What Happened to Dos Diablos After Food Paradise? (Chicago, IL)
Current status
As of September 2026, Dos Diablos has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 16, 2018.
Last verified
What the source shows: Google Places marks Dos Diablos as permanently closed, and its former website domain has been repurposed for unrelated foreign-language content since at least January 2018.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Address 15 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654
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What happened after Food Paradise?
On Food Paradise's 2013 episode 'Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word' (Travel Channel), the show visited Dos Diablos, a Mexican-themed restaurant and bar on West Hubbard Street in downtown Chicago, spotlighting its fried bar snacks. Google Places lists Dos Diablos's business status as permanently closed as of the most recent check. A check of the restaurant's former website, dosdiabloschicago.com, on September 8, 2026, found the domain no longer serving any restaurant content — the page displayed unrelated Japanese-language promotional text — and it carried a last-modified date of January 16, 2018, indicating the site had already gone dormant or been repurposed years before that check. The episode itself was part of a broader look at deep-fried bar food served at restaurants across several U.S. cities.
Featured on Food Paradise
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word
- What was featured
- fried Mexican-style bar snacks and appetizers
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Dos Diablos
Frequently asked questions
Is Dos Diablos still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Dos Diablos has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 16, 2018.
What happened to Dos Diablos after Food Paradise?
On Food Paradise's 2013 episode 'Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word' (Travel Channel), the show visited Dos Diablos, a Mexican-themed restaurant and bar on West Hubbard Street in downtown Chicago, spotlighting its fried bar snacks. As of September 2026, Dos Diablos has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 16, 2018.
Is Dos Diablos permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Dos Diablos has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 16, 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 Dos Diablos located?
15 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Dos Diablos?
Season 4, Episode 18 of Food Paradise, first aired 2013. The episode is titled “Deep Fried Paradise 3: Grease is the Word”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 15 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- dosdiabloschicago.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Illinois
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Sources
- dosdiabloschicago.com — http://www.dosdiabloschicago.com/
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Dos+Diablos+15+W+Hubbard+St+Chicago+IL+60654
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