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Is Fox Tale Fermentation Project Still Open? (San Jose, CA)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 43 San Jose, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Fox Tale Fermentation Project is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The business's own website, checked 2026-09-08, showed an active ordering option, and Yelp's listing, updated 2026-07, showed continued review activity. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Fox Tale Fermentation Project in San Jose, California, in the episode "Buns, Burgers, and Bolognese" (aired 2026-04-10), spotlighting the taproom's fermented foods and craft beverage menu. Fox Tale is a fermentation-focused restaurant and taproom at 30 E Santa Clara St #120 in downtown San Jose, established in 2022 according to its own website, foxtalefermentationproject.com, checked 2026-09-08. The same check found an active online ordering option on the site, whose homepage described its mission as "creating an environment where culture can grow." According to Yelp, updated 2026-07, Fox Tale had logged 210 customer reviews and remained listed as an operating restaurant. The recent Yelp update together with the site's working order function indicated Fox Tale was still open as of the checks.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 43

Aired
Title: Buns, Burgers, and Bolognese · What was featured: fermented foods and craft beverage menu
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. foxtalefermentationproject.com http://foxtalefermentationproject.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/fox-tale-fermentation-project-san-jose
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Record ddd-1598 · checked by Cal Marchetti.