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What Happened to Zydeco's After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Zydeco's has closed — confirmed via fox59.com, December 2024.

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What the source shows: Fox59 reported in December 2024 that Zydeco's Cajun was shutting down after 26 years, and Yelp's listing (updated 2026-06) confirms it as permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 12, Episode 7
  • Original air date
  • Address 11 East Main Street, Mooresville, IN 46158

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Zydeco's for the 'Homemade & Homebrewed' episode, aired 2011-10-03, spotlighting chef Carter Hutchinson's south Louisiana classics -- gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, crawfish etouffee, and the restaurant's own take on Cajun-spiced fried chicken. Zydeco's operated as a Cajun and Creole restaurant at 11 East Main Street in Mooresville, Indiana, for more than 26 years. According to Fox59, in December 2024 Zydeco's Cajun announced it would shut down after that long run. Yelp's listing for Zydeco's, updated 2026-06, also marks the restaurant as permanently closed. The restaurant's own website, zydecos.net, did not respond when checked on 2026-09-08, returning no content. No current website, social account, or reopening announcement for Zydeco's was found. No successor business at 11 East Main Street was identified in the material reviewed.

On the hourlong 'Southern Spectacular' episode (aired 2014-12-22), Guy Fieri returned to Zydeco's in Mooresville, three years after his first visit, to revisit chef-owner Carter Hutchinson's Louisiana-style cooking. Fieri again praised the restaurant's house-made boudin sausage and its barbecued shrimp with smoked pork, according to the Indiana Foodways Alliance. Hutchinson, a New Orleans native, runs Zydeco's with his wife Deb, serving Cajun dishes such as jambalaya, gumbo, and etouffee; the restaurant's original episode aired 2011-10-03.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 12, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
Homemade & Homebrewed
What was featured
chef Carter Hutchinson's Cajun classics: gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Zydeco's
Season / episode
Season 21, Episode 14
Original air date
Episode title
Southern Spectacular
What was featured
Boudin sausage and barbecued shrimp with smoked pork
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Zydeco's

Frequently asked questions

Is Zydeco's still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Zydeco's has closed — confirmed via fox59.com, December 2024.

What happened to Zydeco's after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Zydeco's for the 'Homemade & Homebrewed' episode, aired 2011-10-03, spotlighting chef Carter Hutchinson's south Louisiana classics -- gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, crawfish etouffee, and the restaurant's own take on Cajun-spiced fried chicken. As of September 2026, Zydeco's has closed — confirmed via fox59.com, December 2024.

Is Zydeco's permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Zydeco's has closed — confirmed via fox59.com, December 2024. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Zydeco's located?

11 East Main Street, Mooresville, IN 46158. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Zydeco's?

Season 12, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired October 3, 2011. The episode is titled “Homemade & Homebrewed”.

What do reviews say since Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

No successor business at 11 East Main Street was identified in the material reviewed. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
11 East Main Street, Mooresville, IN 46158
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
zydecos.net

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