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Who Runs Terry's Turf Club Now? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 22 Cincinnati, Ohio

Current status

New owners

As of October 2026, Terry's Turf Club operates under new ownership — confirmed via citybeat.com, December 26, 2018.

What the source shows: CityBeat reported on December 26, 2018 that Terry's Turf Club closed December 23 as owner Terry Carter retired and that a new owner would reopen it in January with most of the staff; the business's own history page says brothers Tom and Mark Kunkemoeller acquired it in January 2019 and renamed it The Turf Club. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 22, Episode 15 Aired

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' "All Beefed Up" (aired 2015-03-09), Guy Fieri visited Terry's Turf Club in Cincinnati for a burger topped with the club's own Burgundy wine sauce, according to Food Network. The bar and grill, known for thick, handcrafted burgers made from never-frozen beef, later named the item the Fieri Burger in his honor.

Part 2 — Season 9, Episode 6 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Terry's Turf Club in the Grilled, Smoked & Sauced episode, S9E6, which aired 2010-05-31, spotlighting the restaurant's build-your-own gourmet burgers and full bar. The restaurant opened in Cincinnati's East End neighborhood in 2006 and became known for pairing classic bar food with upscale ingredients such as foie gras and filet mignon. According to the business's own history page, new owners, brothers Tom and Mark Kunkemoeller, took over in January 2019 and rebranded the restaurant from Terry's Turf Club to The Turf Club at the same Eastern Avenue address.

Yelp's listing for The Turf Club, updated August 2026, showed continued activity with hundreds of customer reviews. The Turf Club's own website still credits its Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives appearance with Guy Fieri as part of its history, and lists current hours of Wednesday through Sunday.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 15
Aired
Title: All Beefed Up · What was featured: Burger topped with Terry's own Burgundy wine sauce
Season 9, Episode 6
Aired
Title: Grilled, Smoked & Sauced · What was featured: build-your-own gourmet burgers with a full bar
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/358/terrys-turf-club
  2. fox19.com https://www.fox19.com/video/2020/01/14/turf-club-makes-fieri-burger-named-after-guy-fieri-who-featured-turf-club-his-show/
  3. turfclubcincy.com https://www.turfclubcincy.com/our-story
  4. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-turf-club-cincinnati
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