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What Happened to Union Hmong Kitchen After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Union Hmong Kitchen has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

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unionkitchenmn.com ·

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What the source shows: Union Hmong Kitchen's own website carries a closure notice for the North Loop location and displayed a 2022 date reference on 2026-09-08; Google Places lists the same address with a business_status of CLOSED_PERMANENTLY.

  • Season / episode Season 40, Episode 10
  • Original air date
  • Address 520 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Union Hmong Kitchen for Hmong dishes from a restaurant recognized as a 2021 James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee and a 2021 and 2022 James Beard Best Chef Midwest nominee, according to its own website. The North Loop, Minneapolis location, at 520 North 4th Street, was one of the restaurant's Minneapolis outposts. According to that website, unionkitchenmn.com, the business "has closed our locations in Uptown and the North Loop," while noting it could still be found at the Minnesota State Fair each summer. The site displayed a 2022 date reference elsewhere on the page and continued to list working online-ordering links when checked on September 8, 2026. Google Places also listed the North Loop address with a business_status of CLOSED_PERMANENTLY as of that same check.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 40, Episode 10
Original air date
Episode title
Meat, Hmong and Mexican
What was featured
Hmong dishes from an award-nominated Minneapolis kitchen
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Union Hmong Kitchen

Frequently asked questions

Is Union Hmong Kitchen still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Union Hmong Kitchen has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

What happened to Union Hmong Kitchen after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Union Hmong Kitchen for Hmong dishes from a restaurant recognized as a 2021 James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee and a 2021 and 2022 James Beard Best Chef Midwest nominee, according to its own website. As of September 2026, Union Hmong Kitchen has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.

Is Union Hmong Kitchen permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Union Hmong Kitchen has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 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 Union Hmong Kitchen located?

520 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Union Hmong Kitchen?

Season 40, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired November 8, 2024. The episode is titled “Meat, Hmong and Mexican”.

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520 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Venue type
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Official website
unionkitchenmn.com

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