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What Happened to Berky's Restaurant @ Lee Hi Travel Plaza (I-81 to U.S…?

Food Paradise, Season 4 Lexington, Virginia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Berky's Restaurant @ Lee Hi Travel Plaza (I-81 to U.S. 11) has closed — confirmed via Foursquare, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Foursquare required login to view directly this check, but a fresh search independently confirms the closure -- MapQuest lists Berky's Restaurant at Lee Hi Travel Plaza as "Permanently closed," and Rockbridge Report confirms an IHOP replaced Berky's on the same site, consistent with the prior finding. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On Travel Channel's "Food Paradise" (season 4, 2013), Berky's Restaurant was featured for its diner-style truck-stop fare, served from a sit-down restaurant inside the Lee Hi Travel Plaza at the interchange of Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11. our records matched this record to the interstate highway itself rather than to a street address, so the correct location was found separately through a search. A Foursquare listing marks Berky's Restaurant at Lee Hi Travel Plaza as permanently closed, and the travel plaza's Facebook page is now named for an IHOP at the same location, per pages reviewed 2026-09-08. No dated closure announcement was found for either signal, so this record relies on those two listings rather than a single authoritative source.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Episode 22
Aired
Title: Truck Stop Paradise · What was featured: Truck-stop diner fare served at the Lee Hi Travel Plaza
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Foursquare https://foursquare.com/v/berkys-restaurant-at-lee-hi-travel-plaza/4ed98fb8d3e346be335ad5f3
  2. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LEEHIIHOP/
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Record fp-0357 · checked by Cal Marchetti.