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Is Jay Bee's Bar-B-Que Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2 Gardena, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Jay Bee's Bar-B-Que is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 18, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-08 shows ongoing reviews and no closed marking, and the Food Network restaurant profile remains active. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Jay Bee's Bar-B-Que in the "Real Deal BBQ" episode, which aired 2007-11-05, highlighting the restaurant's Memphis-style smoked meats. Jay Bee's is a barbecue restaurant in Gardena, California, run by owner Beverly Neely, whose family barbecue background also includes Food Network personality Pat Neely, according to Food Network's own restaurant profile. The restaurant offers smoked pork, ribs, and chicken alongside a separate catering operation, per that same profile. A Yelp business listing, updated 2026-08, showed continuing customer reviews with no permanent-closure marking, and the restaurant's Food Network profile remains active. this check found the restaurant's ZIP code listed as 90247 in current web sources, differing from the 90245 originally on file; the street address and phone number otherwise matched.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Real Deal BBQ · What was featured: Memphis-style smoked ribs, pork, and chicken at a family BBQ spot
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/jay-bees-bar-b-q-gardena-3
  2. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ca/gardena/jay-bees-bar-b-que-restaurant
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Record ddd-0053 · checked by Cal Marchetti.