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What Happened to Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House? (Elyria, OH)

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As of September 2026, Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, April 3, 2013.

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What the source shows: The owners of 'Moss' of Downtown Elyria' posted on the restaurant's Facebook page on April 3, 2013 that they would close for the last time on April 13, 2013, a statement relayed the same day by the blog Food Network Gossip; the restaurant had previously gone unsold at auction in December 2012, per the Morning Journal.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 525 Broad St, Elyria, OH 44035

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525 Broad St, Elyria, OH 44035

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine opened Season 3 at Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Elyria, Ohio that, according to the episode, had been open since 1958. Irvine found that the core problem went beyond food or decor: owners Robert and Sandi Moss were, in the show's account, resistant to feedback and reluctant to change long-standing habits, which complicated the usual two-day, $10,000 renovation. The episode, which aired February 8, 2012, showed Irvine and his team reworking the dining room, menu, and kitchen operations at the Broad Street restaurant while pushing the owners to adopt new management practices for staff and service. According to the blog Food Network Gossip, the owners posted on the restaurant's Facebook page on April 3, 2013 that they had decided to close what they called 'Moss' of Downtown Elyria' for good, with the last day of service set for April 13, 2013, about fourteen months after the episode aired. That closure followed an earlier setback: a local newspaper, the Morning Journal, reported in December 2012 that the family had tried unsuccessfully to sell the restaurant at auction that month. In the Facebook announcement, the owners thanked customers for eleven years of patronage under their ownership and described the closing as the end of a chapter for the staff, several of whom were named individually in the post. Online commenters at the time offered starkly different accounts of the restaurant's post-renovation service and food, reflecting the same divide in local opinion the show itself had highlighted. The space at 525 Broad Street was later occupied by a different restaurant, Foundry Kitchen and Bar. No evidence was found of Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House, or the Moss family's ownership, continuing to operate anywhere else after the 2013 closure. Census and OpenStreetMap geocoding services could not confirm coordinates for the Broad Street address during this research, though the address itself was corroborated across several independent restaurant-listing sites.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House
What was featured
Season 3 opener renovating a stubborn couple's longtime prime rib restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House

Frequently asked questions

Is Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, April 3, 2013.

What happened to Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House after Restaurant: Impossible?

On Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network), Robert Irvine opened Season 3 at Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Elyria, Ohio that, according to the episode, had been open since 1958. As of September 2026, Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, April 3, 2013.

Is Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, April 3, 2013. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House located?

525 Broad St, Elyria, OH 44035. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House?

Season 3, Episode 1 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired February 8, 2012. The episode is titled “Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House”.

Did the makeover last at Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House?

The episode first aired February 8, 2012. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 14 years later —: As of September 2026, Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, April 3, 2013.

Is Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

The episode, which aired February 8, 2012, showed Irvine and his team reworking the dining room, menu, and kitchen operations at the Broad Street restaurant while pushing the owners to adopt new management practices for staff and service. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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