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Is Little Napoli Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 20 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Little Napoli is listed open on chefpepe.com, reviewed by our team on October 18, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Little Napoli's own website displayed current hours, an active ordering widget, and a 2025 copyright year on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Little Napoli in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, highlighting the trattoria's Italian pasta and pizza specialties. Little Napoli is an Italian restaurant operated by Pepe International, part of a small local group of restaurants and bakeries associated with Carmel chef Pepe, according to the group's website. According to Little Napoli's website, checked 2026-09-08, the restaurant near Dolores and 7th streets was operating with an active online ordering system and posted hours including Sunday brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and nightly dinner from 4 to 9 p.m. The site displayed a 2025 copyright year at the time of the check, according to Little Napoli's website. No outside review platform or news source was reviewed for this record.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 20

Episode 4
Aired
Title: From Standards to Standouts · What was featured: the trattoria's Italian pasta and pizza specialties
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  1. chefpepe.com https://chefpepe.com/restaurants/little-napoli/
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Record ddd-0711 · checked by Cal Marchetti.