Is Sun Wah BBQ Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 29 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, Sun Wah BBQ is listed open on sunwahbbq.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, carried a 2026 copyright date and a live notice reading "the restaurant is currently open," and Google Places lists the business as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 29, Episode 1
- Aired
- Address 5039 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
- Website sunwahbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Sun Wah BBQ in Chicago for the September 21, 2018 episode "From Pork to Pasta" (S29E1), spotlighting the restaurant's Hong Kong-style Chinese barbecue. Sun Wah BBQ has served Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on North Broadway for multiple decades as a family-run Chinese restaurant known for Beijing duck and other roasted meats. According to the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, the site carries a 2026 copyright date and displayed a real-time notice that the restaurant was currently open, alongside its regular Chinese barbecue, dim sum, noodle, and congee menus. The site also lists sections on the restaurant's history, awards, and media coverage the business has received over the years. Google Places separately lists Sun Wah BBQ as an operational business at its longtime North Broadway address.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- sunwahbbq.com http://www.sunwahbbq.com/
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Record ddd-1067 · checked by Cal Marchetti.