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Is Surrey's Cafe Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 5 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Surrey's Cafe is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated in September 2026 shows Surrey's active with thousands of recent reviews, and a 2026-09-08 site check found the cafe's own site posting current hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 3 episodes

Part 1 — Season 5, Episode 1 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Surrey's Cafe for the 'What's For Breakfast' episode, aired 2008-11-10, spotlighting the restaurant's New Orleans-style breakfast and brunch menu with Latin-inspired touches and fresh-squeezed juices. Surrey's Cafe & Juice Bar is an eclectic, casual breakfast-and-lunch spot on Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, that has run more than one location on the same street over the years. According to Yelp, the listing for the restaurant at 1418 Magazine St shows the business active, updated September 2026 with more than 2,400 customer reviews. The same listing shows current weekly hours of roughly 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Monday, with Tuesday and Wednesday closures.

Part 2 — Season 24, Episode 4 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Surrey's Cafe & Juice Bar in the episode 'Rockin' New Orleans' (Food Network, aired 2016-01-20), spotlighting the cafe's fresh-squeezed juices alongside dishes like shrimp and grits and bananas foster French toast. Surrey's is a cafe and juice bar in the Lower Garden District, on Magazine Street. A Yelp listing updated 2026-09 shows the business active, with more than 2,400 reviews and 3,100 photos on file. A site check on 2026-09-08 found surreysnola.com posting hours of Thursday through Monday, 8:00am to 3:00pm, under a page titled 'LGD,' an abbreviation for the Lower Garden District location. Google Places, checked 2026-09-07, lists the business as operational at 1418 Magazine St, matching the located address.

Part 3 — Season 43, Episode 14 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Triple D Nation revisited Surrey's Cafe in New Orleans, LA in the check-in episode "Burgers, Breakfast and Barbecue", which aired October 2, 2026, with Guy Fieri returning for its New Orleans breakfast, according to Food Network's episode guide.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Aired
Title: What's For Breakfast · What was featured: New Orleans breakfast and brunch fare with Latin-inspired touches
Aired
Title: Rockin' New Orleans · What was featured: fresh-squeezed juices, shrimp and grits, bananas foster toast
Aired
Title: Triple D Nation: Burgers, Breakfast and Barbecue · What was featured: Its new orleans breakfast · Role: Return visit

Synopsis (foodnetwork.com) : Guy checks in with a BBQ banh mi, a serious smash burger and more at a hip-hop sandwich shop in Austin, a family-run spot north of Chicago, and a New Orleans breakfast staple.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/surreys-caf%C3%A9-and-juice-bar-new-orleans-2
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=29.9358082,-90.071913
  3. surreysnola.com https://www.surreysnola.com/
  4. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-triple-d-nation/episodes
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