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What Happened to Hill's Restaurant & Lounge? (Spokane, WA)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11 Spokane, Washington Closed 2019

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Hill's Restaurant & Lounge has closed — confirmed via spokesman.com, March 4, 2019.

What the source shows: The Spokesman-Review reported that Hill's Restaurant and Lounge served its last meal on 2019-02-28, and a Yelp listing updated 2026-03 continues to mark the address permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Hill's Restaurant & Lounge in downtown Spokane for the episode "Po' Boys, Pasta & Pork," which aired 2011-01-10, spotlighting the restaurant's comfort-food menu. Hill's was a family-owned restaurant and lounge founded in 1993 by brothers Steven and Dave Hill, originally as Hill's Someplace Else on Sprague Avenue, before the family relocated the business to 401 W. Main Ave. in downtown Spokane in 2007. According to the Spokesman-Review, Hill's Restaurant and Lounge served its final meal on 2019-02-28, closing after 26 years in business. A Yelp business listing, updated 2026-03, continues to mark the restaurant as permanently closed, with no indication that a successor business or reopening has occurred at the address.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Po' Boys, Pasta & Pork · What was featured: Comfort-food and pub fare at this downtown Spokane restaurant and lounge
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. spokesman.com https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/mar/04/hills-restaurant-in-downtown-spokane-closes/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/hills-restaurant-and-lounge-spokane-2
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