What Happened to CoraFaye's Café After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Current status
As of September 2026, CoraFaye's Café has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, 2016.
Last verified
What the source shows: Triple D Life's restaurant tracker page reports the East Colfax Avenue location planned to relocate in summer 2016 before permanently closing that year.
- Season / episode Season 17, Episode 8
- Original air date
- Address 16251 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80011
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
CoraFaye's Cafe served down-home Southern soul food from a small, counter-style cafe. The restaurant specialized in scratch-made Southern comfort dishes and operated as a family-run establishment. A City and County of Denver retail food establishment license, filed in 2014, listed CoraFaye's Cafe at 2861 North Colorado Boulevard in Denver, according to OpenGovUS public records. According to Triple D Life, the business had planned to relocate its East Colfax Avenue location during the summer of 2016 before permanently closing that year. Census Bureau geocoding of the East Colfax Avenue address places that property in Aurora, Colorado, rather than Denver, the city listed for the original television episode segment. No dated, named source confirms a currently operating CoraFaye's Cafe location in either Denver or Aurora.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Timeless Traditions
- What was featured
- Southern soul food and scratch-made comfort cooking
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- CoraFaye's Café
Frequently asked questions
Is CoraFaye's Café still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, CoraFaye's Café has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, 2016.
What happened to CoraFaye's Café after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
CoraFaye's Cafe served down-home Southern soul food from a small, counter-style cafe. As of September 2026, CoraFaye's Café has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, 2016.
Is CoraFaye's Café permanently closed?
As of September 2026, CoraFaye's Café has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, 2016. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is CoraFaye's Café located?
16251 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80011. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured CoraFaye's Café?
Season 17, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired June 24, 2013. The episode is titled “Timeless Traditions”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 16251 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80011
- Venue type
- cafe
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Colorado
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Sources
- tripledlife.com — https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/corafayes-cafe/
- opengovus.com — https://opengovus.com/denver-business/2014-BFN-1073181
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