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Is The Village Café Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 3 Richmond, Virginia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, The Village Café is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 21, 2026.

What the source shows: The business's own website (villagecaferva.com), not cited in the prior check, shows current hours (Sun-Thu 8:30am-12am, Fri-Sat 8:30am-2am) and address (1001 W Grace St, Richmond), consistent with the prior Yelp/Instagram evidence. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited the Village Café during the 'Neighborhood Joints' episode for its late-night diner menu in the Fan District near Virginia Commonwealth University. The cafe has operated on West Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia since 1956, serving as a longtime student and neighborhood hangout. A Yelp listing updated 2026-08 shows current hours, including a 2 a.m. closing time on Thursdays and Fridays, and 425 reviews, and the restaurant's Instagram account, checked live on 2026-09-08, remains active under the same handle. Together, the two sources indicate the Village Café continues to operate at its original Grace Street address. The cafe originally opened in 1956 under founders Stavros and Stella Dikos at 939 West Grace Street, moving to its current address across the street in the late 1980s, according to a 2016 WTVR report on the original building's sale.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 3

Episode 4
Aired
Title: Neighborhood Joints · What was featured: Late-night diner fare in a historic VCU-area cafe
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-village-cafe-richmond
  2. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/villagecaferva/
  3. villagecaferva.com https://villagecaferva.com/
  4. wtvr.com https://www.wtvr.com/2016/09/13/old-village-cafe-for-sale
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Record ddd-0093 · checked by Cal Marchetti.