Is The Nook Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Current status
As of October 2026, The Nook is listed open on crnook.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The business's website returned HTTP 200 on 2026-09-08 with a working online ordering widget and current food, specials, banquet, and drink menus, with no closure notices. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 12
- Aired
- Address 492 Hamline Avenue South, Saint Paul, MN 55105
- Website crnook.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited The Nook, a neighborhood tavern-style restaurant in the Macalester-Groveland area of Saint Paul, Minnesota, for its hand-pressed burgers and crispy onion rings during the episode "Burgers, Rings and Fries," which aired 2008-01-21. The Nook offers a full food and specials menu alongside a separate banquet menu and rotating drink specials, and it shares its building with the affiliated Ranham Bowling. A check of the restaurant's own website, crnook.com, on 2026-09-08 found the site live and responding normally, listing current food, specials, banquet, and drink menus along with a working online ordering system. No independent news source was located reporting a change in ownership, closure, or relocation since the episode aired.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 36 of 45 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 11Galewood Cook Shack
Closed -
Ep 11Grinders Pizza
Open -
Ep 11Schooner or Later
Open -
Ep 11The Fly Trap
Open - Closed
- New owners
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Ep 13Hightstown Diner
Open -
Ep 13Jefferson Diner
Open
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Sources we checked
- crnook.com https://www.crnook.com/
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Record ddd-0073 · checked by Cal Marchetti.