What Happened to American Cupcake After Food Paradise? (San Francisco, CA)
Food Paradise, Season 4 San Francisco, California
Current status
As of October 2026, American Cupcake has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.
What the source shows: Google's listing, included in our records, marks American Cupcake as permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 15
- Aired
- Address 1919 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise (Travel Channel) included American Cupcake, a cupcake bakery at 1919 Union Street in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood, as part of its 2013 episode "Fried Chicken Paradise" (S4E15, aired 2013), which toured several fried chicken spots around the country. Available sources give no details about the shop's history, ownership, or menu beyond its name and location. Google's listing for American Cupcake marks the location permanently closed. No specific closure date, ownership statement, or news account of the closure was found alongside that designation, and no live website or active social media account for American Cupcake at the Union Street address was located.
The episode
Also in Season 4
Season 4: 134 of 199 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 15Busy Bee Cafe
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Ep 15Dinah's Chicken
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Ep 15Jacques-Imo's Café
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Ep 15Pine State Biscuits
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Sources we checked
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=American+Cupcake+1919+Union+St+San+Francisco+CA+94123
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Record fp-0301 · checked by Cal Marchetti.