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What Happened to Kiki College Hill After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37 Cincinnati, Ohio

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Kiki College Hill has closed — confirmed via fox19.com, February 12, 2025.

What the source shows: CityBeat and Fox19 both report Kiki's College Hill location served its last meals 2025-03-21 after the owner announced the closure. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'Dumpling-icious' (aired 2023-08-18), Guy Fieri visited Kiki, a Japanese izakaya-style restaurant in Cincinnati's College Hill neighborhood, sampling pork gyoza served with a house-made ponzu sauce. The restaurant was owned by chef Hideki Harada and his wife Yuko, who met at culinary school in Osaka, Japan, and opened Kiki in September 2019, according to Cincinnati Magazine. According to Fox19 and CityBeat, Kiki served its last meals at the College Hill location, 5932 Hamilton Avenue, on March 21, 2025, after six years in business.

CityBeat reported that owner Hideki Harada said the closure was not the end for Kiki, adding "we're just now getting started," though no successor location had been confirmed as of the reporting. Fox19 reported that Harada said he intended to remain in the College Hill neighborhood.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37

Episode 11
Aired
Title: Dumpling-icious · What was featured: Japanese izakaya pork gyoza with house-made ponzu sauce
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. fox19.com https://www.fox19.com/2025/02/12/another-cincinnati-diners-drive-ins-dives-feature-is-closing/
  2. citybeat.com https://www.citybeat.com/food-drink/kiki-is-closing-its-college-hill-location-19011494/
  3. cincinnatimagazine.com https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/watch-kiki-appear-on-diners-drive-ins-and-dives-this-friday
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