What Happened to the Encore Dinner Theatre After Mystery Diners?

In the Mystery Diners episode "Dinner Drama" (aired 2014-03-31), Encore Dinner Theatre's management told series investigator Charles Stiles about complaints involving staff conduct toward guests and performers at the Tustin, California venue, according to Wikipedia's episode summary for the series. Undercover Mystery Diners investigators then found that a waiter had been following one of the actresses and that a bathroom attendant was pressuring guests for tips, according to the same summary. As Wikipedia's article on the series notes, citing its sources, Mystery Diners' end-credits disclaimer allows that events may be re-enacted for dramatic effect, and the show has drawn criticism from television critics over how staged its confrontations are.

As is typical for the series, Stiles presented the findings to management, and both employees were removed from their positions. The episode closed out the fifth season, which had profiled restaurants across California and the Pacific Northwest. Wikipedia's article on Encore Dinner Theatre, revised 2026-08-30, notes that the venue has operated under different names over the years and that its current name dates to a 2011 renovation. Yelp's listing for the theater, updated in June 2026, marks it permanently closed, matching Google's listing, which also showed it permanently closed in a September 8, 2026 check. No current operator or name was found for 690 El Camino Real in Tustin.