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Is Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana Still Open? Update (Memphis, TN)

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As of September 2026, Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

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Yelp ·
Secondary source
Google ·

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What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the East Memphis location was updated 2026-07, and Google's listing for the same address shows it operational, despite an unrefreshed 2020 copyright notice on one page of the business's own site.

  • Season / episode Season 38, Episode 16
  • Original air date
  • Address 6300 Poplar Ave #115, Memphis, TN 38119

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana in Memphis, which its own website describes as serving authentic Mexican cooking modeled on Mexico City-style cuisine, in the episode "Bird, Belly and Beef" (aired 2024-02-23). The restaurant operates two Memphis-area locations, in East Memphis and Germantown, according to its website, delimexicana.com. A Yelp listing for the East Memphis location at 6300 Poplar Avenue was updated 2026-07 and showed 96 reviews, and Google's business listing for the same address shows it as operational. The restaurant's own site listed Saturday hours of 10:30am to 8:00pm and a working online-ordering link, though the specific page carried an older 2020 copyright notice, suggesting that particular page had not been refreshed as recently as the Yelp listing.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 38, Episode 16
Original air date
Episode title
Bird, Belly and Beef
What was featured
authentic Mexican cuisine styled on Mexico City cooking
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana

Frequently asked questions

Is Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

What happened to Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana in Memphis, which its own website describes as serving authentic Mexican cooking modeled on Mexico City-style cuisine, in the episode "Bird, Belly and Beef" (aired 2024-02-23). As of September 2026, Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

Where is Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana located?

6300 Poplar Ave #115, Memphis, TN 38119. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana?

Season 38, Episode 16 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired February 23, 2024. The episode is titled “Bird, Belly and Beef”.

What do reviews say since Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

A Yelp listing for the East Memphis location at 6300 Poplar Avenue was updated 2026-07 and showed 96 reviews, and Google's business listing for the same address shows it as operational. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
6300 Poplar Ave #115, Memphis, TN 38119
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
delimexicana.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/las-tortugas-deli-mexicana-memphis-3
  • delimexicana.com — http://delimexicana.com/
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.1019497,-89.85258979999999

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