What Happened to Abe Fischer After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current status
As of October 2026, Abe Fischer has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-08 and a GAYOT directory entry both mark the Sansom Street address as a permanently closed restaurant, though neither source states the actual closure date. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 17
- Address 1623 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Abe Fisher was a modern Eastern European-and-Jewish-inspired restaurant at 1623 Sansom Street in Philadelphia's Center City. Best Thing I Ever Ate featured the restaurant's modern deli-style menu in the episode "One of a Kind" (Season 9, Episode 17). A Yelp listing for the Sansom Street address, updated 2026-08, marks Abe Fisher as permanently closed. A GAYOT directory page separately lists the restaurant among Philadelphia's closed restaurants at the same address. Sources reviewed here spell the restaurant's name "Abe Fisher," without a "c," which differs from the "Abe Fischer" spelling used in the original listing; this record uses the sourced spelling. No news article giving a specific closure date was found within this check, so no closure date is asserted -- only that current public listings mark the business closed.
The episode
Also in Season 9
Season 9: 57 of 85 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners
- Open
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Ep 16Citizen Public House
Open - Closed
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Ep 17Cal Mare
Closed -
Ep 17Chick'nCone
Closed -
Ep 17Fong's Pizza
Relocated -
Ep 17Llama Inn
Closed -
Ep 17Simply Crêpes
Open
Nearest open restaurants
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Food Paradise
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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The Continental (The Continental Mid-Town)
Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Food Paradise
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Record btiea-0726 · checked by Cal Marchetti.