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What Happened to Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine? (Boise, ID)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 7 Boise, Idaho Closed 2011

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine has closed — confirmed via ktvb.com, October 22, 2011.

What the source shows: KTVB reported in October 2011 that the restaurant's owners had announced its closing after six years in business, and a Yelp listing updated in 2026 still marks the location permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine in "Only At This Joint" (S7E5), which aired August 31, 2009, highlighting the restaurant's Southwest-inspired menu and kitschy trailer-park decor. Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine was a diner-style restaurant in Boise, Idaho, that opened in 2005 at 1515 West Grove Street, according to KTVB. KTVB reported on October 22, 2011 that the restaurant's owners had announced its final day of business would be October 26, 2011, after six years in operation. A Yelp listing for the business, updated May 2026, marks it as permanently closed and still lists the Grove Street address. No source reviewed for this record shows the location has reopened since the 2011 closure reported by KTVB.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 7

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Only At This Joint · What was featured: Southwest-inspired trailer-park cuisine and kitschy roadside decor
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. ktvb.com https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/eclectic-boise-eatery-to-close-its-doors/277-364121719
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/donnie-macs-trailer-park-cuisine-boise
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