Is The Park's Finest BBQ Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 17 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, The Park's Finest BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the address, updated in September 2026, lists current hours and an active, growing review count for the restaurant. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 17, Episode 10
- Aired
- Address 1267 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026
- Now called The Park's Finest
- Website theparksfinest.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
The Park's Finest smokes meats with alder and pecan wood and serves Filipino-inspired Southern barbecue, pairing smoked proteins with a sweet tomato-pineapple sauce and a garlic-vinegar sauce. Chef-owner Johneric Concordia started the business as a catering operation in 2009 before opening the sit-down restaurant in Historic Filipinotown, near Echo Park and Silver Lake in Los Angeles, according to Food GPS. The restaurant operates from 1267 West Temple Street. A Yelp listing for the address, updated in September 2026, lists current hours of Tuesday through Sunday service, closed Mondays, alongside several thousand accumulated reviews. The business's own website, theparksfinest.com, remains active and continues to describe the restaurant in the present tense as serving Filipino food in Echo Park.
The episode
Also in Season 17
Season 17: 22 of 33 still open
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Ep 8CoraFaye's Café
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Ep 9The Duce
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Ep 11Hodad's
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Ep 11OB Noodle House
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Ep 11Pizzeria Luigi
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-parks-finest-los-angeles
- foodgps.com https://foodgps.com/the-parks-finest-los-angeles/
- theparksfinest.com https://theparksfinest.com/
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Record ddd-0613 · checked by Cal Marchetti.