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Is Lito's Mexican Restaurant Still Open? (Santa Barbara, CA)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13 Santa Barbara, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Lito's Mexican Restaurant is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google Places lists the restaurant as operational, and its own website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current business hours and a working online ordering system at the same East Haley Street address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Lito's, a family-run Mexican restaurant on East Haley Street in Santa Barbara known for its carnitas and pork stew pozole; the business has served the area for more than 40 years as a family-run operation, according to local coverage. Checked on 2026-09-08, the restaurant's website listed current weekly hours, including Saturday service from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday service from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., along with a working online ordering system at the same 514 E Haley St address that Google Places lists in its current record. No sale, closure, or rename has surfaced in either source, though the business appears in various listings under the names 'Lito's Mexican Restaurant,' 'Lito's Take Out,' and 'Lito's Mexican Food.'

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Scratch Made Classics · What was featured: Carnitas and pork stew pozole from this family-run Mexican kitchen
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. litossb.com https://www.litossb.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=34.4224118,-119.6893092
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Record ddd-0476 · checked by Cal Marchetti.