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Is Once Upon A Thyme Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34 Chehalis, Washington

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Once Upon A Thyme is listed open on joysonceuponathyme.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, bearing a 2026 copyright notice and listing Friday hours, continues to list the business under the name Joy's Once Upon a Thyme. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Once Upon A Thyme for the episode 'Meat and Heat' (aired 2021-10-15), highlighting chef Joy's scratch-made lunch menu, boxed lunches, and catered luncheons built around fresh local produce. The business's full name, per its own website, is Joy's Once Upon a Thyme, a lunch-focused restaurant in Chehalis, Washington. According to the restaurant's own website, joysonceuponathyme.com, which carried a 2026 copyright notice and listed Friday hours of 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during this check, the site continues to list its regular menu, boxed lunches, and catered-lunch offerings, along with a page describing chef Joy's approach to sourcing local produce. No ownership changes or closure notices were found by any source in this check, and the address and coordinates in the Google Places record matched the location given on the restaurant's own site.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Meat and Heat · What was featured: scratch-made lunches, boxed lunches, and catered luncheons
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  1. joysonceuponathyme.com http://joysonceuponathyme.com/
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Record ddd-1274 · checked by Cal Marchetti.