What Happened to Mike Audia's Restaurant? (Nutter Fort, WV)
Current status
As of September 2026, Mike Audia's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wboy.com, January 2020.
Last verified
What the source shows: WBOY-TV reported in January 2020 that Audia's Family Restaurant and Catering closed permanently after the building's landlord decided to sell the property, and Google Places lists the business as CLOSED_PERMANENTLY as of the 2026-09-08 packet compile.
- Season / episode Season 15, Episode 7
- Original air date
- Address 1633 Buckhannon Pike, Nutter Fort, WV 26301
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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?
Mike Audia's Restaurant & Catering, an Italian restaurant Mike Audia opened in Nutter Fort, West Virginia, in 2008, was featured on Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) in the episode 'A Single Dad Sparks His Passion' (S15E7), which aired 2019-08-10. According to Food Network's episode description, Audia — a single father raising his children while running the restaurant — faced the possibility of losing both the business and his home, and the restaurant's menu had lost a clear identity across several cuisines. Robert Irvine's team carried out the show's standard two-day, $10,000 makeover, giving the restaurant a clearer Italian focus and a refreshed dining room. WDTV, a West Virginia television station, covered the crew's arrival in Nutter Fort in 2019 and described the restaurant as a longstanding local fixture.
In the months after the episode aired, daily sales rose to roughly $3,000 two months after the broadcast, according to coverage tied to the original airing. The turnaround did not last: WBOY-TV reported in January 2020 that Audia's Family Restaurant and Catering had closed permanently, with owner Mike Audia saying the building's landlord had decided to sell the property and forced the restaurant to leave. A related report on the blog Candace Lately, also dated January 2020, covered the closure alongside a look back at the restaurant's run in Nutter Fort.
Google Places lists the business as permanently closed, per a 2026-09-08 check, with no indication that Mike Audia's Restaurant & Catering, or a successor business under the Audia name, has reopened at the Buckhannon Pike address since the January 2020 closure. WBOY's report noted that Audia had operated the restaurant for years as an Italian eatery before the show's visit, and that the family had hoped the Restaurant: Impossible makeover would secure its future at the Buckhannon Pike location despite the eventual loss of the lease.
Featured on Restaurant: Impossible
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- A Single Dad Sparks His Passion
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- Mike Audia's Restaurant
Frequently asked questions
Is Mike Audia's Restaurant still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Mike Audia's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wboy.com, January 2020.
What happened to Mike Audia's Restaurant after Restaurant: Impossible?
Mike Audia's Restaurant & Catering, an Italian restaurant Mike Audia opened in Nutter Fort, West Virginia, in 2008, was featured on Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) in the episode 'A Single Dad Sparks His Passion' (S15E7), which aired 2019-08-10. As of September 2026, Mike Audia's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wboy.com, January 2020.
Is Mike Audia's Restaurant permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Mike Audia's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wboy.com, January 2020. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Mike Audia's Restaurant located?
1633 Buckhannon Pike, Nutter Fort, WV 26301. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Mike Audia's Restaurant?
Season 15, Episode 7 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired August 10, 2019. The episode is titled “A Single Dad Sparks His Passion”.
Did the makeover last at Mike Audia's Restaurant?
The episode first aired August 10, 2019. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 7 years later —: As of September 2026, Mike Audia's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wboy.com, January 2020.
Is Mike Audia's Restaurant still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?
According to Food Network's episode description, Audia — a single father raising his children while running the restaurant — faced the possibility of losing both the business and his home, and the restaurant's menu had lost a clear identity across several cuisines. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.
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- 1633 Buckhannon Pike, Nutter Fort, WV 26301
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Sources
- wboy.com — https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/audias-restaurant-closes-months-after-appearing-on-food-network/
- candacelately.com — https://www.candacelately.com/2020/01/nutter-fort-edition-audias-restaurant.html
- wdtv.com — https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Restaurant-Impossible-takes-over-Audias-Family-Restaurant-in-Nutter-Fort-510628721.html
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