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Is Lone Star Taqueria Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 27 Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Lone Star Taqueria is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Lone Star Taqueria's own website, fetched 2026-09-08, shows a 2026 copyright notice, current menu pricing, weekly hours, and a Clover online-ordering link, and cites a SLUG Magazine review dated February 2026. How we decide a status →

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

Part 1 — Season 27, Episode 5 Aired

This Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment featured Lone Star Taqueria, a Salt Lake City taqueria. According to the restaurant's own website (lstaq.com), the business has operated in the Salt Lake Valley since 1994. During the visit, according to flavortownusa.com's episode listing for the location, Guy Fieri sampled the restaurant's carne adovada. The taqueria's menu also includes fish tacos, which reviewers on Tripadvisor have singled out as a specialty.

Part 2 — Season 4, Episode 13 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Lone Star Taqueria for the 'Doin' Their Own Thing' episode, aired 2008-11-10, spotlighting the taqueria's fresh fish tacos, named a top pick in the West by Sunset Magazine, and its hand-pressed tortillas. Lone Star Taqueria is a family-run taco stand in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, operating since 1994. According to the business's own website, lstaq.com, fetched 2026-09-08, the restaurant shows a 2026 copyright notice, current menu pricing, weekly hours closed on Sundays, and an online-ordering link through Clover. The site also cites a SLUG Magazine review dated February 2026 describing the taqueria's continued local following, and lists the address as 2265 East Fort Union Boulevard, matching the location on file.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Mex to the Max · What was featured: Carne adovada sampled by Guy Fieri on the show
Season 4, Episode 13
Aired
Title: Doin' Their Own Thing · What was featured: fresh fish tacos and hand-pressed tortillas
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. lstaq.com https://lstaq.com/
  2. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/136/lone-star-taqueria
  3. slugmag.com https://www.slugmag.com/community/food/food-reviews/tacos-are-a-love-language-at-lone-star-taqueria/
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