Is Tahini Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update (San Diego, CA)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 30 San Diego, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Tahini is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What the source shows: Google Places lists the Kearny Mesa Tahini location as operational and Yelp's listing for the restaurant, updated July 2026, shows more than 1,400 active reviews. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 30, Episode 3
- Aired
- Address 9119 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Ste H, San Diego, CA 92123
- Website tahinistreetfood.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Tahini in San Diego for the June 1, 2019 episode 'Sausage, Shawarma and Scaloppini,' highlighting the restaurant's Middle Eastern shawarma and street-food pitas. Tahini is a Middle Eastern street-food restaurant with a Kearny Mesa location on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in San Diego. According to Google Places, the business carries an operational listing status. A direct check of Tahini's ordering site, tahinistreetfood.com, on September 8, 2026, returned an access-denied response rather than page content. Yelp's listing for the restaurant, updated July 2026, showed more than 1,400 photos and 1,433 reviews attached to the Kearny Mesa location at 9119 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Suite H, matching the address associated with the Google Places listing. The restaurant's own site separately includes a 'Find Us' page describing multiple San Diego locations.
The episode
Also in Season 30
Season 30: 42 of 56 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 4Chuy's Taco Shop
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Ep 4Stoney's Pub
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/tahini-san-diego-3
- tahinistreetfood.com https://tahinistreetfood.com/
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Tahini+Authentic+Middle+Eastern+Street+Food+9119+Clairemont+Mesa+Blvd+San+Diego+CA+92123
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Record ddd-1128 · checked by Cal Marchetti.