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What Happened to Smitty's Wings & Things? (Stockton, CA)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 24 Stockton, California Closed August 2024

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Smitty's Wings & Things has closed — confirmed via tripledlife.com, August 1, 2024.

What the source shows: A fan site gives a specific 2024-08-01 closing date sourced to the business's own Facebook post, Yelp separately marks the address permanently closed, and the business's own site returned an HTTP 403 error at our check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this Stockton wing spot for its scratch-made wings and sauces during the 'Smoked, Grilled, and Fried' episode that aired 2016-05-26. Smitty's Wings & Things operated out of 5654 N Pershing Ave in Stockton as a counter-service wing restaurant for several years after its TV appearance. According to Triple D Life's restaurant page, Smitty's Wings & Things permanently closed on 2024-08-01, a date the page attributes to a Facebook post from the business. Yelp's listing for the address is marked permanently closed, with the page last updated 2026-06. At our check on 2026-09-08, the business's own site, smittyswingsandthings.com, returned an HTTP 403 error rather than loading, consistent with the closure. No replacement business at the address was identified in the sources checked.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 24

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Smoked, Grilled, and Fried · What was featured: Scratch-made chicken wings and sauces at a Stockton wing spot
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. tripledlife.com https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/smittys-wings-things/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/smittys-wings-and-things-stockton
  3. smittyswingsandthings.com https://www.smittyswingsandthings.com/
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