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What Happened to White Mountain Tavern? (Lincoln, NH)

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As of September 2026, White Mountain Tavern has closed — confirmed via wokq.com, February 3, 2025.

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What the source shows: A named news outlet reported the co-owners announced the tavern's permanent closure, and a Yelp listing updated August 2026 also marks the business closed.

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

White Mountain Tavern operated inside Woodward's Resort at 527 US-3 in Lincoln, New Hampshire, run by co-owners David and Melissa since the tavern opened in 2020. Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) featured the business in the episode "Mountain Town Mess," which aired 2023-03-30, with filming on 2022-11-19 and 2022-11-20. According to coverage of the episode, David and Melissa had a volatile working relationship, and the tavern had developed a difficult standing in the local community by the time Robert Irvine arrived.

Irvine's rescue applied the show's usual two-day renovation and staff retraining to the tavern space inside the resort, working to repair both the physical restaurant and the owners' working relationship ahead of a relaunch service.

WOKQ reported on 2025-02-03 that David and Melissa announced on Facebook that the tavern was closing permanently after four years in business. WOKQ reported that the owners thanked their employees, musicians, and regular customers in the announcement, and attributed the closure to factors including the COVID-19 pandemic and difficult winter weather affecting the resort town.

A Yelp listing for White Mountain Tavern, updated August 2026, marked the business as closed, showing 76 reviews recorded at the 527 US-3 address, categorized under comfort food, with 70 photos posted over its years in operation. A Tripadvisor review of Woodward's White Mountain Resort, listed there as part of the Best Western Signature Collection, noted that the property no longer had a restaurant on site following the tavern's closure.

Google Places listed the White Mountain Tavern address as permanently closed at the time of this review, consistent with the WOKQ and Yelp reporting. No independent restaurant website for the tavern was located during this review, which is consistent with a business that has ceased operating. No source found for this update indicated a replacement restaurant had opened at Woodward's Resort, and this record reflects the White Mountain Tavern business and location only.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 22, Episode 14
Original air date
Episode title
Mountain Town Mess
What was featured
co-owners David and Melissa had a volatile, toxic relationship
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
White Mountain Tavern

Frequently asked questions

Is White Mountain Tavern still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, White Mountain Tavern has closed — confirmed via wokq.com, February 3, 2025.

What happened to White Mountain Tavern after Restaurant: Impossible?

White Mountain Tavern operated inside Woodward's Resort at 527 US-3 in Lincoln, New Hampshire, run by co-owners David and Melissa since the tavern opened in 2020. As of September 2026, White Mountain Tavern has closed — confirmed via wokq.com, February 3, 2025.

Is White Mountain Tavern permanently closed?

As of September 2026, White Mountain Tavern has closed — confirmed via wokq.com, February 3, 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is White Mountain Tavern located?

527 US-3, Lincoln, NH 03251. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured White Mountain Tavern?

Season 22, Episode 14 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired March 30, 2023. The episode is titled “Mountain Town Mess”.

Did the makeover last at White Mountain Tavern?

The episode first aired March 30, 2023. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 3 years later —: As of September 2026, White Mountain Tavern has closed — confirmed via wokq.com, February 3, 2025.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

A Yelp listing for White Mountain Tavern, updated August 2026, marked the business as closed, showing 76 reviews recorded at the 527 US-3 address, categorized under comfort food, with 70 photos posted over its years in operation. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
527 US-3, Lincoln, NH 03251
Venue type
bar
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • wokq.com — https://wokq.com/new-hampshire-restaurant-food-network/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/white-mountain-tavern-lincoln-10
  • Tripadvisor — https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g46140-d92189-r943988330-Woodwards_White_Mountain_Resort_BW_Signature_Collection-Lincoln_New_Hampshire.html
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=White+Mountain+Tavern%2C+527+US-3%2C+Lincoln%2C+NH+03251

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