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What Happened to The Brick House Cafe and Catering? (Cable, WI)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21 Cable, Wisconsin

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Brick House Cafe and Catering has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Brick House Cafe & Catering, updated 2026-05, marks the business as permanently closed, and the business's own website returned an expired-certificate error when checked on 2026-09-07, consistent with an inactive site. How we decide a status →

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

Part 1 — Season 21, Episode 8 Aired

On the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'Meat In The Middle' (aired 2014-11-07), The Brick House Cafe and Catering showcased scratch-made soups, sandwiches, and salads alongside fresh-baked pastries and espresso drinks. Founded in 2005 by Heather Ludzack, a fourth-generation Cable resident, per the Hayward Area Chamber of Commerce, the cafe sat in downtown Cable, Wisconsin, near the Chequamegon National Forest, and also ran a custom catering arm for weddings and private events. A Yelp listing for the business, updated 2026-05, marks it as permanently closed.

A check of the cafe's own website, thebrickhousecafe.net, on 2026-09-07 found the site's security certificate had expired, leaving the page unreachable in a standard browser, a sign consistent with the listing. No announcement of a successor business at the Reynolds Street address turned up in the sources checked.

Part 2 — Season 23, Episode 17 Aired

On the 'Extra Helpings' compilation special, Guy Fieri revisited the Brick House Cafe and Catering, a Cable, Wisconsin coffee-and-lunch spot Heather Ludzack opened in 2005. The segment highlighted the cafe's Salted Caramel Latte and its pulled pork sandwich, according to a Bayfield County Journal account of the original 2014 filming visit.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 8
Aired
Title: Meat In The Middle · What was featured: Homemade soups, sandwiches, and fresh-baked pastries at a small-town cafe
Season 23, Episode 17
Aired
Title: Extra Helpings · What was featured: Salted Caramel Latte and a rich pulled pork sandwich
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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/brick-house-cafe-and-catering-cable
  2. members.haywardareachamber.com http://members.haywardareachamber.com/list/member/the-brick-house-cafe-catering-cable-571
  3. thebrickhousecafe.net https://thebrickhousecafe.net/about/
  4. apg-wi.com https://www.apg-wi.com/bayfield_county_journal/arts_and_entertainment/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-films-at-the-brick-house/article_ba4400ed-b225-5fe6-bd1a-ae2d18213f69.html
  5. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/776/the-brick-house-cafe
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