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

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As of September 2026, Darby's Cafe has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2018.

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Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: A HappyCow listing documents the cafe as confirmed closed in January 2018 at its final Three Magnets Brewing-building address, corroborated by a 2026 Yelp listing for the same address.

  • Season / episode Season 16, Episode 6
  • Original air date
  • Address 105 Franklin St NE, Olympia, WA 98501

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured this downtown Olympia cafe on the same January 21, 2013 episode, highlighting vegetarian and vegan comfort food such as tofu scramble and vegan biscuits and gravy, served in a Wizard of Oz-themed dining room. The cafe later moved from its original Fifth Avenue storefront into space inside the Three Magnets Brewing Company building on Franklin Street, sharing that kitchen with the brewery. According to a HappyCow listing, the cafe was confirmed closed in January 2018. A Yelp business page for the Franklin Street address, updated 2026-07, likewise marks the cafe as permanently closed. Both listings place the cafe's last known address at 105 Franklin Street, a short walk from its original Fifth Avenue location, where it had operated since the mid-1990s.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 16, Episode 6
Original air date
Episode title
Hometown Haunts
What was featured
vegan/vegetarian comfort food: tofu scramble, biscuits and gravy
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Darby's Cafe

Frequently asked questions

Is Darby's Cafe still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Darby's Cafe has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2018.

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

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured this downtown Olympia cafe on the same January 21, 2013 episode, highlighting vegetarian and vegan comfort food such as tofu scramble and vegan biscuits and gravy, served in a Wizard of Oz-themed dining room. As of September 2026, Darby's Cafe has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2018.

Is Darby's Cafe permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Darby's Cafe has closed — confirmed via happycow.net, January 2018. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Darby's Cafe located?

105 Franklin St NE, Olympia, WA 98501. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

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

Season 16, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired January 21, 2013. The episode is titled “Hometown Haunts”.

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Visit info

Address
105 Franklin St NE, Olympia, WA 98501
Venue type
cafe
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • happycow.net — https://www.happycow.net/reviews/darbys-cafe-olympia-5348
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/darbys-cafe-olympia

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