Is Salt & Pepper Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 38 Calgary, Alberta
Current status
As of October 2026, Salt & Pepper is listed open on saltnpepper.ca, reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-10-19, showed a 2026 copyright, daily hours and a pickup/delivery ordering option, and a Daily Hive roundup dated 2026-03-28 listed the Bowness Road address. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 38, Episode 13
- Aired
- Address 6515 Bowness Rd NW, Calgary, AB T3B 0E8
- Website saltnpepper.ca
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Salt & Pepper was featured in “Great Taste, Surprising Place,” Season 38, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network), which aired on 2024-01-26. The restaurant serves Mexican food at 6515 Bowness Rd NW in Calgary’s Bowness area. According to Savour Calgary (2024-10-08), the Solano family opened the first Salt & Pepper on Macleod Trail in 1988, and the Bowness restaurant is family-run by chef Silvio Solano and his son Alexo; the article singled out the mole sauce, a barbacoa dinner for two and a weekend churro French toast.
Daily Hive (2023-09-07) reported that Guy Fieri was spotted filming in Bowness, and the restaurant’s own news page recorded his visit on 2025-03-08. Its website, checked 2026-10-19, listed tapas, tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas and chiles rellenos, carried a 2026 copyright notice, gave daily hours and offered online ordering for pickup or delivery. Daily Hive (2026-03-28) included the restaurant and its Bowness Road address in a roundup of Calgary stops tied to Fieri.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- saltnpepper.ca http://saltnpepper.ca/
- savourcalgary.ca https://savourcalgary.ca/decades-of-deliciousness/
- dailyhive.com https://dailyhive.com/calgary/guy-fieri-calgary-restaurant
- dailyhive.com https://dailyhive.com/calgary/guy-fieri-calgary-restaurants-2
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Record ddd-1646 · checked by Cal Marchetti.