What Happened to Shorty's Pizza and Smoked Meat? (Superior, WI)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21 Superior, Wisconsin
Current status
As of October 2026, Shorty's Pizza and Smoked Meat has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: A fan site that follows Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives locations lists Shorty's Pizza and Smoked Meat as permanently closed, and no active restaurant website could be found. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 21, Episode 3
- Aired
- Address 1015 Tower Ave, Superior, WI 54880
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" featured Shorty's Pizza and Smoked Meat in the September 19, 2014 episode "Cross-Country Classics," highlighting the Superior, Wisconsin restaurant's combination of wood-fired pizza and house-smoked meats. The restaurant operated at 1015 Tower Ave in Superior, across the harbor from Duluth, Minnesota. According to DinersDriveInsDivesLocations.com, a site that tracks the current status of restaurants featured on the show, Shorty's Pizza and Smoked Meat is listed as permanently closed. A separate Lake Superior Magazine business listing still shows the same 1015 Tower Ave address but includes no current hours, menu link, or other sign of active operation. No working restaurant website or recent review activity was found for the business during the September 2026 search, consistent with the closure reported by the fan site.
The episode
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Ep 4Island Frydays
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Sources we checked
- dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/shortys-pizza-and-smoked-meat-wisconsin.html
- lakesuperior.com https://www.lakesuperior.com/locations/shorty-s-pizza-and-smoked-meats/
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Record ddd-0722 · checked by Cal Marchetti.