What Happened to The Bun Shop After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 25 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, The Bun Shop is listed closed on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 14, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for The Bun Shop (151 N Western Ave, Koreatown, Los Angeles) is marked "CLOSED," with the listing itself updated in August 2026 and a business-owner response on file stating the business is "Out of business." This supersedes the prior pass's undated, conflicting travel-listing (open) vs. fan site (closed) reports. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 25, Episode 8
- Aired
- Address 151 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited The Bun Shop in Los Angeles's Koreatown for the episode "Burgers, Buns and Bagels," which aired October 7, 2016, spotlighting the shop's steamed bao buns, including the Kalbi Beef Bao and Pork Belly Bun, alongside sides like corn cheese and sweet potato fries. The Bun Shop, a Korean-Mediterranean fusion concept co-founded by actor Steven Yeun and his brother Brian, operated from a storefront on North Western Avenue. Sources disagree on the shop's current status: a travel listing describes it as open daily with no date attached, while FlavorTown USA's fan-maintained location fan site lists it as closed, also without a specific closure date. No dated news report or updated business listing was found to resolve the conflict.
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Sources we checked
- dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/the-bun-shop-california.html
- flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/2543/the-bun-shop
- novacircle.com https://www.novacircle.com/spots/north-america/united-states/california/los-angeles/los-angeles-ca/the-bun-shop-0731e7
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Record ddd-0913 · checked by Cal Marchetti.