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What Happened to Wimpy's Grill After Man v. Food? (Durham, NC)

Man v. Food, Season 2 Durham, North Carolina

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Wimpy's Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google Places lists Wimpy's Grill's Hicks Street location as permanently closed as of the 2026-09-08 check, with no live website found for the business. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food visited Wimpy's Grill in Durham in a 2009 episode (aired September 2, 2009), sampling the diner's burgers and hot dogs. Wimpy's Grill was a longtime neighborhood diner on Hicks Street in Durham. According to a Google Places record checked on 2026-09-08, the Hicks Street location is marked permanently closed, and no active website could be located during that check. No dated news coverage of the closure was found, so the exact closure date is not known. Wikipedia's entry on Wimpy's Grill separately flags the diner as closed, a lead consistent with the finding above, though it was not cited as an independent source for this record's status.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 2

Episode 5
Aired
What was featured: a classic Durham diner's burgers and hot dogs
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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Wimpy%27s+Grill+617+Hicks+St+Durham+NC+27705
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Record mvf-072 · checked by Cal Marchetti.