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Is Union Woodshop Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13 Clarkston, Michigan

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Union Woodshop is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google Places lists Union Woodshop as operational, and its own website, checked 2026-09-08, returned an active page with a live online ordering system at the same Main Street address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 3 episodes

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 13, Episode 3 Aired

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, in the episode 'Kid Rock's Detroit Tour,' Kid Rock brought Guy Fieri to Union Woodshop, a barbecue restaurant on Main Street in Clarkston, to try the Porker sandwich and the restaurant's cult-favorite mac and cheese, both smoked low and slow in a converted downtown building, alongside wood-fired pizzas and scratch-made sides. The restaurant sits on the same block as its sister restaurant, Clarkston Union Bar & Kitchen, which Guy and Kid Rock also visited in the same segment. Checked on 2026-09-08, the business's website returned an active page with a working online ordering system at the same 18 S Main St address that Google Places lists as its current record. No sale, closure, or rename has surfaced in either source.

Food Paradise, Season 11, Episode 14

Union Woodshop appeared as the Clarkston stop on Worth the Wait, spotlighting the restaurant's wood-fired barbecue and its deep Michigan craft-beer list. The Union Woodshop operates as a barbecue restaurant and bar on South Main Street in the Village of Clarkston. A site check on 2026-09-09 found unionwoodshop.com live with 2026-dated content and an active online-ordering widget, listing the restaurant as The Union Woodshop of Clarkston, Michigan.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21, Episode 18 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Pork Hall of Fame' clip episode, aired 2014-12-26, replayed Guy Fieri's stop at Union Woodshop in Clarkston, Michigan, first shown in an August 2011 segment titled 'Kid Rock's Detroit Tour.' The show highlighted the restaurant's wood-fired barbecue, burgers, and smoked meats. Union Woodshop operates as a barbecue restaurant and bar at 18 South Main Street in downtown Clarkston. According to Yelp, whose listing for Union Woodshop was updated in September 2026 with 1,118 reviews, the restaurant remains open with hours running from 4 p.m. on weekdays and noon on Saturdays. Some 2026 Tripadvisor reviewers noted the restaurant had shifted its menu to an a la carte format, a change some patrons viewed unfavorably.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 3
Aired
Title: [[Kid Rock]]'s Detroit Tour · What was featured: The Porker sandwich and the restaurant's Mac and Cheese, smoked in a converted building
Food Paradise, Season 11, Episode 14
Air date not confirmed
Title: Worth The Wait · What was featured: the woodshop's wood-fired barbecue and Michigan craft beer program
Season 21, Episode 18
Aired
Title: Pork Hall of Fame · What was featured: Wood-fired BBQ, burgers, and smoked meats at a Michigan roadhouse
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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. unionwoodshop.com https://www.unionwoodshop.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.7354344,-83.4188672
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/union-woodshop-clarkston
  4. Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g42081-d1756156-Reviews-Union_Woodshop-Clarkston_Michigan.html
  5. flavortownusa.com https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/487/union-wood-shop
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