Is Broad Street Bistro Still Open? Restaurant: Impossible (FN) Update

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) traveled to North Versailles, Pennsylvania, for the episode "Ambush: Third Ambush Is the Charm," which aired May 4, 2016, during season 13. The episode centered on Broad Street Bistro, run by an owner who had held the restaurant for about a year and a half, and his son, a culinary-school-trained chef who wanted a larger role in the kitchen. Chef Robert Irvine's ambush visit addressed both a strained father-son working relationship and a dining room and kitchen the show described as needing a full physical overhaul, along with menu changes meant to modernize the food.

Coverage following the episode described an improved sales and workflow picture in the months after the reveal, and the restaurant has continued operating in the years since under the same name and at the same Broad Street address. Yelp's page for the business, last updated in May 2026, shows continuing customer reviews and photos. The business also maintains its own website and an active Facebook page under the Broad Street Bistro name, both consistent with ongoing operation at 1025 Broad St, North Versailles. No reporting was found describing a change in ownership, a closure, or a rename since the 2016 episode.

The recency of the Yelp update and the parallel presence of an independently maintained website and social media page both point to the restaurant being open. This episode aired as part of a run of season 13 "ambush" episodes that used a surprise-visit format rather than the standard call-in premise that opens most Restaurant: Impossible episodes; the underlying makeover structure -- a roughly two-day renovation combining kitchen operations, menu, and design changes -- matched the rest of the series. No secondary review platform beyond Yelp was checked for this record, but the combination of a recently updated business listing, an independently maintained website, and active social media together give this record's open status a stronger evidentiary basis than a single listing alone would provide.