Del's From Restaurant Impossible To Close

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Del's restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was featured on season 3 of Restaurant Impossible announced that they will be closing on May 2nd, 2015.  The restaurant has been open for 65 years, and co-owner Marianne Delpizzo is quoted in a local article saying,

"We can't make it anymore.  We're losing money. This city is growing young and trendy, and we're kind of old-fashioned.”

Marianne also credits the Restaurant Impossible makeover for keeping them in business a few years longer, but they couldn't change the image people had in their minds of Del's.  The building has been sold to a real estate firm who plans to get another restaurant to occupy that space.


The reviews on Yelp haven't been too great for Del's and owner Marianne responds to some of the negative reviews saying they should have brought it to their attention rather than posting on social media.  She also blames the negative reviews for hurting small businesses.

The Del's Facebook page has a lot of comments of support and people that are sad to see the restaurant close after all of these years.

Del's will be the ninth restaurant from season 3 (2012) of Restaurant Impossible to close and on May 2nd, the status of the Restaurant Impossible Updates Page will be changed to 'Closed'.