What Happened to Empire Brewing Company After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 16 Syracuse, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Empire Brewing Company has closed — confirmed via Wikipedia, August 2019.
What the source shows: A Wikipedia account citing news coverage documents an August 2019 bankruptcy filing preceding the Walton Street restaurant's closure, corroborated by a 2026 Yelp listing marking the address permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 7
- Aired
- Address 120 Walton St, Syracuse, NY 13202
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this Armory Square brewpub on the February 11, 2013 episode "Land to Sea," spotlighting house-brewed craft beer alongside a scratch-kitchen pub menu. Founded in 1994 by David Katleski, the brewpub operated on Walton Street in downtown Syracuse for roughly two decades and later expanded into a separate farm brewery. According to Wikipedia's page on the company, sourced to news coverage, the farm brewery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August 2019, citing more than $10 million in debt, and the Walton Street restaurant closed following that filing. A Yelp listing for the Walton Street address, updated 2026-09, marks the restaurant as permanently closed. The brewpub had been a fixture of Syracuse's Armory Square dining district since the mid-1990s.
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