restaurantRestaurant: Impossible · Season 9, Episode 11 · Aired October 6, 2014
Padre Rita Grill
South Padre Island, Texas
Yes. This one is still open.
On the show
Season 9, Episode 11 · October 6, 2014 · restaurant
episode title: "Paradise: Impossible"
What happened after
Tex-Mex/seafood restaurant with active recent Facebook presence.
What happened on the show
Out on South Padre Island, Texas, the Padre Rita Grill had its ninth season episode on the series, a Tex Mex and seafood spot betting two days of Irvine's attention could turn its fortunes. The grill got Padre Rita's share of the show's usual formula, a compressed rebuild on the network's tight remodeling budget, with Irvine reading the operation and steering it toward a cleaner relaunch. The episode's broadcast specifics never reached the Wikipedia listing, so this page keeps them blank rather than guessing. Signs point to the grill still going: its Facebook presence was active as of early 2024 and other listings run into 2023. We mark Padre Rita open on that basis, one of the ninth season entries that appears to have held on past its televised moment.
After the cameras left
The Padre Rita Grill looks to be open. Its Facebook presence was active into 2024, and a menu-collector listing was dated to 2023, both consistent with a running business, though the signals came through rather than a direct load, so confidence lands in the middle. our read is that the South Padre Island grill still trades at its Padre Boulevard address, its beachfront Tex-Mex and seafood concept carrying on years past the makeover, but a stronger call awaits a better source.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.