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What Happened to Mill Creek BBQ? (Redlands, CA)

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As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026.

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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: Yelp lists the business at 2087 Orange Tree Ln, most recently branded Mill Creek Cattle Company, as CLOSED, current as of a September 2026 site check; the address had previously operated as Mill Creek BBQ and later Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers under the same family, per delivery-menu and social-media listings.

  • Season / episode Season 8, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 2087 Orange Tree Ln, Redlands, CA 92374
  • Current name Mill Creek Cattle Company

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) chef Robert Irvine visited Mill Creek BBQ in Redlands, California, for the Season 8 premiere episode "Up in Smoke," which aired March 5, 2014. The barbecue restaurant, on Orange Tree Lane and run by owners Lisette and Steve Brown, was dealing with sales and kitchen-consistency problems the show attributed to smoking and prep processes that varied night to night, along with a menu the production felt was too large for the size of the kitchen team. Irvine's crew renovated the dining room over the production's standard two-day window, refreshing the barbecue-themed décor, signage, and seating layout. On the food side, Irvine standardized the smoking process and trimmed the menu to a shorter list of barbecue plates and burgers meant to be easier for the crew to execute consistently, and worked with the ownership team on operations and pricing.

After the episode, the restaurant continued operating under close variations of its name for several years, later appearing in listings as Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers at the same Orange Tree Lane address, still tied to the Brown family. Delivery-menu sites and a dedicated Facebook page for Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers show the business continued taking orders under that name for a period after the show aired. More recently, however, a Yelp listing for the address — now showing the name Mill Creek Cattle Company — is marked closed as of a September 2026 site check, indicating the property had changed branding again before ultimately closing. No single named news outlet was found documenting an exact closure date for any of these successive names, so the September 2026 Yelp listing is treated as the most current available signal of the location's status. The successive name changes documented here — from Mill Creek BBQ to Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers to Mill Creek Cattle Company — all occurred at the same Orange Tree Lane address, and no source reviewed for this record identified a change in the underlying ownership group across those name changes.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 8, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Up in Smoke
What was featured
Smoking process, menu, and dining-room renovation
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Mill Creek BBQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Mill Creek BBQ still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026.

What happened to Mill Creek BBQ after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) chef Robert Irvine visited Mill Creek BBQ in Redlands, California, for the Season 8 premiere episode "Up in Smoke," which aired March 5, 2014. As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026.

Is Mill Creek BBQ permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is Mill Creek BBQ called now?

Now: Mill Creek Cattle Company (formerly Mill Creek BBQ). As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026.

Where is Mill Creek BBQ located?

2087 Orange Tree Ln, Redlands, CA 92374. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Mill Creek BBQ?

Season 8, Episode 1 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired March 5, 2014. The episode is titled “Up in Smoke”.

Did the makeover last at Mill Creek BBQ?

The episode first aired March 5, 2014. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 12 years later —: As of September 2026, Mill Creek BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 2026.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

The successive name changes documented here — from Mill Creek BBQ to Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers to Mill Creek Cattle Company — all occurred at the same Orange Tree Lane address, and no source reviewed for this record identified a change in the underlying ownership group across those name changes. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Mill Creek BBQ still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

The barbecue restaurant, on Orange Tree Lane and run by owners Lisette and Steve Brown, was dealing with sales and kitchen-consistency problems the show attributed to smoking and prep processes that varied night to night, along with a menu the production felt was too large for the size of the kitchen team. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
2087 Orange Tree Ln, Redlands, CA 92374
Venue type
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Official website
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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/mill-creek-cattle-redlands-4
  • Facebook (Mill Creek Bar-B-Q & Burgers)
  • Yelp
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