What Happened to Source After Mystery Diners? (San Francisco, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Source has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2015.
Last verified
What the source shows: A HappyCow listing confirms the Division Street vegan restaurant Source closed in January 2015, and a Yelp listing updated July 2026 still shows it closed; the packet's Montgomery Street match is an unrelated construction company using the same name.
- Season / episode Season 5, Episode 1
- Original air date
- Address 11 Division St, San Francisco, CA 94103
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What happened after Mystery Diners?
Mystery Diners' Jan. 6, 2014 episode "Tastes Like Chicken" (Season 5, Episode 1) featured Source, a vegan restaurant in San Francisco. According to an episode overview on TheTVDB, the owner contacted Charles Stiles after growing concerned that meat was being served inside his vegan restaurant; the sources reviewed for this entry did not include a full recap of the on-air investigation's findings. Source, which according to The Veracious Vegan blog opened on Division Street in March 2011, later closed: a HappyCow listing marks the closure as confirmed in January 2015, and a Yelp listing updated July 2026 still shows the business as closed. 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. The website and address Google Places matched to "Source SF" in this packet, at 909 Montgomery St., belong to an unrelated commercial construction company that also uses the name Source; this entry instead uses Source restaurant's 11 Division St. address, standardized through the Census Bureau's geocoder. No current website or social media presence for the restaurant was found during this review.
Featured on Mystery Diners
- Show
- Mystery Diners
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Tastes Like Chicken
- What was featured
- Owner's concern that meat was being served in his vegan restaurant
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Source
Frequently asked questions
Is Source still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Source has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2015.
What happened to Source after Mystery Diners?
Mystery Diners' Jan. 6, 2014 episode "Tastes Like Chicken" (Season 5, Episode 1) featured Source, a vegan restaurant in San Francisco. As of September 2026, Source has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2015.
Is Source permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Source has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2015. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Source located?
11 Division St, San Francisco, CA 94103. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Mystery Diners featured Source?
Season 5, Episode 1 of Mystery Diners, first aired January 6, 2014. The episode is titled “Tastes Like Chicken”.
What do reviews say since Mystery Diners?
According to an episode overview on TheTVDB, the owner contacted Charles Stiles after growing concerned that meat was being served inside his vegan restaurant; the sources reviewed for this entry did not include a full recap of the on-air investigation's findings. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 11 Division St, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- sourcesf.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in California
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Sources
- happycow.net — https://www.happycow.net/reviews/source-san-francisco-26070
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/source-san-francisco
- theveraciousvegan.com — http://www.theveraciousvegan.com/2013/01/source-san-francisco.html
- thetvdb.com — https://thetvdb.com/series/mystery-diners/allseasons/official
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
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