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What Happened to Chicago Brauhaus After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 14 Chicago, Illinois Closed 2017

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Chicago Brauhaus has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp marks the Lincoln Avenue restaurant's page permanently closed as of an August 2026 update, Time Out Chicago reported the original restaurant's November 2017 closure, and Secret Chicago reported a September 2020 reopening inside DANK Haus that the cultural center's own site no longer reflects. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On the July 2012 Coast to Coast Chow episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri toured the kitchen at this Lincoln Square German beer hall, watching cooks prepare schnitzel and other Bavarian dishes alongside the restaurant's own live-music dining room. The restaurant had operated in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4732 North Lincoln Avenue for decades before the show's visit, pairing scratch-made sausages and roasts with a German beer list. Yelp's page for the Lincoln Avenue address is marked permanently closed, with an update as recent as August 2026.

Time Out Chicago reported that the original restaurant closed in November 2017, and Secret Chicago separately reported that the Brauhaus reopened in September 2020 inside the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center a few miles away. DANK Haus's own website, checked in September 2026, makes no mention of an operating restaurant on its premises.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 14

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Coast to Coast Chow · What was featured: German beer hall schnitzel, sausages, and live music dining
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/chicago-brauhaus-chicago
  2. timeout.com https://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/lincoln-squares-beloved-bavarian-beer-hall-chicago-brauhaus-is-closing-110717
  3. secretchicago.com https://secretchicago.com/chicago-brauhaus/
  4. dankhaus.com https://www.dankhaus.com/
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