdeli.com/
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Record ddd-0692 · checked by Cal Marchetti.