Is Rigoletto Italian Bakery & Café Still Open? (Virginia Beach, VA)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Virginia Beach, Virginia
Current status
As of October 2026, Rigoletto Italian Bakery & Café is listed open on rigolettoitalianvb.com, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A re-fetch of the business's own website on 2026-09-21 still shows current posted hours (Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon) and active reservation/ordering links, with a May 2026 photo, consistent with active operation. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 12, Episode 10
- Aired
- Address 2181 Upton Dr #414, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
- Website rigolettoitalianvb.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Part 1 — Season 12, Episode 10 Aired
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (S12E10, 'Global Comfort,' aired October 24, 2011), Guy Fieri stopped at Rigoletto Italian Bakery & Cafe for its stuffed meatball, a softball-sized meatball packed with cold cuts and cheese. The counter-service bakery and cafe, owned by Naples-born baker Gilda Di Domenico with her children Jessie Gosha and Michael Gibbons, operates from a compact storefront at 2181 Upton Dr in Virginia Beach. The business's website, checked in September 2026, still listed a current menu, catering and custom-cake services, and an active online-ordering option, with no indication of a closure or change in ownership. The Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode remains one of the restaurant's most cited credentials in its own marketing material and on regional tourism listings.
Part 2 — Season 21, Episode 16 Aired
Rigoletto Italian Bakery & Cafe is a mother-and-daughter-run bakery in Virginia Beach owned by Naples native Gilda Di Domenico, serving Italian pastries alongside breakfast, lunch, and dinner, according to Crispy List. Fieri originally featured the cafe in November 2011, praising a thin-sliced Marsala-marinated beef sandwich on focaccia and stuffed meatballs filled with cold cuts and cheese; the 'Memorable Moms' compilation (S21E16, aired 2014-12-24) drew on that visit, according to FlavortownUSA.
The episodes
Also in Season 12
Season 12: 20 of 39 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 9DMK Burger Bar
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Ep 10El Bohio
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Ep 11Beach Pub
Open - Open
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Ep 11Taco Bus
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Sources we checked
- rigolettoitalianvb.com http://rigolettoitalianvb.com/
- flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/513/rigoletto-italian-bakery-and-cafe
- dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/rigoletto-italian-bakery-cafe-virginia.html
- crispylist.com https://crispylist.com/restaurants/rigoletto-italian-bakery-and-cafe-virginia-beach
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Record ddd-0457 · checked by Cal Marchetti.