What Happened to J.J. McBrewster's After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 10 Lexington, Kentucky Closed 2016
Current status
As of October 2026, J.J. McBrewster's has closed — confirmed via tripledlife.com, November 19, 2016.
What the source shows: Triple D Life's closure page states the restaurant permanently closed on 2016-11-19 per a Facebook post from the owners, and the former restaurant domain now hosts unrelated cybersecurity-services content. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 10, Episode 6
- Aired
- Address 3101 Clays Mill Road, Lexington, KY 40503
- Website jjmcbrewsters.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
On the "Sauced and Spiced" episode, which aired 2010-10-04, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured J.J. McBrewster's smoked turkey with melon sauce, a Western Kentucky-style barbecue specialty. The restaurant operated on Clays Mill Road in Lexington, Kentucky. Triple D Life reports that the restaurant closed permanently on 2016-11-19, citing a Facebook post from the owners about retirement. A Yelp listing updated 2026-03 also marks the restaurant as permanently closed. The former jjmcbrewsters.com domain, checked 2026-09-08, no longer serves restaurant content — it now displays an unrelated cybersecurity-services page, consistent with a lapsed domain that has since been resold rather than an active business site. Triple D Life's episode notes describe J.J. McBrewster's as known for scratch-made cooking, including a hickory-smoked goat platter and mutton dinner, alongside the smoked turkey Guy Fieri sampled on air.
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Sources we checked
- tripledlife.com https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/j-j-mcbrewsters/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/jj-mcbrewsters-lexington
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Record ddd-0368 · checked by Cal Marchetti.