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Is The Local Restaurant Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 41 Naples, Florida

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, The Local Restaurant is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, carrying a 2026 copyright and a September dining promotion, plus a Google Places record checked the same month, both show The Local currently operating in Naples. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On the "Flavortown Finds" episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (aired April 4, 2025), Guy Fieri visited The Local Restaurant to feature its farm-to-table seafood dishes. The Local is a seafood and farm-to-table restaurant on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples, Florida, offering lunch, a sunset menu, dinner and brunch service, according to the restaurant's website. Since the episode, the business's own site has carried a 2026 copyright notice and remained active with online ordering, a reservations system and a September Sizzle Dining promotion, according to the restaurant's website checked in September 2026.

The site's navigation also promotes a virtual tour, a media gallery and a page of local press coverage, according to the restaurant's website. A Google Places record checked the same month also lists the business as operational, according to Google.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 41

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Flavortown Finds · What was featured: Farm-to-table seafood dishes
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. thelocalnaples.com https://thelocalnaples.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The+Local+Restaurant%2C+5323+Airport-Pulling+Rd%2C+Naples%2C+FL+34109
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Record ddd-1535 · checked by Cal Marchetti.