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What Happened to Del's After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

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As of September 2026, Del's has closed — confirmed via post-gazette.com, April 23, 2015.

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What the source shows: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on April 23, 2015 that Del's Bar & Ristorante DelPizzo in Bloomfield would close after more than 60 years, with the DelPizzo family selling the building to a CBRE executive; a Yelp listing for the business is separately marked permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 4
  • Original air date
  • Address 4428 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine visited Del's Bar & Ristorante, a longtime Italian restaurant on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood, owned by siblings Marianne and John Del Pizzo, whose grandfather had opened the business. According to the episode, the restaurant's core problem was less about food or decor than about owner Marianne's management style: under the stress of trying to save what the family considered an heirloom business, she had, in the show's telling, alienated staff and developed a difficult reputation in the neighborhood, driving away customers even as the building itself, with its original 1940s-era floors and persistent leaks, badly needed physical repair. Irvine described the Del's renovation as one of the toughest he had undertaken given the building's age and condition, and his team used the standard two-day, $10,000 budget to rebuild parts of the kitchen and dining room while working with Marianne on staff relations and service standards. The episode aired February 29, 2012. The restaurant continued operating for roughly three more years after the renovation; the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on April 23, 2015 that Del's would close after more than 60 years in business, with the DelPizzo family selling the Liberty Avenue building to a commercial real-estate executive. Pittsburgh Patch later reported the space cycled through unrelated restaurants after Del's closed: Jabo's Smoque House operated there about two years before closing in spring 2018, Sugar and Smoke ran briefly before closing in mid-2019, and as of a January 2022 Patch report the building was slated to reopen as Camino Mexican Street Food. A Yelp listing for the original Del's business is marked permanently closed. No source identified in this research confirms what, if anything, currently occupies the address. Pittsburgh media at the time, including the CBS Pittsburgh affiliate, covered the renovation as a notable boost for a long-running Bloomfield institution facing an uncertain future.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 4
Original air date
Episode title
Del's
What was featured
Renovation of a 65-year family-run Bloomfield restaurant hampered by owner conflict
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Del's

Frequently asked questions

Is Del's still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Del's has closed — confirmed via post-gazette.com, April 23, 2015.

What happened to Del's after Restaurant: Impossible?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine visited Del's Bar & Ristorante, a longtime Italian restaurant on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood, owned by siblings Marianne and John Del Pizzo, whose grandfather had opened the business. As of September 2026, Del's has closed — confirmed via post-gazette.com, April 23, 2015.

Is Del's permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Del's has closed — confirmed via post-gazette.com, April 23, 2015. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Del's located?

4428 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Del's?

Season 3, Episode 4 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired February 29, 2012. The episode is titled “Del's”.

Did the makeover last at Del's?

The episode first aired February 29, 2012. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 14 years later —: As of September 2026, Del's has closed — confirmed via post-gazette.com, April 23, 2015.

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Sources

  • post-gazette.com — https://www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/2015/04/23/Del-s-Bar-and-Ristorante-DelPizzo-in-Bloomfield-to-close-after-more-than-60-years-in-Pittsburgh-business/stories/201504230192
  • patch.com — https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/former-dels-restaurant-bloomfield-become-new-eatery
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/dels-bar-and-ristorante-delpizzo-pittsburgh

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