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What Happened to Market Bar-B-Que After Food Paradise? (Minneapolis, MN)

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As of September 2026, Market Bar-B-Que has closed — confirmed via fox9.com, September 2025.

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Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: News coverage from September 2025 and a Yelp update from mid-2026 show Market Bar-B-Que's brand and building listed for sale and its locations marked permanently closed; the packet's located match (Rollin' Nolen's BBQ) is a different, unrelated business.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Market Bar-B-Que showcased slow-smoked ribs and brisket from a real brick pit, a technique the family-run barbecue restaurant had used since opening in downtown Minneapolis in 1946. The business later moved to the Eat Street corridor on Nicollet Avenue in the late 1980s and relocated again to Northeast Minneapolis's Lowry Avenue in 2019. According to Fox 9, the restaurant's building, four food trucks, and the Market Bar-B-Que brand were listed for sale in September 2025. Bring Me the News reported around the same time that the restaurant had gone dark while the sale was pending. A Yelp listing for the Lowry Avenue NE location, updated 2026-06, marks it permanently closed; a separate Yelp listing for the earlier Nicollet Avenue address, updated 2026-08, also marks it permanently closed. The location match auto-generated for this record pointed to Rollin' Nolen's BBQ, a different, unrelated Minneapolis barbecue restaurant a few miles away.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 17, Episode 8
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Sights and Bites
What was featured
Wood-pit-smoked ribs and brisket at a historic Minneapolis BBQ joint
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Market Bar-B-Que

Frequently asked questions

Is Market Bar-B-Que still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Market Bar-B-Que has closed — confirmed via fox9.com, September 2025.

What happened to Market Bar-B-Que after Food Paradise?

Market Bar-B-Que showcased slow-smoked ribs and brisket from a real brick pit, a technique the family-run barbecue restaurant had used since opening in downtown Minneapolis in 1946. As of September 2026, Market Bar-B-Que has closed — confirmed via fox9.com, September 2025.

Is Market Bar-B-Que permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Market Bar-B-Que has closed — confirmed via fox9.com, September 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Market Bar-B-Que located?

220 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Market Bar-B-Que?

Season 17, Episode 8 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Sights and Bites”.

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Address
220 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
marketbbq.com

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Sources

  • fox9.com — https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-market-bar-b-que-building-brand-sale-sept-2025
  • bringmethenews.com — https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/minneapolis-restaurant-market-bar-b-que-goes-dark-as-its-listed-for-sale
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/market-bar-b-que-minneapolis-2
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/market-bar-b-que-minneapolis-3

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