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What Happened to Newport Beach Brewing Company After Mystery Diners?

Mystery Diners, Season 4 Newport Beach, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Newport Beach Brewing Company has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Newport Beach Brewing Company was updated in August 2026 and marks the brewery-restaurant permanently closed. How we decide a status →

About this show's format: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.

What happened after Mystery Diners?

In the Mystery Diners (Food Network) episode "Strange Brew" (season 4, episode 3; aired July 31, 2013), owner Michael called in the crew at Newport Beach Brewing Company in Newport Beach, California, after hearing customers describe unfamiliar beer being served and suspecting his onsite brewmaster of running an unapproved side business. Mystery Diners Amber and Grant went undercover and found more than one employee involved in brewing and serving beer outside the approved menu. Wikipedia's article on Mystery Diners, citing its sources, notes that the program carries a disclaimer stating its events may be staged or re-enacted for dramatic effect, and describes a television critic's view that some of its scenarios read as implausible.

A Yelp listing for Newport Beach Brewing Company at 2920 Newport Blvd, updated in August 2026, marks the brewery and restaurant as permanently closed. The company's own Facebook page includes an older post announcing a final night of service, though the post's exact year was not clearly legible in available search results and is not cited here as a dated fact. This record was initially flagged as a possible non-restaurant venue, but the episode and business listings confirm it operated as a standalone brewery and restaurant, not an attraction.

The episode Mystery Diners, Season 4

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Strange Brew · What was featured: brewmaster and staff secretly brewing and serving an unapproved side beer
How Mystery Diners restaurants have fared: 55% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/newport-beach-brewing-co-newport-beach-2
  2. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NewportBrewCo/
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
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