A Walnut Hills restaurant will appear on one of The Food Network’s most popular shows later this summer.
The Pickled Pig is best known for its smoked meats, made-from-scratch sandwiches, soups and salads, as well as small-batch fermented and pickled goods. On social media Monday, the restaurant said it recently received a visit from the Mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri, for an episode of the hit reality show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which features Fieri traveling across the country in search of the best eats at greasy spoons, hidden gem restaurants and vintage eateries.
“The ‘Pig is out of the sty’ we are so pumped to finally let yall know the news! We will appear on @guyfieri DDD on @foodnetwork @citizenpictures August 22 at 9pm eastern, (check your local listings),” The Pickled Pig owners, Gary Leybman and Libby Power, wrote.
The episode The Pickled Pig will appear in will be Season 42, Episode 3, titled “Flavortown Flavorfest.”
“There’s a husband-and-wife team in Cincinnati specializing in farm-to-table and fermentation, plating a prime-time pork burger with kimchi, plus smoked turkey and sauerkraut on sourdough,” reads the episode description.
The Pickled Pig is the second local restaurant to be featured in the newest season of Triple D. Ft. Michell Italian restaurant Camporosso appeared in the first episode of the season on July 11. Fieri tried the restaurant’s primo pancetta bucatini and a “next-level” Neapolitan pie. If you missed that episode, it will air on The Food Network’s channel on Friday, Aug. 22 at 11:30 p.m., or you can watch it with your TV provider’s information on watch.foodnetwork.com.
The Pickled Pig’s episode will air at 9 p.m. on Aug. 22 on The Food Network.
The Pickled Pig, 645 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills. More info: smokedandpickled.com.
Camporosso, 2475 Dixie Highway, Ft. Mitchell. More info: camporosso.com.
This article appears in Jul 23 – Aug 5, 2025.
