TV Restaurants

What Happened to Heather's Country Kitchen? (Plains, MT)

Closed verified

As of September 2026, Heather's Country Kitchen has closed — confirmed via realitytvrevisited.com, July 2021.

Primary source
realitytvrevisited.com ·
Secondary source
my1035.com

Last verified

What the source shows: A fan-tracker account (unverified) dated July 2021 states Heather's Country Kitchen ended operations around August 2017; a Montana radio station retrospective (My103.5) corroborates the closure but shows no publish date on the page. Directory listings (Yellow Pages, Menupix) show no current operating status; no active website or social account found.

  • Season / episode Season 7, Episode 10
  • Original air date
  • Address 335 E Railroad Ave, Plains, MT 59859

Interactive map — loads when you ask for it.

Everything on this map is also in the list below.

© OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Plains, Montana, for "Clueless in the Country," season 7 episode 10, which aired January 1, 2014, focused on Heather's Country Kitchen at 335 East Railroad Avenue. The show described the owner as a stay-at-home mother who had moved into restaurant ownership without a professional culinary background, and chef Robert Irvine spent the two-day renovation window on kitchen operations, food-safety practices, menu simplification, and a home-style-cooking concept aimed at the small-town clientele the restaurant served in this rural stretch of northwestern Montana along the Clark Fork River valley, where dining options were limited.

A retrospective article from Montana radio station website My103.5, titled "5 Montana Restaurants That Surprisingly Closed After Being On TV," reported that Heather's Country Kitchen ended operations around August 2017, roughly three and a half years after its television appearance, a longer run than several other restaurants featured in this same season of the show. That outlet's account is the most specific dated source located for this record, and it is presented as part of a broader look back at several Montana restaurants that appeared on national television programs before eventually closing. Reality TV Revisited's separate summary (unverified) of the restaurant's history is broadly consistent with a mid-to-late-2010s closure but does not add an independent date of its own.

Directory listings for Heather's Country Kitchen on Yellow Pages and Menupix continue to reference a Plains, Montana address but do not reflect current operating status, and no active website or social media account for the restaurant was located during this review. Given the small size of Plains, Montana, and the limited press coverage typically available for restaurants in towns of that scale, confirmation beyond the single named outlet above was not found during this research pass, and no successor restaurant at the Railroad Avenue address was identified.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 7, Episode 10
Original air date
Episode title
Clueless in the Country
What was featured
kitchen and menu renovation of Heather's Country Kitchen
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Heather's Country Kitchen

Frequently asked questions

Is Heather's Country Kitchen still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Heather's Country Kitchen has closed — confirmed via realitytvrevisited.com, July 2021.

What happened to Heather's Country Kitchen after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Plains, Montana, for "Clueless in the Country," season 7 episode 10, which aired January 1, 2014, focused on Heather's Country Kitchen at 335 East Railroad Avenue. As of September 2026, Heather's Country Kitchen has closed — confirmed via realitytvrevisited.com, July 2021.

Is Heather's Country Kitchen permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Heather's Country Kitchen has closed — confirmed via realitytvrevisited.com, July 2021. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Heather's Country Kitchen located?

335 E Railroad Ave, Plains, MT 59859. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Heather's Country Kitchen?

Season 7, Episode 10 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired January 1, 2014. The episode is titled “Clueless in the Country”.

Did the makeover last at Heather's Country Kitchen?

The episode first aired January 1, 2014. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 12 years later —: As of September 2026, Heather's Country Kitchen has closed — confirmed via realitytvrevisited.com, July 2021.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

Directory listings for Heather's Country Kitchen on Yellow Pages and Menupix continue to reference a Plains, Montana address but do not reflect current operating status, and no active website or social media account for the restaurant was located during this review. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Heather's Country Kitchen still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

The show described the owner as a stay-at-home mother who had moved into restaurant ownership without a professional culinary background, and chef Robert Irvine spent the two-day renovation window on kitchen operations, food-safety practices, menu simplification, and a home-style-cooking concept aimed at the small-town clientele the restaurant served in this rural stretch of northwestern Montana along the Clark Fork River valley, where dining options were limited. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

Every status on this site carries a confidence label and a date, and names the source it rests on. Read the Editorial & Corrections Policy for what each label means and how quickly we act on corrections. The questions above are generated from this record's own published fields — we never publish a question we cannot answer from the data.

More from Restaurant: Impossible

Every Restaurant: Impossible restaurant we track

Other TV restaurants in Montana

All Montana locations

Nearest tracked restaurants

  • Rising Sun Bistro

    Kalispell, MT · 58 mi away

    Restaurant: Impossible

    Closed verified Checked

  • Biga Pizza

    Missoula, MT · 58 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open reported Checked

  • Mexican Moose

    Missoula, MT · 58 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open reported Checked

  • Veera Donuts

    Missoula, MT · 58 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open reported Checked

  • Wally & Buck

    Missoula, MT · 58 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open reported Checked

  • Cucina Florabella

    Missoula, MT · 58 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open reported Checked

Visit info

Address
335 E Railroad Ave, Plains, MT 59859
Venue type
diner
Official website
None found

Businesses change fast. Always confirm directly with the restaurant — call ahead, or check its own current website or social media — before making plans around anything on this page.

Sources

  • my1035.com — https://my1035.com/5-montana-restaurants-that-closed/
  • realitytvrevisited.com — https://www.realitytvrevisited.com/2021/07/restaurant-impossible-heathers-country-kitchen.html
  • foodnetworkgossip.com — https://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2014/01/restaurant-impossible-heathers-country.html

See something wrong?

We work hard to keep every status accurate and dated, but restaurants change fast and our sources aren't perfect. If something here is wrong — a status, a name, an address, anything — tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it, and we'll check it.

See something wrong? Tell us →

Share this page

Record ri-088 · last verified .