What Happened to Bistro Baffi After Mystery Diners? (Normandy Park, WA)

In the Mystery Diners episode "Grapes of Wrath" (aired 2014-02-10), Bistro Baffi owner Michael told series investigator Charles Stiles that several bottles of expensive wine had gone missing from his Burien, Washington restaurant, according to Discovery+'s official episode description. Undercover investigators Allison, Julie, and Benny then worked the dining room to watch the staff Michael suspected. According to IMDb's episode listing, the investigators found that Michael's floor manager had been distracted from his duties by unauthorized side deals in art, and that a waitress had accepted payoffs from customers who wanted to leave with bottles of wine.

As Wikipedia's article on the series notes, citing its sources, Mystery Diners' end-credits disclaimer allows that events may be re-enacted for dramatic effect, and the show has drawn criticism from television critics over how staged its confrontations are. As is typical for the series, Stiles presented the investigators' findings to Michael so he could address the staff involved. The episode aired as part of a run of Pacific Northwest restaurants the series profiled in February and March 2014. Google Places' listing for the business, checked 2026-09-08, gives its address as 19987 1st Ave S Ste 101 in neighboring Normandy Park, Washington rather than Burien, and marks the business as permanently closed. The restaurant's own website, bistrobaffi.com, returned no response when checked the same day, consistent with the listing. No further ownership change or reopening was found for the address.