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What Happened to Regina's Westside After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 43 Asheville, North Carolina

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Regina's Westside has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The business's own website, checked 2026-09-08, displayed a permanent-closure message, matching Google's listing marking it permanently closed in the same check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Regina's Westside, a modern diner at 1400 Patton Ave in West Asheville, North Carolina, in the episode "Funkalicious" (aired 2026-03-27), featuring the diner's menu. According to the restaurant's website, reginaswestside.com, checked 2026-09-08, the site displayed the message "We are permanently closed. Thanks to everyone who supported us!" Google Places listed the business's status as permanently closed as of the same 2026-09-08 check. The website continued to display the diner's former address and phone number, 828-505-3099, but no ordering option or current hours remained active on the page. The page also carried no dated blog post, news update, or social-media link offering a specific closure month or year. No reopening, relocation or new-ownership announcement was found on the site as of the check.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 43

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Funkalicious · What was featured: the modern diner's menu offerings
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  1. reginaswestside.com https://reginaswestside.com/
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Record ddd-1595 · checked by Cal Marchetti.