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What Happened to Valley Inn After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

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As of September 2026, Valley Inn has closed — confirmed via southwestregionalpublishing.com, March 22, 2026.

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What the source shows: Southwest Regional Publishing reported March 22, 2026 that the Valley Inn restaurant would not reopen after fire damage first reported in a July 29, 2025 article from the same outlet, while the family's separate Valley Inn Catering business continues operating.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 12
  • Original air date
  • Address 8300 W 107th St, Palos Hills, IL 60465

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited the Valley Inn, a family-owned bar and restaurant in Palos Hills, Illinois, that had been operating since 1972, for an episode that aired October 10, 2012. As is typical of the show's format, Robert Irvine and his crew spent two days reworking the menu, refreshing the dining room and bar area, and resetting kitchen operations to help the longtime family business better compete in its market.

The Valley Inn continued operating at 8300 West 107th Street for roughly thirteen years after the episode aired, remaining a neighborhood spot known for American bar food and a lineup of televisions for watching sports and cheering on local teams, a format that had served the neighborhood for decades under the same family.

That run ended with a fire rather than a slow decline. Southwest Regional Publishing, which covers the southwest Chicago suburbs, reported on July 29, 2025, that a late-night blaze had reached the Valley Inn's dining room and caused extensive damage, though the family said at the time that they intended to rebuild. A follow-up report from the same outlet, published March 22, 2026, said the family had since decided the restaurant location would not reopen, describing the damage as too extensive to justify restoring the original building to reopen as a restaurant on the same footprint.

The same March 2026 report noted that Valley Inn Catering, a related but separate business run by the same family at 10620 South Roberts Road in Palos Hills, remains open and operating. Because that catering operation is a distinct business at a different address rather than a reopening of the original restaurant, the Valley Inn location itself is treated here as closed rather than relocated, even though the same family continues to serve customers under the Valley Inn name through catering.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 12
Original air date
Episode title
Valley Inn
What was featured
Bar-and-grill menu, dining room, and bar renovation
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Valley Inn

Frequently asked questions

Is Valley Inn still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Valley Inn has closed — confirmed via southwestregionalpublishing.com, March 22, 2026.

What happened to Valley Inn after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited the Valley Inn, a family-owned bar and restaurant in Palos Hills, Illinois, that had been operating since 1972, for an episode that aired October 10, 2012. As of September 2026, Valley Inn has closed — confirmed via southwestregionalpublishing.com, March 22, 2026.

Is Valley Inn permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Valley Inn has closed — confirmed via southwestregionalpublishing.com, March 22, 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 Valley Inn located?

8300 W 107th St, Palos Hills, IL 60465. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Valley Inn?

Season 4, Episode 12 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired October 10, 2012. The episode is titled “Valley Inn”.

Did the makeover last at Valley Inn?

The episode first aired October 10, 2012. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 14 years later —: As of September 2026, Valley Inn has closed — confirmed via southwestregionalpublishing.com, March 22, 2026.

Is Valley Inn still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

As is typical of the show's format, Robert Irvine and his crew spent two days reworking the menu, refreshing the dining room and bar area, and resetting kitchen operations to help the longtime family business better compete in its market. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
8300 W 107th St, Palos Hills, IL 60465
Venue type
bar
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