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What Happened to LOBA Restaurant After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 28 Miami, Florida

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, LOBA Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated September 2026 lists LOBA as permanently closed at its Miami Shores address, which differs from the address in the originally located Google Places record. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited LOBA Restaurant for the episode "Italian, Hawaiian and Colombian," which aired June 29, 2018, spotlighting the restaurant's Latin comfort food, including its patacon, a fried plantain topped with rib-eye, pork belly, rice, guacamole, pico de gallo, and chimichurri, and its lentil croquettes. LOBA operated in Miami's Miami Shores/Biscayne Park area, according to the Miami New Times, serving South American-inspired dishes. A Yelp listing for LOBA, updated in September 2026, lists the restaurant as permanently closed. Food Network's restaurant directory also lists LOBA among its past featured locations without noting a current operating status. No 2026-dated website, social-media account, or news item was found describing the restaurant as still operating, and no source indicates a reopening or relocation under the same name.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 28

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Italian, Hawaiian and Colombian · What was featured: Latin comfort food, including patacon and lentil croquettes
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/loba-miami
  2. miaminewtimes.com https://www.miaminewtimes.com/location/loba-6422887/
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