What Happened to Scrimmages After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) featured Scrimmages, a sports-bar-style restaurant at 4723 Concord Pike in Wilmington, Delaware, in the Season 2 episode "Scrimmages," which aired August 31, 2011. As shown in the episode, the restaurant was losing money, its sports-bar concept had grown dated, and the kitchen's menu was inconsistent under pressure. Robert Irvine's team carried out the show's typical rapid renovation, refreshing the dining and bar area, narrowing the menu, and retraining staff on a smaller, more consistent set of dishes, before handing the business back to its owners with a relaunch service meant to show off the new look and menu.

Scrimmages did not remain open for many more years. A 2025 article from a site that tracks the show's past locations reported, without citing a dated primary source, a closure in 2013 and that the space was later occupied by at least one subsequent restaurant; that claim is not traced to a named news outlet or an official statement, and the businesses that may have followed at the address have not been independently confirmed. The most recent dated source is a Yelp business listing for the Concord Pike address, which is marked permanently closed and was last updated in June 2026.

No archived Delaware news coverage or a dated statement from Scrimmages's ownership was found to independently confirm the exact date operations stopped, or to confirm what business, if any, currently occupies the building. The only dated confirmation is a maps-style listing, rather than a news account or owner statement. No other Restaurant: Impossible or Food Network appearances tied to this address were identified.