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What Happened to Prairie Dogs After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 25 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Prairie Dogs has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp listings for both the Chicago Avenue and Lyn-Lake locations, updated June 2026, mark Prairie Dogs permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Prairie Dogs Hot Dogs and Handcrafted Sausage in downtown Minneapolis for the episode "Cosmopolitan Comfort," which aired September 16, 2016, highlighting the shop's scratch-made sausages — including bratwurst, wieners, boudin, merguez, and andouille — built from locally sourced meat. Prairie Dogs operated as a quick-service hot dog counter at 401 Chicago Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, later expanding to a second location in the city's Lyn-Lake area. Menus at both spots emphasized Chicago-style toppings — poppy-seed buns, snappy wieners, crunchy pickles, and sport peppers — alongside the shop's house-made sausage program. According to Yelp listings updated June 2026, both the downtown Chicago Avenue location and the Lyn-Lake location are marked permanently closed. No successor business at the Chicago Avenue storefront has been confirmed.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 25

Episode 7
Aired
Title: Cosmopolitan Comfort · What was featured: Handcrafted sausages and Chicago-style hot dogs made from locally sourced meat
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/prairie-dogs-hot-dogs-and-handcrafted-sausage-minneapolis-4
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/prairie-dogs-hot-dogs-and-handcrafted-sausage-minneapolis-2
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