What Happened to Gatsby's Diner After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11 Sacramento, California Closed 2014
Current status
As of October 2026, Gatsby's Diner has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, April 27, 2025.
What the source shows: A restaurant-guide entry dated 2025-04-27 reports that Gatsby's Diner closed in 2014 when owner David Perez left the restaurant business, and the entry's listed phone number is marked permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 11, Episode 5
- Aired
- Address 2598 Alta Arden Expressway, Sacramento, CA 95825
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Gatsby's Diner in Sacramento for the episode "A Little Twisted," which aired 2011-01-31, highlighting its made-to-order burgers alongside European-inspired dishes like beef Rouladen and beet sliders. Gatsby's occupied a former Japanese grill at 2598 Alta Arden Expressway and was run by owner David Perez, an architect and engineer by trade who converted the space into a European-accented American diner. According to a restaurant-guide entry dated 2025-04-27, Perez closed Gatsby's Diner in 2014 to pursue other work in architecture and engineering, and the entry's listed phone number is marked permanently closed. No current website or social-media presence for the business could be located during this check.
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Sources we checked
- dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/gatsbys-diner-california.html
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Record ddd-0404 · checked by Cal Marchetti.