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What Happened to Munch's Restaurant & Sundries? (Saint Petersburg, FL)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Saint Petersburg, Florida Closed December 2022

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Munch's Restaurant & Sundries has closed — confirmed via fox13news.com, December 21, 2022.

What the source shows: Fox 13 Tampa Bay (2022-12-21) and a July 2026 Yelp listing confirm Munch's Restaurant & Sundries closed on 2022-12-30, at a different address from 'The Brunch Munch Food Truck,' the unrelated business the original listing had matched. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured Munch's Restaurant & Sundries in the season 12 episode "Grillin' and Smokin'," which aired September 12, 2011, spotlighting the diner's large breakfast plates. Munch's Restaurant & Sundries opened in 1952 as a post office and store that sold sandwiches to construction workers, and operated at 3920 6th St S in St. Petersburg, Florida under owner Larry Munch, who had run it since 1994, according to Fox 13 Tampa Bay. Fox 13 reported on December 21, 2022 that Munch's would close on December 30, 2022, as Larry Munch retired after nearly 70 years in the family business. Yelp's listing for the address, last updated in July 2026, lists the business as permanently closed. No current website or phone listing for Munch's could be located.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12

Episode 4
Aired
Title: Grillin' and Smokin' · What was featured: a big breakfast at a longtime diner
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. fox13news.com https://www.fox13news.com/news/its-a-staple-st-pete-restaurant-closes-after-70-years-in-business
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/munchs-sundries-and-restaurant-saint-petersburg
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