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Where Is Leo's BBQ Now? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Current status

Relocated

As of October 2026, Leo's BBQ has relocated to 625 NE 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed October 14, 2021. The original location is closed.

What the source shows: News9 quoted owner Charles Smith on 2021-10-14 saying Leo's BBQ moved from its original 36th-and-Kelley location into the new Homeland grocery store at Northeast 36th Street and Lincoln Boulevard. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Leo's BBQ in the 'Local Legends' episode (S1E6), aired 2007-06-04, spotlighting the family-run barbecue pit's slow-smoked ribs and sides. Leo's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant founded in 1974 by the Smith family in Oklahoma City. News9 reported on 2021-10-14 that owner Charles Smith moved the business from its original location at 36th Street and Kelley Avenue into the new Homeland grocery store at Northeast 36th Street and Lincoln Boulevard, saying, 'We have family ties with Homeland now.' Smith told News9 the Homeland partnership let him keep serving ribs, sides, and the restaurant's strawberry-banana cake without having to maintain the older building himself. Some online directories still list the earlier Kelley Avenue address; the Homeland-store location is used here as the address on file.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Local Legends · What was featured: the family-run pit's slow-smoked ribs and sides
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  1. news9.com https://www.news9.com/story/616887752134173127c4a7f5/leos-bbq-finds-new-home-in-the-new-homeland-store-in-ne-okc
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