Is Center Point Pit Barbecue Still Open? (Hendersonville, TN)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 18 Hendersonville, Tennessee
Current status
As of October 2026, Center Point Pit Barbecue is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: The business's own website listed current operating hours (Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-7 pm, Sunday 10 am-3 pm, closed Mondays) when checked on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 18, Episode 11
- Aired
- Address 1212 West Main Street, Hendersonville, TN 37075
- Website centerpointbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Part 1 — Season 18, Episode 11 Aired
Guy Fieri featured Center Point Barbecue's traditional pulled-pork shoulder and a holiday-style ham on the December 16, 2013 episode "Tennessee Holiday Traditions," according to a recap on TVFoodies.com. The family-run barbecue restaurant has operated in Hendersonville, Tennessee since the mid-1950s, according to the restaurant's own website, centerpointbbq.com. On 2026-09-08, centerpointbbq.com listed current hours of Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Mondays closed. Main Street Media of Tennessee published an article describing the restaurant's continued operation under its recurring "Ms. Cheap" consumer column. The restaurant sits on West Main Street in Hendersonville, in Sumner County just northeast of Nashville.
Part 2 — Season 23, Episode 18 Aired
On the 'Holiday Hoopla' episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (aired 2015-12-11), Guy Fieri returned to Center Point Pit Barbecue in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The segment featured a sugar-glazed, honey-smoked ham brined for four days and smoked for six hours, according to the show's episode archive at dinersdriveinsdives.com.
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Sources we checked
- tvfoodies.com https://www.tvfoodies.com/locations/7168/center-point-pit-barbecue/
- centerpointbbq.com https://www.centerpointbbq.com/
- mainstreetmediatn.com https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/ms-cheap-robertsoncountyconnection/ms-cheap-center-point-pit-barbecue-is-still-going-strong-3/
- dinersdriveinsdives.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdives.com/episode/Holiday-Hoopla
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Record ddd-0647 · checked by Cal Marchetti.