What Happened to Tupelo After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? (Cambridge, MA)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 15 Cambridge, Massachusetts Closed 2018
Current status
As of October 2026, Tupelo has closed — confirmed via bostonmagazine.com, October 3, 2018.
What the source shows: Boston Magazine reported 2018-10-03 that Tupelo would close for good that week, citing a restaurant Facebook post, and NBC Boston covered the same closure the same day. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 15, Episode 6
- Aired
- Address 1193 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Tupelo, a Southern-inflected restaurant in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the episode 'East Coast Comfort,' which aired 2012-09-24. Tupelo opened in 2009 under owners Renee McLeod, who also ran the nearby Petsi Pies bakery, and Mike Walker, and served dishes such as gumbo, fried oysters, blackened catfish, fried chicken, and collard greens at 1193 Cambridge Street. Boston Magazine reported 2018-10-03 that Tupelo would close for good after brunch that week, citing a restaurant Facebook post that pointed to difficulty finding kitchen and floor staff, and NBC Boston covered the same closure the same day. Both outlets noted the closure came amid a broader wave of staffing pressure on Boston-area restaurants and bars at the time. No reporting found in this check indicates the space reopened under Tupelo or a successor restaurant since 2018.
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Sources we checked
- bostonmagazine.com https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2018/10/03/tupelo-closing/
- nbcboston.com https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/tupelo_in_cambridge_s_inman_square_is_closing/134771/
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