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What Happened to Chatterbox After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

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As of September 2026, Chatterbox has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 28, 2014.

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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: New Hampshire Restaurant Reviews reported on January 28, 2014 that the 'now out of business' Chatterbox Cafe space in Windham had been taken over by MaryAnn's Diner; a Yelp listing for the Chatterbox Windham address is separately marked permanently closed, updated May 2026.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 2
  • Original air date
  • Address 4 Cobbetts Pond Rd, Windham, NH 03087

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine visited the Chatterbox Cafe in Windham, New Hampshire, run by owner Lynn Malone. According to the episode, Malone was a former stay-at-home mother of five who used her late husband's life insurance proceeds to open the restaurant with little prior food-service experience. The crew spent roughly three days and $10,000 addressing what the episode described as inconsistent food, an inexperienced staff, and a dated dining room, aiming to give Malone both a workable menu and clearer operating procedures she could sustain after the crew left. The episode aired February 15, 2012. Local coverage around the time of filming, including a Nashua Telegraph article on the makeover, described the Windham business regrouping around the new menu and layout in the months that followed. According to the blog New Hampshire Restaurant Reviews, which had reviewed the cafe before the renovation, the business was 'now out of business' by January 2014, and other secondary accounts describe the closure as occurring in January 2013 after a vehicle accident damaged the building, ending operations less than a year after the episode aired. The same New Hampshire Restaurant Reviews post found the space had been taken over by MaryAnn's Diner, a 1950s-style diner chain based in Derry, New Hampshire, which had opened in the former Chatterbox location by early 2014. A Yelp listing for 'The Chatterbox Windham' at the same Cobbetts Pond Road address is separately marked permanently closed, last updated in May 2026. No source identified during this research indicates the Chatterbox Cafe, or owner Lynn Malone, reopened the restaurant elsewhere after the 2013 closure. Coverage from the time of the makeover noted that Malone had run the cafe for a relatively short period before the show intervened, and that the renovation focused as much on basic kitchen training and consistency as on cosmetic changes to the dining room. The Nashua Telegraph's report on the makeover described the business as still finding its footing in the months immediately after filming.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 2
Original air date
Episode title
Chatterbox
What was featured
Three-day makeover of a first-time restaurateur's struggling cafe
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Chatterbox

Frequently asked questions

Is Chatterbox still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Chatterbox has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 28, 2014.

What happened to Chatterbox after Restaurant: Impossible?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine visited the Chatterbox Cafe in Windham, New Hampshire, run by owner Lynn Malone. As of September 2026, Chatterbox has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 28, 2014.

Is Chatterbox permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Chatterbox has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 28, 2014. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Chatterbox located?

4 Cobbetts Pond Rd, Windham, NH 03087. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Chatterbox?

Season 3, Episode 2 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired February 15, 2012. The episode is titled “Chatterbox”.

Did the makeover last at Chatterbox?

The episode first aired February 15, 2012. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 14 years later —: As of September 2026, Chatterbox has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, January 28, 2014.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

According to the blog New Hampshire Restaurant Reviews, which had reviewed the cafe before the renovation, the business was 'now out of business' by January 2014, and other secondary accounts describe the closure as occurring in January 2013 after a vehicle accident damaged the building, ending operations less than a year after the episode aired. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Chatterbox still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

The crew spent roughly three days and $10,000 addressing what the episode described as inconsistent food, an inexperienced staff, and a dated dining room, aiming to give Malone both a workable menu and clearer operating procedures she could sustain after the crew left. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
4 Cobbetts Pond Rd, Windham, NH 03087
Venue type
cafe
Official website
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