restaurantRestaurant: Impossible · Season 4, Episode 7 · Aired September 5, 2012
Frankie's
Three Rivers, Michigan
This one survived. It remains in business.
What happened after
official site live (frankiestr.com) with current hours; active Yelp listing ("Try Our New Menu"); one Nov 2022 Facebook post about a single-day staffing-related closure, not permanent
What happened on the show
Frankie's in Three Rivers, Michigan got its two day rescue during season four, Irvine applying the show's compact budget and schedule to a restaurant in need of a reset. The Wikipedia list carries no synopsis, so the visit's on camera beats are left unstated rather than reconstructed. The happier news lands in the present tense. Frankie's is still open: its official site lists current hours, and an active Yelp presence points to an operating kitchen, with only a single day staffing closure back in late 2022 rather than anything permanent. That puts Frankie's among the fourth season's survivors, a Michigan spot that took what the show gave it and kept going, confirmed still trading as of our latest verification pass rather than joining the long roster of restaurants that faded after their episode aired.
After the cameras left
Frankie's is still operating. The Three Rivers restaurant maintains a live official site at frankiestr.com with current hours and an active Yelp listing promoting its menu. A single November 2022 Facebook post about a one-day, staffing-related closure was just that, temporary rather than permanent. A maintained website plus current listings put the open status at high confidence. Frankie's is one of the season-four businesses that took the rescue and kept going, more than a decade past the episode.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.