restaurantRestaurant: Impossible · Season 2, Episode 14 · Aired November 16, 2011
Coffee's Boilin' Pot
Madisonville, Louisiana
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
What happened after
no closure signal found; active directory/delivery listings (AllMenus, Chamber of Commerce) with current address and phone
What happened on the show
Tim and Allene fell in love working at Coffee's Boilin' Pot, married, and bought the Madisonville restaurant in 2005, only to watch the pressure of running it pull them apart and eventually into divorce. Irvine arrived to a dirty kitchen turning out frozen food that was badly cooked and worse seasoned, the state of the place mirroring the state of the couple. His two days went to cleaning, retraining, and rebuilding a menu around fresh ingredients, the standard scope the series allots on its modest renovation budget. Beyond the plates, much of the visit was about whether two people who had lost each other could still run something together. The Louisiana spot appears to remain in operation, though the signal is thin: current directory listings show it active, without a firmer confirmation, so we hold that status lightly.
After the cameras left
Coffee's Boilin' Pot appears to still be operating, though the evidence is thin. We found no closure signal and located active directory and delivery listings, including AllMenus and a Chamber of Commerce entry, carrying a current address and phone for the Covington Street location. That is presence, not proof of live daily operation, since we did not surface a recent review or an explicit open confirmation. On that basis we mark it open but at low confidence, and its status could shift on a future re-check.
Sources
Confidence: low. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.