What Happened to Savarino's Cucina After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Current status
As of September 2026, Savarino's Cucina has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.
Last verified
What the source shows: The DinersDriveInsDivesLocations.com profile reports Savarino's Cucina closed for good on April 29, 2017 when its owners retired, and lists its phone number as permanently closed.
- Season / episode Season 10, Episode 9
- Original air date
- Address 2121 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
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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 Savarino's Cucina, a counter-service Italian diner in Nashville's Hillsboro Village neighborhood. The restaurant, run by Corrado and Maria Savarino, served scratch-made Italian fare including homemade fettuccine, stacked Italian-style sandwiches, and house-made gelato, alongside a bakery and coffee counter. A DinersDriveInsDivesLocations.com profile of the restaurant, updated 2025-07-15, reported that Savarino's Cucina closed for good on April 29, 2017 when the Savarinos retired, and listed its phone number as permanently closed. Wikipedia's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode list separately flags the restaurant as closed.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Gone Global
- What was featured
- Homemade fettuccine, Italian sandwiches, and house-made gelato
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Savarino's Cucina
Frequently asked questions
Is Savarino's Cucina still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Savarino's Cucina has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.
What happened to Savarino's Cucina after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Gone Global' episode (aired 2010-11-08), Guy Fieri visited Savarino's Cucina, a counter-service Italian diner in Nashville's Hillsboro Village neighborhood. As of September 2026, Savarino's Cucina has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, July 2025.
Is Savarino's Cucina permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Savarino's Cucina 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 Savarino's Cucina located?
2121 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Savarino's Cucina?
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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Visit info
- Address
- 2121 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
- Venue type
- deli
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Tennessee
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Sources
- dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com — https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/savarinos-cucina-tennessee.html
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Diners,_Drive-Ins_and_Dives_episodes
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