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What Happened to J28 Sandwich Bar After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34 Hollywood, Florida Closed June 2025

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, J28 Sandwich Bar has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, June 1, 2025.

What the source shows: The business's own website carries a farewell message stating J28 closed in Hollywood, FL, on June 1, 2025, and Google's listing marks the business permanently closed as of the 2026-09-08 check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured J28 Sandwich Bar in Hollywood, Florida, highlighting the sandwich shop's Chicharrón Sandwich, which the business's website later described as its Food Network-featured signature item, in the 'Pierogis, Pork and Pizza' episode (S34E1), aired 2020-11-20. J28 Sandwich Bar opened in 2014 with a three-item menu before expanding to sandwiches, bowls, salads, and empanadas, according to the restaurant's own website. That website, j28sandwichbar.com, states that the business closed in Hollywood on 2025-06-01 after almost 12 years, thanking customers and family in a farewell message; the site's server last-modified date was 2025-12-03. Google's listing likewise marked the business permanently closed as of a 2026-09-08 check, with no newer source indicating it has reopened.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34

Episode 1
Aired
Title: Pierogis, Pork and Pizza · What was featured: J28 Sandwich Bar's Chicharrón Sandwich, its Food Network-featured signature item
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. j28sandwichbar.com http://www.j28sandwichbar.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=J28+Sandwich+Bar+Hollywood+FL
  3. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/diners-drive-ins-and-dives
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