Is Putter's Bar & Grill Still Open? Mystery Diners Update (Las Vegas, NV)
Mystery Diners, Season 2 Las Vegas, Nevada
Current status
As of October 2026, Putter's Bar & Grill is open — confirmed via Yelp, April 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for this South Strip location, updated April 2026 with recent reviews and not marked closed, shows the bar operating, and Google Places lists it as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 10
- Aired
- Address 8945 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89123
- Website puttersvegas.com
- Show map
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About this show's format: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.
What happened after Mystery Diners?
In the Mystery Diners episode "Night Shift," which aired January 4, 2013, Janaya, general manager of Putter's Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, noticed unusually low sales during the graveyard shift and asked Charles Stiles to find out why. Investigators posing as customers spent time at the bar overnight and discovered that the overnight bartender was running an unauthorized side bar out of Putter's, apparently pocketing proceeds that should have gone through the register rather than reporting the shift's true sales. When confronted on camera with the investigators' footage, the bartender recognized Charles Stiles and left the premises rather than answer questions about what he had been doing.
Janaya was advised to tighten oversight of the overnight shift, audit register totals against inventory more closely, and put controls in place to prevent an employee from operating a business within the business again. Wikipedia's article on Mystery Diners notes, citing its sources, that the show carries an on-screen disclaimer stating some events may be staged or re-enacted for dramatic purposes, and that a television critic has described its scenarios and performances as implausible. A Yelp listing for this South Strip location at 8945 Las Vegas Blvd S, updated April 2026 with recent reviews, does not show the bar marked closed, and Google Places lists its business status as operational.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 6 of 13 still open
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Ep 9Rhythm Kitchen
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Ep 12Marche Bacchus
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Sources we checked
- imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2611930/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/putters-bar-and-grill-las-vegas-8
- puttersvegas.com http://www.puttersvegas.com/
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Record md-018 · checked by Cal Marchetti.