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Is Secret Bao Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37 Santa Barbara, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Secret Bao is listed open on secretbaosb.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's site links to a live, location-specific ChowNow ordering page, consistent with Google's operational status. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Secret Bao, a bao and Asian small-plates restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara, on its 'Meat and Sweet' episode (aired 2023-03-10). The restaurant operates from 1201 Anacapa St and lists a full food and drink menu, including steamed bao and shareable plates, on its own website. When checked on 2026-09-08, the site, secretbaosb.com, loaded successfully and linked to an active, location-specific ordering page hosted on ChowNow, the third-party platform many restaurants use for online orders. Google's business listing for the Anacapa Street address listed the business as operating on the same date, consistent with the site's working order-ahead system. The site's presentation and working checkout flow gave no indication of any disruption to normal operations, and no closure reports or conflicting listings were found for the address.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Meat and Sweet · What was featured: Asian bao specialties on the 'Meat and Sweet' episode
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  1. secretbaosb.com http://secretbaosb.com/
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Record ddd-1381 · checked by Cal Marchetti.