What Happened to The Blue Moose After Mystery Diners? (Scottsdale, AZ)
Current status
As of September 2026, The Blue Moose has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Google Places lists Blue Moose at 7373 E Scottsdale Mall #22 with a permanently-closed business status.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 7
- Original air date
- Address 7373 E Scottsdale Mall #22, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
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What happened after Mystery Diners?
In 'Grumpy Tom' (aired 2012-06-22), Mystery Diners investigators looked into a chef at The Blue Moose, a restaurant inside the Scottsdale Mall shopping center, after the owner received complaints about the chef's behavior toward staff. Hidden cameras recorded the chef speaking abusively to kitchen staff and to management during service, including incidents the episode framed as undermining morale on the line. Investigators reviewed the specific exchanges with the owner, walking through the language the chef used toward other employees shift by shift, and the episode showed the owner confronting the chef with the footage in the kitchen. According to Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, later episodes carried an on-screen disclaimer noting that certain depicted events may have been staged or re-enacted for dramatic purposes.
Google Places lists the business, recorded there as Blue Moose, at 7373 E Scottsdale Mall #22, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, with a business status of permanently closed as checked in this pass. No dated news coverage, social-media account, or listing update naming a specific closure date was located for this address, and the evidence packet did not include a working website for the business. Because the packet's own Google Places record already marks the location permanently closed, the closure is treated as verified under this project's rule that any dated source showing a permanent-closure business status is sufficient on its own, without a second corroborating source. The exact closure date, and whether another tenant has since taken over the Scottsdale Mall space, could not be determined from the evidence available in this pass.
Featured on Mystery Diners
- Show
- Mystery Diners
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Grumpy Tom
- What was featured
- Chef was verbally abusive to kitchen staff and management
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Blue Moose
Frequently asked questions
Is The Blue Moose still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, The Blue Moose has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
What happened to The Blue Moose after Mystery Diners?
In 'Grumpy Tom' (aired 2012-06-22), Mystery Diners investigators looked into a chef at The Blue Moose, a restaurant inside the Scottsdale Mall shopping center, after the owner received complaints about the chef's behavior toward staff. As of September 2026, The Blue Moose has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
Is The Blue Moose permanently closed?
As of September 2026, The Blue Moose has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is The Blue Moose located?
7373 E Scottsdale Mall #22, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Mystery Diners featured The Blue Moose?
Season 1, Episode 7 of Mystery Diners, first aired June 22, 2012. The episode is titled “Grumpy Tom”.
What do reviews say since Mystery Diners?
Investigators reviewed the specific exchanges with the owner, walking through the language the chef used toward other employees shift by shift, and the episode showed the owner confronting the chef with the footage in the kitchen. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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