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Is Porter's Real Barbecue Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 29 Richland, Washington

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Porter's Real Barbecue is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.

What the source shows: Porter's current website, checked 2026-09-07, carries a 2026 copyright and lists the Richland address as active, and Google Places separately lists the same address as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Porter's Real Barbecue in the "Southern to South American" episode, which aired March 8, 2019, showcasing the restaurant's smoked brisket and Texas-style ribs. Porter's operates a Tri-Cities-area barbecue restaurant at 1092 George Washington Way in Richland, Washington, one of several locations the chain runs across eastern Washington. The chain's current website, portersrealbarbeque.com, checked September 7, 2026, carries a 2026 copyright and lists the Richland location as active; the restaurant's original web address from the DDD era, portersrealbbq.com, no longer resolves as of a September 8, 2026 check. According to the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, Porter's closed its separate Pasco, Washington location on March 16, 2025, after five years, while renewing leases on its Richland, Kennewick, and Spokane locations.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 29

Episode 15
Aired
Title: Southern to South American · What was featured: smoked brisket and Texas-style ribs
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. portersrealbarbeque.com https://portersrealbarbeque.com/
  2. tricitiesbusinessnews.com https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/porters-real-barbecue-to-close-pasco-location
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Record ddd-1109 · checked by Cal Marchetti.