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Is Mas Tacos Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 18 Nashville, Tennessee

Current status

Open

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

What the source shows: A 2026-09-08 check of the restaurant's Foodeist profile showed a 2026 copyright, an active online ordering widget, and posted hours, and a Yelp business listing updated in July 2026 independently showed the same McFerrin Avenue address with active reviews. How we decide a status →

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

Part 1 — Season 18, Episode 11 Aired

Guy Fieri highlighted Mas Tacos Por Favor's holiday tamales and quinoa-and-sweet-potato tacos on the December 16, 2013 episode "Tennessee Holiday Traditions," and separately praised the depth of its pozole verde broth, according to a recap published by iHeartMedia. The casual taco counter sits at 732 McFerrin Avenue in Nashville's Historic Five Points neighborhood in East Nashville. Food Network's restaurant directory lists Mas Tacos Por Favor among Nashville's Mexican street-food spots, consistent with the tamales and tacos featured on the show. A Foodeist listing for the restaurant, checked 2026-09-08, returned an active page with a 2026 copyright notice, posted weekly hours, and an online ordering link, indicating the business was still listed as current on that date.

Part 2 — Season 23, Episode 18 Aired

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Holiday Hoopla' episode (aired 2015-12-11), Guy Fieri visited Mas Tacos Por Favor in East Nashville, Tennessee, where the kitchen prepared a holiday tamale: masa dough filled with spicy chicken, steamed in corn husks and topped with a green tomatillo salsa. Mas Tacos Por Favor is a walk-up taco restaurant in the East Nashville neighborhood, according to The Infatuation. A site check on 2026-09-08 of the Foodeist restaurant profile for Mas Tacos Por Favor showed a 2026 copyright, an active online ordering widget, and listed hours for the location at 732 McFerrin Avenue. Separately, a Yelp business listing for Mas Tacos Por Favor, last updated in July 2026, showed more than 1,700 reviews and listed the same McFerrin Avenue address.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Aired
Title: Tennessee Holiday Traditions · What was featured: Holiday tamales, quinoa-sweet-potato tacos, and pozole verde soup
Aired
Title: Holiday Hoopla · What was featured: Holiday tamale: masa filled with spicy chicken, tomatillo salsa
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Sources we checked 6 references

  1. iheart.com https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-12-20-the-best-tennessee-restaurant-featured-on-diners-drive-ins-dives/
  2. foodeist.com https://foodeist.com/place/mas-tacos-por-favor
  3. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/tn/nashville/mas-tacos-por-favor-restaurant
  4. dinersdriveinsdives.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdives.com/episode/Holiday-Hoopla
  5. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mas-tacos-por-favor-nashville
  6. theinfatuation.com https://www.theinfatuation.com/nashville/reviews/mas-tacos-por-favor
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