What Happened to Big Jays Place After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Current status
Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.
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What the source shows: The business's own website loaded but returned no visible menu, hours, or dated content, and a web search surfaced only 2023 episode-era press with nothing confirming current 2026 status.
- Season / episode Season 38, Episode 1
- Original air date
- Address 930 Hempstead Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45231
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Big Jays Place in the "From Chicken to Caribbean" episode, aired 2023-09-01, with Guy Fieri highlighting the restaurant's oxtail as a standout dish, according to WCPO's coverage of the episode. Big Jays Place is a Caribbean and soul food restaurant in the Finneytown area of Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, run by owner Jason Howard. Cincinnati Magazine reported that Howard originally opened Big Jays as a New York-style deli in Over-the-Rhine before relocating to Finneytown during the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting the menu toward Caribbean and soul food dishes such as jerk chicken, rasta pasta, and oxtail. The business's own website returned an HTTP 200 response when checked on 2026-09-08, but the page loaded no visible menu, hours, or dated content at that time, and no source found in a search turned up a 2026-dated confirmation of the restaurant's current status.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Original air date
- Episode title
- From Chicken to Caribbean
- What was featured
- Caribbean and soul food, including oxtail and jerk chicken
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Big Jays Place
Frequently asked questions
Is Big Jays Place still open in 2026?
Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.
What happened to Big Jays Place after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Big Jays Place in the "From Chicken to Caribbean" episode, aired 2023-09-01, with Guy Fieri highlighting the restaurant's oxtail as a standout dish, according to WCPO's coverage of the episode. Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.
Where is Big Jays Place located?
930 Hempstead Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45231. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Big Jays Place?
Season 38, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired September 1, 2023. The episode is titled “From Chicken to Caribbean”.
Is Big Jays Place still using the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives menu or branding?
Cincinnati Magazine reported that Howard originally opened Big Jays as a New York-style deli in Over-the-Rhine before relocating to Finneytown during the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting the menu toward Caribbean and soul food dishes such as jerk chicken, rasta pasta, and oxtail. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.
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Visit info
- Address
- 930 Hempstead Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45231
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- bigjaysplace.com
- State hub
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Sources
- bigjaysplace.com — http://www.bigjaysplace.com/
- wcpo.com — https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/finneytown-caribbean-soul-food-spot-is-latest-to-host-guy-fieri-for-triple-d-feature
- cincinnatimagazine.com — https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/big-jays-place-hits-the-big-time/
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