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What Happened to Little Tea Shop After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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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.

Primary source
memphisflyer.com
Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: The Memphis Flyer's article on the shop describes an extended closure without a firm date, while a Yelp listing updated June 2026 separately associates the business with a different address, leaving the current status unresolved.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 7
  • Original air date
  • Address 69 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Little Tea Shop in "American Classics," which aired 2008-05-12, spotlighting the tea room's homestyle Southern lunch plates. Little Tea Shop was a lunch counter and tea room that had operated in downtown Memphis, Tennessee since 1918, long known as one of the city's oldest restaurants. The Memphis Flyer's article "Little Tea Shop: Still Closed for Now" describes an extended closure of the Monroe Avenue location without giving a firm date. A Yelp listing updated 2026-06 separately associates the business with a Peabody Avenue address, raising the possibility of a relocation rather than a permanent closure. No owner statement, licensing record, or dated news account was found confirming either outcome, so this record's status could not be settled from the available sources.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
American Classics
What was featured
Homestyle Southern lunch plates at a downtown tea room
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Little Tea Shop

Frequently asked questions

Is Little Tea Shop 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 Little Tea Shop after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Little Tea Shop in "American Classics," which aired 2008-05-12, spotlighting the tea room's homestyle Southern lunch plates. 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 Little Tea Shop located?

69 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Little Tea Shop?

Season 3, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired May 12, 2008. The episode is titled “American Classics”.

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Address
69 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
Venue type
cafe
Official website
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Sources

  • memphisflyer.com — https://www.memphisflyer.com/little-tea-shop-still-closed-for-now/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-little-tea-shop-memphis

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