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What Happened to Bad Decisions Bar After Food Paradise? (Baltimore, MD)

Food Paradise, Season 2 Baltimore, Maryland Closed 2017

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Bad Decisions Bar has closed — confirmed via baltimoresun.com, January 17, 2017.

What the source shows: The Baltimore Sun reported the bar's closure announcement on 2017-01-17, and its Yelp listing, updated 2026-03, still shows it marked permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Bad Decisions Bar was featured in "Bacon Paradise" (S2E1) for its lively Fells Point bar scene and cocktail menu. The business was a Baltimore cocktail bar known for a sprawling, handwritten drink list and a wide selection of mead, opened in 2008 by owner John Reusing, who drew on experience from Sammy's Trattoria and Chiapparelli's. It relocated from its original Fleet Street location to 701 S. Bond St. in August 2016. According to the Baltimore Sun, the bar announced on 2017-01-17 that it would close the following month; Baltimore Fishbowl reported the same closure at the time.

Yelp's listing for the bar, updated 2026-03, still shows it marked permanently closed, with no successor business at the Bond Street address identified in the available sources. The bar had also drawn earlier attention for national TV appearances tied to its original Fleet Street spot.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 2

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Bacon Paradise · What was featured: cocktails and bar atmosphere in Fells Point
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. baltimoresun.com https://www.baltimoresun.com/2017/01/17/fells-point-bar-bad-decisions-to-close-in-february/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/bad-decisions-baltimore
  3. baltimorefishbowl.com https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/bad-decisions-close-next-month/
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