What Happened to Southern Cafe After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 28 Oakland, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Southern Cafe has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated July 2026 lists Southern Cafe as closed, and Google Places lists its status as temporarily closed as of September 2026. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 28, Episode 11
- Aired
- Address 2000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94602
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Southern Cafe in the episode "BBQ Bites and Southern Flavor," which aired May 25, 2018, spotlighting the restaurant's Southern-style barbecue and comfort cooking. Yelp categorizes Southern Cafe as a soul-food restaurant, and it operated on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland's Dimond District. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated in July 2026, lists it as closed, though the same page still displays older posted hours and a note referencing a "new menu," suggesting the listing carries over content from before any final shutdown.
Google Places separately lists Southern Cafe's business status as temporarily closed in a September 2026 check. No 2026-dated evidence of resumed hours, an active online ordering system, or a fresh customer review was found for the MacArthur Boulevard address, and no source located during this check confirms a specific reopening date.
The episode
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Record ddd-1040 · checked by Cal Marchetti.