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Is Maine Diner Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update (Wells, ME)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9 Wells, Maine

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Maine Diner is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated September 2026 shows continued reviews for the Maine Diner at 2265 Post Road, while the diner's own website loads but shows no content dated later than 2021. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured the Maine Diner in the 2010-08-09 episode "Old Time Attitude" (S9E13), highlighting the diner's seafood chowder and lobster pie. The Maine Diner has operated at 2265 Post Road in Wells, Maine since 1982, seating about 90 guests with a year-round staff of roughly 60, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-03-19). The diner serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with some vegetables and herbs grown in a garden behind the building. According to a Yelp listing updated September 2026, the restaurant had 1,159 reviews at the Post Road address. The diner's own website, checked 2026-09-08, returned a working page for the Wells, Maine location, though its visible text did not carry content newer than 2021.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Old Time Attitude · What was featured: seafood chowder and lobster pie Down East fare
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Season 9: 23 of 40 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/maine-diner-wells-2
  2. mainediner.com https://mainediner.com/
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Diner
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Record ddd-0354 · checked by Cal Marchetti.