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What Happened to Mackinaw's Restaurant After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34 Chehalis, Washington

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Mackinaw's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via chronline.com, March 2023.

What the source shows: The Daily Chronicle (2023-03) reported the state's liquor board denied Mackinaw's license reapplication amid a COVID-order dispute, and Yelp's listing (updated 2026-06) still marks it closed; the original listing's original location match was a different restaurant in Green Bay, WI, corrected via search and Census geocoding. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Mackinaw's for the episode 'Regional Flavors' (aired 2021-10-01), spotlighting the restaurant's eclectic, farm-to-table menu, including dishes such as duck breast, Southwestern braised rabbit, and an oxtail Pakistani curry. Mackinaw's was a restaurant and bar established in 2006 inside the Hotel Washington building in downtown Chehalis, Washington. According to The Daily Chronicle, reporting in 2023-03, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board denied the restaurant's liquor-license reapplication after a dispute over COVID-era closure orders, and the same report noted the owner expected the business to close within weeks. Yelp's listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-06, is marked closed. this check found an initial location match pointed to a same-named restaurant in Green Bay, Wisconsin; the corrected address and coordinates above reflect the real Chehalis, Washington location.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 34

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Regional Flavors · What was featured: eclectic farm-to-table dishes like duck breast and oxtail curry
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. chronline.com https://www.chronline.com/stories/liquor-license-reapplication-denied-for-chehalis-restaurant-that-flouted-covid-closure-orders,315731
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mackinaws-chehalis-2
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