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Is Lauer-Krauts Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Brighton, Colorado

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Lauer-Krauts is listed open on lauer-krauts.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Lauer-Krauts' own website was reachable and had a same-day last-modified server date on September 8, 2026, and Google Places lists the business as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 12, Episode 2 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured Lauer-Krauts in the season 12 episode "From Kraut to Couscous," which aired May 16, 2011, pairing the German-style kraut-and-sausage restaurant with a Moroccan couscous spot in the same episode. Lauer-Krauts is a restaurant at 26 S 6th Ave in Brighton, Colorado, a small city in the Denver metro area northeast of downtown Denver. The restaurant's website, lauer-krauts.com, is titled "Guy Fieri visits | Lauer Krauts," referencing the show's visit, and lists a phone number for the business. A check of the website on September 8, 2026 found the site returning a current server response, last modified that same day, and Google's business listing for the address showed an operational status, though the site listed no current menu prices, hours or online-ordering option.

Part 2 — Season 33, Episode 10 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Lauer-Krauts, an eatery in Brighton, Colorado, in the episode "Takeout: Goin' Big and Bringin' Home," which aired on Food Network on 2021-03-05 and centered on large takeout orders.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 2
Aired
Title: From Kraut to Couscous · What was featured: German-style sausages and sauerkraut dishes
Season 33, Episode 10
Aired
Title: Takeout: Goin' Big and Bringin' Home · What was featured: Lauer-Krauts' menu, on a big-takeout-order episode
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. lauer-krauts.com http://lauer-krauts.com/
  2. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, S33E10 "Takeout: Goin' Big and Bringin' Home" (Food Network, aired 2021-03-05)
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Record ddd-0433 · checked by Cal Marchetti.