Is Balthazar Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Balthazar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: A pipeline site check found balthazarny.com online with a same-day last-modified header, current address and reservation information. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 1
- Address 80 Spring St, New York, NY 10012
- Website balthazarny.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's episode "Totally Fried" featured Balthazar's French brasserie fare, including raw bar seafood and classic dishes such as steak frites. Balthazar is a French brasserie at 80 Spring Street in SoHo, Manhattan, that opened on April 21, 1997, and is owned by restaurateur Keith McNally, according to Wikipedia, revised 2026-07-11. McNally has also opened Pastis, Morandi, and Minetta Tavern, among other New York restaurants, according to Wikipedia. A site check on 2026-09-08 found balthazarny.com online, listing the restaurant's Spring Street address and phone number along with reservations, a bakery, gift cards, and delivery through Doordash-Caviar, with the page last modified that same day. A Google Places listing checked 2026-09-08 marked the business operational. Balthazar Bakery was later opened at the same Spring Street address, according to Wikipedia.
The episode
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Season 1: 57 of 88 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Sources we checked
- balthazarny.com http://www.balthazarny.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthazar_(restaurant)
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Record btiea-0009 · checked by Cal Marchetti.