What Happened to Uptown Billiards Club After Mystery Diners?
Current status
As of September 2026, Uptown Billiards Club has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Google Places' listing for Uptown Billiards Club at 120 NW 23rd Ave carries a business_status of CLOSED_PERMANENTLY.
- Season / episode Season 8, Episode 5
- Original air date
- Address 120 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210
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What happened after Mystery Diners?
Uptown Billiards Club, a billiards club and bar in Portland, Oregon, appeared on Mystery Diners season 8, episode 5, "Behind the Eight Ball," which aired 2014-11-03. Mystery Diners is a series in which an owner concerned about a service or staff problem allows hidden cameras and undercover diners into the business, then reviews the footage with the host for a coaching session on fixes. According to Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, the investigations are arranged in advance and scripted for television rather than being spontaneous. Google's business-listing data for the address at 120 NW 23rd Ave marks Uptown Billiards Club with a permanently-closed status. No current website, phone listing, or social-media presence was located for the business during this research, and no dated news article or review describing the closure's circumstances or timing was found. In the absence of any fresher source showing the business open, the closed designation in its own mapped record stands as the most recent available evidence of its status.
Featured on Mystery Diners
- Show
- Mystery Diners
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Behind the Eight Ball
- What was featured
- Mystery Diners investigated a suspected service or staff problem at this billiards club and bar.
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Uptown Billiards Club
Frequently asked questions
Is Uptown Billiards Club still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Uptown Billiards Club has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
What happened to Uptown Billiards Club after Mystery Diners?
Uptown Billiards Club, a billiards club and bar in Portland, Oregon, appeared on Mystery Diners season 8, episode 5, "Behind the Eight Ball," which aired 2014-11-03. As of September 2026, Uptown Billiards Club has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
Is Uptown Billiards Club permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Uptown Billiards Club 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 Uptown Billiards Club located?
120 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Mystery Diners featured Uptown Billiards Club?
Season 8, Episode 5 of Mystery Diners, first aired November 3, 2014. The episode is titled “Behind the Eight Ball”.
What do reviews say since Mystery Diners?
Mystery Diners is a series in which an owner concerned about a service or staff problem allows hidden cameras and undercover diners into the business, then reviews the footage with the host for a coaching session on fixes. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 120 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210
- Venue type
- club
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Oregon
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