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What Happened to The Highlander After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 23 Atlanta, Georgia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Highlander has closed — confirmed via atlantanewsfirst.com, June 20, 2022.

What the source shows: Atlanta News First reported on 2022-06-20 that The Highlander announced a sudden closure, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution separately covered the Midtown bar's closing. How we decide a status →

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

Part 1 — Season 23, Episode 15 Aired

The 'Amazing Appetizers' episode (aired 2015-10-23) revisited The Highlander, an Atlanta bar Guy Fieri first featured in a February 2009 episode. According to Wide Open Country, Fieri sampled the bar's jalapeno corn fritters and Jamaican jerk chili, calling out the pub's appetizer lineup alongside tots, nachos, and wings from the original visit.

Part 2 — Season 4, Episode 2 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited The Highlander in the "Bar Food" episode (aired 2008-07-21), spotlighting the bar's pub-style food menu. The Highlander was a dive bar in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, at 931 Monroe Drive NE, known for pool tables, pinball machines, and a long-running neighborhood following. Atlanta News First reported on 2022-06-20 that the bar announced a sudden closure, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution separately covered the Midtown bar's closing around the same time. Yelp's business listing, updated 2026-07, still shows the venue tagged CLOSED, with no reopening or new-ownership announcement found as of the 2026-09-08 check. The Highlander had operated in Midtown since 1992 and was known for its billiards room and live music alongside its pub menu, closing after roughly three decades in business, according to Rough Draft Atlanta's coverage of the closure.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 15
Aired
Title: Amazing Appetizers · What was featured: jalapeño corn fritters and Jamaican jerk chili as bar appetizers
Season 4, Episode 2
Aired
Title: Bar Food · What was featured: dive bar, pub-style bar food, pool and pinball
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Sources we checked 6 references

  1. wideopencountry.com https://www.wideopencountry.com/10-atlanta-spots-featured-on-diners-drive-ins-and-dives/
  2. dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/the-highlander-georgia.html
  3. atlantanewsfirst.com https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/06/20/popular-midtown-atlanta-bar-named-highlander-announces-sudden-closure/
  4. ajc.com https://www.ajc.com/atlanta-things-to-do/iconic-midtown-bar-the-highlander-is-closing/COJKG4KCHFHCPGRPTDHDWMVJJU/
  5. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-highlander-atlanta
  6. roughdraftatlanta.com https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2022/06/20/the-highlander-bar-and-grill-in-midtown-closes-after-30-years/
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