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What Happened to Squeeze Inn After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Squeeze Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp listings for 'Squeeze Burger' and the 'Squeeze Inn Truck,' both tied to 5301 Power Inn Road, were updated in July 2026 marked permanently closed; the restaurant's original domain, thesqueezeinn.com, is now a parked page offered for sale by HugeDomains.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 7
  • Original air date
  • Address 5301 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95820

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited The Squeeze Inn in the 'Burgers' episode (S1E7), aired 2007-06-11, spotlighting the drive-through stand's hamburgers wrapped in a crispy fried 'cheese skirt.' The Squeeze Inn operated as a burger restaurant at 5301 Power Inn Road in Sacramento. Yelp listings tied to that address, for a business later shown as 'Squeeze Burger' and for a 'Squeeze Inn Truck,' were both updated in July 2026 marked permanently closed. The restaurant's original web domain, thesqueezeinn.com, is now a parked page listed for sale through HugeDomains rather than an active restaurant site. Research turned up a Squeeze Inn-branded burger spot operating nearby, though that location's relationship to the original Power Inn Road business was not independently confirmed here.

On Food Paradise's 2013 episode 'Cheese Paradise' (Travel Channel), the show visited Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, California, spotlighting the diner's signature 'Squeeze with cheese' burger, topped with a slice of cheese plus a crisped, burnt-cheese skirt fried onto the patty. Squeeze Inn opened in 1975, originally on Elvas Avenue near C Street before relocating to the corner of Fruitridge and Power Inn Road, and for years operated as an eleven-stool diner of about 450 square feet. The restaurant gained national attention after Guy Fieri featured it on Food Network's 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' in 2007, naming the cheeseburger among the best in the country; the brand later expanded into separately branded 'Squeeze Burger' locations and a food truck operating since 2010.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
Burgers
What was featured
the drive-through stand's hamburgers wrapped in a crispy fried cheese skirt
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Squeeze Inn
Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 19
Original air date
Episode title
Cheese Paradise
What was featured
cheese-skirted 'Squeeze with cheese' hamburger
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Squeeze Inn

Frequently asked questions

Is Squeeze Inn still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Squeeze Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What happened to Squeeze Inn after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited The Squeeze Inn in the 'Burgers' episode (S1E7), aired 2007-06-11, spotlighting the drive-through stand's hamburgers wrapped in a crispy fried 'cheese skirt.' The Squeeze Inn operated as a burger restaurant at 5301 Power Inn Road in Sacramento. As of September 2026, Squeeze Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

Is Squeeze Inn permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Squeeze Inn 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 Squeeze Inn located?

5301 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95820. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Squeeze Inn?

Season 1, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired June 11, 2007. The episode is titled “Burgers”.

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Visit info

Address
5301 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95820
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
thesqueezeinn.com

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