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What Happened to Horse Thief BBQ After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 27 Los Angeles, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Horse Thief BBQ has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp (updated August 2026), Gayot, and Triple D Life all list Horse Thief BBQ as closed, consistent with Google's listing marking it permanently closed, despite the restaurant's own website remaining live with posted hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network), Guy Fieri visited Horse Thief BBQ for the episode "Barbecue, Batter and Beer Can Chicken," which aired 2017-07-21, sampling the restaurant's smoked barbecue plates. According to Flavortownusa's episode guide, Horse Thief BBQ operated as a barbecue restaurant in the Historic Core neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles. Google's listing marks the business permanently closed, and a Yelp listing updated in August 2026 marks Horse Thief BBQ permanently closed with more than 900 reviews on file; Gayot's directory and Triple D Life's episode archive similarly list the restaurant as closed. The restaurant's own website, horsethiefbbq.com, was still online at the time of a 2026-09-08 site check, showing posted hours and an online-ordering page, though a live web page by itself does not confirm current operation.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 27

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Barbecue, Batter and Beer Can Chicken · What was featured: smoked barbecue meats at a downtown Los Angeles BBQ restaurant
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/horse-thief-bbq-los-angeles
  2. gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/horse-thief-los-angeles-ca-90013_2la130808.html
  3. tripledlife.com https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/horse-thief-bbq/
  4. horsethiefbbq.com http://www.horsethiefbbq.com/
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Record ddd-0977 · checked by Cal Marchetti.