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Is Starlite Lounge Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4 Blawnox, Pennsylvania

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Starlite Lounge is listed open on starlite-lounge.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A site check on 2026-09-08 found the business's website live, with an HTTP last-modified header dated 2026-09-08 and posted current kitchen hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Starlite Lounge in the "Bar Food" episode (aired 2008-07-21), featuring the bar's pub-style food menu. Starlite Lounge is a neighborhood bar at 364 Freeport Road in Blawnox, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the business's own website live and current, with a server last-modified date of 2026-09-08 and posted kitchen hours of Monday-Thursday 3-9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday 3-10 p.m., and Sunday 3-9 p.m. The site listed a working phone number, 412-828-9842, and noted additional parking two doors down at Moondog's, another Blawnox venue. Starlite Lounge has served the Blawnox area since 1954, and current owner Ron Esser, who also owns the neighboring Moondog's club, bought the business in 1994, according to Entertainment Central Pittsburgh's profile of the tavern.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 4

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Bar Food · What was featured: bar food, pub fare, neighborhood lounge
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. starlite-lounge.com https://www.starlite-lounge.com/
  2. entertainmentcentralpittsburgh.com https://entertainmentcentralpittsburgh.com/delicioso/the-starlite-lounge/
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Record ddd-0129 · checked by Cal Marchetti.