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Is Adelitas Cocina y Cantina Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11 Denver, Colorado

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Adelitas Cocina y Cantina is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's Denver Broadway listing for Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, updated September 2026 with 1,082 reviews and 859 photos, plus the business's current official site (adelitasco.com), confirm the Broadway location remains open, distinct from a separate Littleton, CO location of the same name that Yelp marks closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"Best Thing I Ever Ate" episode "Stretchy Pants Required" featured Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, a Mexican restaurant and cantina in Denver known for its happy-hour menu. The restaurant operates at 1294 South Broadway. The domain listed in earlier records for this business, adelitasdenver.com, now resolves to unrelated third-party content rather than the restaurant's site; its current official site is adelitasco.com. Yelp's listing for the Broadway location, updated September 2026, showed 1,082 reviews and 859 photos, indicating ongoing operation distinct from a separate Adelitas Cocina y Cantina location in Littleton, Colorado that Yelp separately marks as closed. The Broadway restaurant's posted hours were Tuesday through Sunday, with Mondays closed, per its current listings.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11

Air date not confirmed
Title: Stretchy Pants Required · What was featured: Adelitas Cocina y Cantina's Mexican cantina menu and happy hour

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/adelitas-cocina-y-cantina-denver
  2. adelitasco.com https://adelitasco.com/broadway
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