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What Happened to Frosted Mug After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1 Alsip, Illinois

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Frosted Mug has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated August 2026, marks the Frosted Mug Drive In in Alsip, Illinois as permanently closed; the Food Network's own restaurant directory separately files the business under a closed-restaurant page. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' third episode, 'Blue Plate Special' (aired 2007-05-07), featured the Frosted Mug, a drive-in restaurant on South Pulaski Road in Alsip, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago. Yelp's listing, updated in August 2026, marks the Frosted Mug Drive In as permanently closed. The Food Network's own restaurant directory lists the business under a page titled 'Frosted Mug | Restaurants: Food Network,' filed as a closed restaurant, consistent with the Yelp finding. The Better Business Bureau separately maintains a business profile for the Frosted Mug Drive In at the same Pulaski Road address, though that profile does not state a specific closure date. No source found for this record shows a business currently operating under the Frosted Mug name at that address.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Blue Plate Special · What was featured: classic American drive-in fare
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 1 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season 1: 21 of 37 still open · 5 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-frosted-mug-drive-in-alsip
  2. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/no-city/frosted-mug-closed-restaurant
  3. bbb.org https://www.bbb.org/us/il/alsip/profile/restaurants/frosted-mug-drive-in-0654-88294114
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