Is Grinders Pizza Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2 Kansas City, Missouri
Current status
As of October 2026, Grinders Pizza is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for a same-block 'Grinders West' location was updated July 2026, and an active Toast ordering page exists for a nearby 'Grinders Pizza' address on the same street. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 11
- Aired
- Address East 18th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
- Website grinderspizza.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2, Episode 11 Aired
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Grinders, a pizza and sandwich spot on 18th Street in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, on the episode "Off the Hook Specials" (aired 2008-01-14), highlighting the shop's New York-style pizza and Philly cheesesteaks. Grinders has operated in the Crossroads Arts District since 2004, according to the business's own site (grinderspizza.com). A Yelp listing for a location operating as "Grinders West" at 415 E 18th Street was updated July 2026 and shows continued reviews and photos, and an active Toast online-ordering page exists for a "Grinders Pizza" location at 417 E 18th Street. These current, dated listings for Grinders locations on the same block of 18th Street indicate the business remains open in the neighborhood, though the exact address for the original DDD-featured location was not independently confirmed down to a specific street number.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 32, Episode 2 Aired
On the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode "Takeout: Flavortown Comes Home" (aired 2020-04-24), Guy Fieri linked up with Grinders Pizza in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District by video call, according to Food Network's episode page. According to Grinders' own website, the restaurant has served New York-style pizza, Philly cheesesteaks, and its Death Wings since opening in 2004, with signature pies including the Tater-Tot Pizza and the Bengal Tiger Pizza.
Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 14 Aired
"Food Paradise" featured Grinders Pizza in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 2013 episode "Pizza Paradise 2: Another Slice" (S4E14), spotlighting the restaurant's specialty pizza. Grinders Pizza operates at 417 East 18th Street in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, according to Google Places, which lists the business as operational; the restaurant's website, grinderspizza.com, is associated with the same address. This entry records an additional Food Paradise appearance for the existing Grinders Pizza record already in the database, which shares the same name and Kansas City location.
The episodes
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Season 2: 36 of 45 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10White Palace Grill
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Ep 11Galewood Cook Shack
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Ep 11Schooner or Later
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Ep 11The Fly Trap
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- New owners
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/grinders-west-kansas-city
- Toast https://order.toasttab.com/online/grinders-pizza-downtown-417-e-18th-st
- grinderspizza.com https://grinderspizza.com/
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/episodes/takeout-flavortown-comes-home
- grinderspizza.com https://grinderspizza.com/kansas-city-home/
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Grinders+Pizza+Kansas+City+MO
- grinderspizza.com http://www.grinderspizza.com/
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Record ddd-0069 · checked by Cal Marchetti.