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Is The Starling Diner Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 20 Long Beach, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, The Starling Diner is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Starling Diner's Yelp listing showed ongoing photo and review activity current to July 2026, and the diner appears on active DoorDash and Toast ordering pages. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 20, Episode 3 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Starling Diner in Long Beach, California, in 2014, highlighting the diner's slow-roasted pot roast, wrapped in a gravy-topped tortilla with polenta and potatoes, and its baguette French toast stuffed with mascarpone, according to a fan site devoted to the show's restaurants. Starling Diner is a breakfast-and-lunch spot in Long Beach that also serves scones with orange honey butter. According to Starling Diner's Yelp business page, updated 2026-07, the restaurant at 4114 East 3rd Street continued to accumulate new photos and reviews, and the diner also appears on active DoorDash and Toast ordering pages under the same address. Starling Diner has won a local "Best Brunch" recognition in recent years, according to the same fan site. No official Starling Diner website was located for this record.

Part 2 — Season 24, Episode 6 Aired

In the 'Comfort Food Mash-Up' episode, which aired 2016-02-03, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured The Starling Diner in Long Beach for its French toast, the dish that has become the restaurant's signature order. The all-day diner serves classic American breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare from a spot on East 3rd Street in a residential Long Beach neighborhood. According to TVFoodMaps' episode listing, the segment highlighted the kitchen's made-from-scratch approach to comfort cooking.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Old Standards, New Styles · What was featured: the diner's slow-roasted pot roast and stuffed French toast
Season 24, Episode 6
Aired
Title: Comfort Food Mash-Up · What was featured: signature french toast and classic diner fare
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 20 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season 20: 11 of 15 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/starling-diner-long-beach
  2. DoorDash https://www.doordash.com/store/starling-diner-long-beach-20362
  3. Toast https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/starling-diner-4114-e-3rd-st
  4. tvfoodmaps.com https://www.tvfoodmaps.com/restaurant/CA/Long-Beach/Starling-Diner
  5. dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/starling-diner-california.html
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Record ddd-0707 · checked by Cal Marchetti.