What Happened to Fuel Cantina After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13 Charleston, South Carolina
Current status
As of October 2026, Fuel Cantina has closed — confirmed via postandcourier.com, December 20, 2025.
What the source shows: The Post and Courier reports Fuel Cantina served its final day on December 20, 2025; the restaurant's website was unreachable at the 2026-09-08 check. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 13, Episode 10
- Aired
- Address 211 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC 29403
- Website fuelcharleston.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Fuel Cantina in Charleston for the 'Old Faves, New Craves' episode that aired 2012-02-13, spotlighting the restaurant's Caribbean-influenced menu inside a converted 1950s gas station. The restaurant operated at 211 Rutledge Avenue for more than 15 years. According to the Post and Courier, Fuel Cantina served its final day of service on December 20, 2025, as the building's owners pursued redevelopment of the site. WCBD News 2 similarly reported the closing after 15 years on Rutledge Avenue. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the restaurant's website unreachable, and a Yelp listing for the address, updated August 2026, continues to mark Fuel Cantina as permanently closed. Following the closure, local coverage described the former filling-station building at Rutledge and Cannon as the subject of separate preservation and redevelopment discussions, distinct from the restaurant's own closure announcement.
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Sources we checked
- postandcourier.com https://www.postandcourier.com/business/retail/charleston-restaurant-fuel-cantina-close/article_1f1a5400-0f1a-4421-a6a1-9c068fb166b8.html
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/fuel-charleston-charleston-2
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