Is Rocco's Café Still Open? Update (San Francisco, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Rocco's Café is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Rocco's Cafe at 1131 Folsom Street, updated August 2026 with more than 1,200 reviews and posted hours, shows the restaurant open after reopening from a street-construction closure.
- Season / episode Season 6, Episode 10
- Original air date
- Address 1131 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Rocco's Cafe at 1131 Folsom Street in San Francisco, California, featuring the restaurant's home-style Italian breakfast and lunch cooking. Rocco's traces to "Rocco's Fine Food," founded in 1932, and moved to its present Folsom Street address in 1991 after renovations, according to SF Heritage. The cafe closed temporarily for a major street-construction project near the restaurant and fully reopened in January 2026, according to a Yelp listing for the business. That Yelp listing, updated August 2026, shows more than 1,200 reviews and posted hours across the week, indicating the restaurant is again serving customers in the neighborhood where it has operated for decades.
Mystery Diners' Jan. 20, 2014 episode "Money on the Side" (Season 5, Episode 3) featured Rocco's Cafe in San Francisco. According to IMDb and TVmaze episode listings, owner Don contacted Charles Stiles after hearing rumors that his manager was running unauthorized promotions on the side. Undercover Mystery Diners Brianna and Nate went to work at the restaurant and found that the manager had a friend pose as the actor Jamie Foxx, charging customers a fee for a photo and an autograph; the investigation also found a busboy who was eating on the job and lying about not speaking English to avoid trouble. In the confrontation, Don fired both the manager and the busboy. Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, notes that the show carries a credits disclaimer stating that events may be re-enacted for dramatic purposes, and cites a television critic who described the show's scenarios as implausible and its resolutions as staged. This appearance is tracked here as an additional TV credit for the business already profiled on this site as Rocco's Café; that existing profile carries the current status and address for the Folsom Street location. At the time of filming, Rocco's Cafe operated as a breakfast-and-lunch, counter-service spot in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, according to the same episode listings.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Season / episode
- Season 6, Episode 10
- Original air date
- Episode title
- All Over The Map
- What was featured
- home-style Italian breakfast and lunch fare
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Rocco's Café
- Show
- Mystery Diners
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Money on the Side
- What was featured
- A manager's fake-celebrity photo scheme and a busboy eating on shift
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Rocco's Café
Frequently asked questions
Is Rocco's Café still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Rocco's Café is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What happened to Rocco's Café after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Rocco's Cafe at 1131 Folsom Street in San Francisco, California, featuring the restaurant's home-style Italian breakfast and lunch cooking. As of September 2026, Rocco's Café is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Where is Rocco's Café located?
1131 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Rocco's Café?
Season 6, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired June 15, 2009. The episode is titled “All Over The Map”.
What do reviews say since Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
That Yelp listing, updated August 2026, shows more than 1,200 reviews and posted hours across the week, indicating the restaurant is again serving customers in the neighborhood where it has operated for decades. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 1131 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in California
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Sources
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/roccos-caf%C3%A9-san-francisco-3
- sfheritage.org — http://www.sfheritage.org/heritage-in-the-neighborhoods/legacy-business-spotlight-roccos-cafe/
- imdb.com — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475258/
- tvmaze.com — https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/217995/mystery-diners-5x03-money-on-the-side
- thetvdb.com — https://www.thetvdb.com/series/mystery-diners/episodes/4783470
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
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