Is Comet Café Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 6 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Current status
As of October 2026, Comet Café is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: A direct site check on 2026-09-08 found thecometcafe.com live with a 2026 copyright, working menus and an online-ordering link; Milwaukee Magazine separately reported the cafe's 2022 reopening under new ownership after a pandemic closure. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 6, Episode 12
- Aired
- Address 1947 North Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
- Website thecometcafe.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 6, Episode 12 Aired
On "Comfort Cookin'" (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, aired 2009-06-29), Guy Fieri visited Comet Cafe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring the restaurant's comfort-food brunch fare. Comet Cafe is a cafe and bar at 1947 North Farwell Avenue offering daily and weekend brunch menus alongside a dedicated pie shop, according to the restaurant's own website. A site check on 2026-09-08 found thecometcafe.com live with a 2026 copyright notice, current navigation for its daily, weekend-brunch, and kids' menus, gift cards, catering, and job listings, and an active online ordering link. The site also promotes seasonal drinks and directs customers to its in-house pie shop for take-home desserts. Business-listing data shows the cafe keeping hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily on Milwaukee's East Side.
Food Paradise, Season 12, Episode 7
The 'Meltdown' episode featured Comet Café, a café and pie shop in Milwaukee's East Side. According to the business's own website, thecometcafe.com, the café was listing its daily, weekend brunch, and drinks menus and offering online ordering during a 2026-09-09 check.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 23, Episode 16 Aired
On the 'Ultimate Turkey Fest' compilation special, Guy Fieri revisited Comet Cafe, an East Side Milwaukee hangout known for its bacon-wrapped meatloaf. The turkey-themed segment featured the cafe's compact turkey dinner, beer-battered balls of slow-roasted turkey and stuffing served with mashed potatoes. Comet Cafe closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic after 25 years in business, according to Milwaukee Magazine, which reported on October 26, 2022 that the cafe had reopened under a new ownership team behind Bay View's Honeypie Cafe, restoring many of its original menu items. A direct check of thecometcafe.com on September 8, 2026 found the site live with a 2026 copyright, a full daily and weekend-brunch menu, and a working online-ordering link, with the cafe listed at 1947 North Farwell Avenue and phone (414) 273-7677.
The episodes
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Sources we checked
- thecometcafe.com http://www.thecometcafe.com
- thecometcafe.com http://www.thecometcafe.com/
- milwaukeemag.com https://www.milwaukeemag.com/comet-cafe-has-made-a-triumphant-return/
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Record ddd-0238 · checked by Cal Marchetti.