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Is Pagoda Restaurant Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 24 North Pole, Alaska

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Pagoda Restaurant is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated in September 2026 shows Pagoda Restaurant active with 399 reviews and current hours, consistent with its own website's listed hours and menu. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 24, Episode 2 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives sampled this North Pole, Alaska restaurant's walnut shrimp in 2009, according to Tasting Table's feature on the business, part of owner Benny Lin's run of Food Network-featured Alaska restaurants. Pagoda Restaurant has served Chinese-American fare, including egg rolls, wonton soup, orange chicken, and lo mein, since opening in March 1990, per Tasting Table. A Yelp listing updated in September 2026 shows the restaurant active with 399 reviews and hours running seven days a week except Monday, and Pagoda's own website, pagodanorthpole.com, lists a current menu, contact information, and full bar service at its Santa Claus Lane location. The restaurant also won the Daily News-Miner Readers' Choice Award in 2021, according to Tasting Table. No source found any indication of a closure, relocation, or ownership change.

Part 2 — Season 32, Episode 4 Aired

For this takeout-focused episode, Guy Fieri ordered from Pagoda Restaurant, a North Pole, Alaska Chinese-American restaurant Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives had featured in a 2009 episode with owner Benny Lin, according to Tasting Table. The segment centered on the Mongolian beef and walnut shrimp in creamy sauce that Fieri sampled on that original visit. Pagoda has served Chinese-American fare from its North Santa Claus Lane location since opening in March 1990.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Triple D "All Stars" · What was featured: Walnut shrimp and Chinese-American classics
Season 32, Episode 4
Aired
Title: Takeout: Tastier at Home · What was featured: Takeout order of Pagoda's Mongolian beef and walnut shrimp
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/pagoda-restaurant-north-pole
  2. pagodanorthpole.com http://www.pagodanorthpole.com/
  3. tastingtable.com https://www.tastingtable.com/1481207/pagoda-restaurant-chinese-north-pole-alaska/
  4. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/305/pagoda-restaurant
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