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What Happened to Meglio's After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

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As of September 2026, Meglio's has closed — confirmed via foodnetworkgossip.com, February 15, 2015.

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What the source shows: Food Network Gossip reported on February 15, 2015 that Meglio's had closed around January 2015, and Yelp's listing for the address, updated September 2026, still shows it permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 5
  • Original air date
  • Address 12490 Saint Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO 63044

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Meglio's Italian Grill & Bar in Bridgeton, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb, for the show's fifth episode, which aired February 16, 2011. As shown in the episode, the restaurant advertised old family recipes, but Robert Irvine found much of the food was actually coming from bags of frozen, pre-made product rather than being made from scratch, alongside a kitchen and dining room that had grown dated and a menu that had not kept pace with the neighborhood's changing tastes over the years the restaurant had been operating. Over the show's typical two-day rescue window, Irvine's team retooled the menu around fresh, from-scratch preparation, retrained the kitchen staff on basic cooking techniques, and refreshed the dining room ahead of the relaunch service for the owners and their regular customers. After the show aired, the owners reverted to their earlier menu, including the frozen pasta dishes Irvine had removed during filming. Meglio's continued operating for several more years before closing. Food Network Gossip reported on February 15, 2015 that readers and online reviews had confirmed the restaurant had shut down, that its website had been taken offline, and that a Yelp reviewer who visited in late January 2015 described the space as empty with a for-lease sign in the window. Food Network Gossip's report placed the closure at around January 2015 and noted Meglio's was the fifth restaurant from the show's first season to close, out of the seven restaurants that appeared that year. A restaurant called Frederick's Steakhouse & Pizzeria was described in a separate web summary as having later opened in the same space, though that detail comes from secondary aggregation and could not be independently confirmed here. Yelp's current listing for "Meglio's" at 12490 Saint Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, updated in September 2026, still shows the business as permanently closed, consistent with the 2015 closure reporting described above.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 5
Original air date
Episode title
Meglio's
What was featured
scratch-cooking overhaul replacing frozen, pre-made dishes at a family restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Meglio's

Frequently asked questions

Is Meglio's still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Meglio's has closed — confirmed via foodnetworkgossip.com, February 15, 2015.

What happened to Meglio's after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Meglio's Italian Grill & Bar in Bridgeton, Missouri, a St. As of September 2026, Meglio's has closed — confirmed via foodnetworkgossip.com, February 15, 2015.

Is Meglio's permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Meglio's has closed — confirmed via foodnetworkgossip.com, February 15, 2015. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Meglio's located?

12490 Saint Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO 63044. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Meglio's?

Season 1, Episode 5 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired February 16, 2011. The episode is titled “Meglio's”.

Did the makeover last at Meglio's?

The episode first aired February 16, 2011. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 15 years later —: As of September 2026, Meglio's has closed — confirmed via foodnetworkgossip.com, February 15, 2015.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

Food Network Gossip reported on February 15, 2015 that readers and online reviews had confirmed the restaurant had shut down, that its website had been taken offline, and that a Yelp reviewer who visited in late January 2015 described the space as empty with a for-lease sign in the window. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Meglio's still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

As shown in the episode, the restaurant advertised old family recipes, but Robert Irvine found much of the food was actually coming from bags of frozen, pre-made product rather than being made from scratch, alongside a kitchen and dining room that had grown dated and a menu that had not kept pace with the neighborhood's changing tastes over the years the restaurant had been operating. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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12490 Saint Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO 63044
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Sources

  • foodnetworkgossip.com — https://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2015/02/meglios-from-restaurant-impossible-has-closed.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/meglios-bridgeton

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