What Happened to Swagger Fine Spirits & Food? (Kansas City, MO)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9 Kansas City, Missouri Closed January 2014
Current status
As of October 2026, Swagger Fine Spirits & Food has closed — confirmed via thepitchkc.com, January 2014.
What the source shows: The Pitch KC reported that Swagger Fine Spirits & Food was closing on 2014-01-19, and a Yelp listing updated June 2026 continues to mark the business as permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 11
- Aired
- Address 8431 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Swagger Fine Spirits & Food in the episode "Burgers 'n More" (S9E11, aired 2010-07-19), featuring the gastropub's burgers and spirits pairings. Swagger Fine Spirits & Food was a gastropub at 8431 Wornall Rd in Kansas City, Missouri, opened in 2008 by brothers Derek Boone and Dustin Craighead, according to The Pitch KC. The Pitch KC reported that the business was closing on 2014-01-19. A Yelp listing updated June 2026 continues to mark Swagger Fine Spirits & Food as permanently closed, and no current operating website could be found for the business. Wikipedia's page for the business also flags it as closed.
The episode
Also in Season 9
Season 9: 23 of 40 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Johnny's Bar-B-Q
Closed - Open
- Closed
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Ep 10Woodyard Bar-B-Que
Open - Closed
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Ep 11Burger Me!
Open -
Ep 12Gordy's Hi-Hat
Open -
Ep 12Paul's Coffee Shop
Open
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Sources we checked
- thepitchkc.com https://www.thepitchkc.com/swagger-fine-spirits-food-closing-on-january-19/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/swagger-fine-spirits-and-food-kansas-city
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Record ddd-0346 · checked by Cal Marchetti.