What Happened to Samples Restaurant After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Current status
As of September 2026, Samples Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Yelp listing (checked 2026-09-08) is tagged 'CLOSED - Updated July 2026' for Samples at 370 Main St, and the restaurant's own domain returned no response (an SSL handshake error) on the same date; the Google Places match originally supplied for this record was for an unrelated business.
- Season / episode Season 27, Episode 15
- Original air date
- Address 370 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Samples in Longmont on the Jan. 5, 2018 episode 'Poutine, Pizza and Pork,' spotlighting the restaurant's from-scratch comfort food and its craft beer and cocktail list. Samples opened in 2015 as a New American bistro on Main Street in downtown Longmont, built around scratch-made plates such as a poutine burger and a Korean rib sandwich, plus weekly live music and a catering program. A Yelp business page updated in July 2026 marks Samples as permanently closed, and the restaurant's own website, sampleslongmont.com, would not load when checked on 2026-09-08, returning a connection error rather than any page content. No dated news account of a closure was found in this pass, so the circumstances and exact closing date are not established here. The Main Street address and phone number on file are the ones long associated with Samples' original storefront, and remain the best current identifiers for the location.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Season / episode
- Season 27, Episode 15
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Poutine, Pizza and Pork
- What was featured
- scratch comfort food, poutine burger, and craft cocktails
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Samples Restaurant
Frequently asked questions
Is Samples Restaurant still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Samples Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What happened to Samples Restaurant after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Samples in Longmont on the Jan. 5, 2018 episode 'Poutine, Pizza and Pork,' spotlighting the restaurant's from-scratch comfort food and its craft beer and cocktail list. As of September 2026, Samples Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
Is Samples Restaurant permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Samples Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Samples Restaurant located?
370 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Samples Restaurant?
Season 27, Episode 15 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired January 5, 2018. The episode is titled “Poutine, Pizza and Pork”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 370 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- sampleslongmont.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Colorado
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Sources
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/samples-longmont-2
- sampleslongmont.com — https://www.sampleslongmont.com/
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