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What Happened to Zest After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Indianapolis, Indiana

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Zest has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp (updated August 2026) and Do317 both list Zest! Exciting Food Creations as permanently closed, matching Google Places' permanently-closed status, though no dated closure article was found. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured Zest! Exciting Food Creations in the season 12 episode "Bar Food and Bon Bons," which aired May 9, 2011. Zest was a breakfast-and-brunch restaurant at 1134 E 54th St in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to its Yelp category listing. Yelp's page for the address, last updated in August 2026, lists Zest! Exciting Food Creations as permanently closed, and a separate Indianapolis dining guide, Do317, also lists the venue as closed.

Other restaurant-review sites, including Gayot and TVFoodMaps, likewise describe the restaurant as closed. Google's business listing for the address shows the same permanently-closed status. No current website or social-media presence for Zest could be located, and no dated news source confirming the exact closure date was found.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12

Episode 1
Aired
Title: Bar Food and Bon Bons · What was featured: chef-driven breakfast and brunch dishes
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/zest-exciting-food-creations-indianapolis-3
  2. do317.com https://do317.com/venues/zest
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