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What Happened to Panozzo's Italian Market? (Chicago, IL)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Panozzo's Italian Market has closed — confirmed via Yelp, April 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated 2026-04, and a Foursquare listing both mark Panozzo's Italian Market permanently closed at its 1303 S Michigan Ave location; the Google Places record supplied in the original listing pointed to an unrelated funeral home. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Panozzo's Italian Market, an Italian deli and sandwich counter on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where chef John Asbaty served Italian comfort classics including a meatball sandwich and porchetta on fried crescentina bread. The market operated as a neighborhood Italian grocery and sandwich shop. Yelp's listing for the business, updated 2026-04, and a Foursquare listing both mark Panozzo's Italian Market as permanently closed at its 1303 S Michigan Ave address. Groupon's cached deal page for the business is also listed as closed.

According to Yelp, a different business, Ameritalia, now operates at the same address. A Google Places record checked across the show had matched the name to an unrelated funeral home in Chicago Heights, roughly 30 miles away, which was corrected using the market's confirmed street address.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13

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Title: Seafood & Sammies · What was featured: Italian comfort classics: a meatball sandwich and porchetta on fried crescentina bread
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/panozzos-italian-market-chicago
  2. Foursquare https://foursquare.com/v/panozzos-italian-market/4a33f7c1f964a5207d9b1fe3
  3. groupon.com https://www.groupon.com/deals/panozzo-s-italian-market
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Record ddd-0469 · checked by Cal Marchetti.