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Is Oro by Nixta Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 40 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Oro by Nixta is listed open on nixtampls.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, checked 2026-09-08, was live with working reservation and meal-kit preorder features, and Wikipedia's article on the restaurant, revised 2026-07-11, separately confirms its identity and 2024 award recognition. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Oro by Nixta's Mexican menu in the 'Dough-lightful Dishes' episode, which aired 2024-11-29. Oro by Nixta is a Mexican restaurant and tortilleria operating from 1222 NE 2nd St in Minneapolis's Northeast neighborhood, according to its website, nixtampls.com. The site describes an eatery built around an in-house tortilleria using heirloom corn, alongside a separate meal-kit preorder program and gift cards. According to Wikipedia's article on the restaurant, revised 2026-07-11, Oro by Nixta was a semifinalist in the James Beard Foundation's Best New Restaurant category in 2024, and Bon Appétit separately named it one of that year's twenty best new restaurants. A check of nixtampls.com on 2026-09-08 found the site live, with working reservation and meal-kit preorder links, and no closure notice, ownership change, or relocation has been reported since the episode aired.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 40

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Dough-lightful Dishes · What was featured: the restaurant's Mexican tortilleria-based menu
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. nixtampls.com https://www.nixtampls.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oro_by_Nixta
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Record ddd-1509 · checked by Cal Marchetti.