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What Happened to LaCaraquena After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, LaCaraquena has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.

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What the source shows: The DinersDriveInsDivesLocations.com profile lists the restaurant's phone number as permanently closed and reports that the restaurant, once inside a La Quinta Inn on West Broad Street, shut down in 2017.

  • Season / episode Season 10, Episode 9
  • Original air date
  • Address 300 W Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Gone Global' episode (aired 2010-11-08), Guy Fieri visited La Caraquena, a Venezuelan restaurant tucked inside a La Quinta Inn on West Broad Street in Falls Church, Virginia. The restaurant served scratch-made Latin American dishes including stuffed arepas, the beef-and-plantain dish pabellon criollo, and a rum-soaked flan called quesillo. A DinersDriveInsDivesLocations.com profile of the restaurant, updated 2025-07-15, reported that La Caraquena closed for good in 2017 and listed its phone number as permanently closed, adding that no replacement restaurant has since taken over the space. Wikipedia's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode list separately flags the restaurant as closed.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 10, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
Gone Global
What was featured
Venezuelan arepas, pabellon criollo, and rum-spiked quesillo flan
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
LaCaraquena

Frequently asked questions

Is LaCaraquena still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, LaCaraquena has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.

What happened to LaCaraquena after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Gone Global' episode (aired 2010-11-08), Guy Fieri visited La Caraquena, a Venezuelan restaurant tucked inside a La Quinta Inn on West Broad Street in Falls Church, Virginia. As of September 2026, LaCaraquena has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.

Is LaCaraquena permanently closed?

As of September 2026, LaCaraquena has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is LaCaraquena located?

300 W Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured LaCaraquena?

Season 10, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired November 8, 2010. The episode is titled “Gone Global”.

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Address
300 W Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
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