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Is Jamaica Kitchen Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 Miami, Florida

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Jamaica Kitchen is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the business, updated September 2026, shows an active restaurant with 445 photos and 393 reviews, with no closure notice. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Jamaica Kitchen near Kendale Lakes, Florida, on the "A Taste of Everywhere" episode, aired 2008-09-15, as one of the stops featured on that episode; the restaurant is known for Jamaican and Jamaican-Chinese dishes. Jamaica Kitchen is a Caribbean restaurant at 8736 SW 72nd Street, in the Kendall area of Miami-Dade County, near the Kendale Lakes neighborhood referenced when the episode aired. According to Yelp, whose listing for the business was updated in September 2026, the restaurant remains active, with 445 photos and 393 reviews posted to the page and no closure notice.

The Infatuation and Miami New Times also list current entries for the restaurant under its East Kendall/Pinecrest location. The business's listed phone number, (305) 596-2585, and address on SW 72nd Street match the listing referenced by these current sources, indicating the restaurant identified with the DDD episode continues to operate under the same name at the same general location.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4

Episode 7
Aired
Title: A Taste of Everywhere · What was featured: Jamaican and Jamaican-Chinese fusion dishes
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/jamaica-kitchen-miami
  2. theinfatuation.com https://www.theinfatuation.com/miami/reviews/jamaica-kitchen
  3. miaminewtimes.com https://www.miaminewtimes.com/location/jamaican-kitchen-6422528/
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Record ddd-0143 · checked by Cal Marchetti.