Bar Amá Is Now le dräQ (by Bar… — What Happened After Food Paradise?
Food Paradise, Season 16 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, this address now operates as le dräQ (by Bar Amá & Bäco Mercat) — confirmed via le dräQ (by Bar Amá & Bäco Mercat)'s own current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026. Now: le dräQ (by Bar Amá & Bäco Mercat) (formerly Bar Amá).
What the source shows: A 2026-09-08 check of bar-ama.com found the site now presenting the space as 'le dräQ,' a combined concept from chef Josef Centeno pairing Bar Amá and Bäco Mercat dishes. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 2
- Address 118 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
- Now called le dräQ (by Bar Amá & Bäco Mercat)
- Website bar-ama.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
On Food Paradise (Travel Channel)'s "Nacho Nation" episode, Bar Amá was featured for its Tex-Mex nachos, part of chef Josef Centeno's queso-and-chile-driven Tex-Mex menu. Bar Amá was a Tex-Mex restaurant on West 4th Street in the historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. Since the episode, the concept has changed: a 2026-09-08 check of the restaurant's website, bar-ama.com, found the site now presenting the space as "le dräQ," a combined concept from chef Centeno pairing dishes from both Bar Amá and his restaurant Bäco Mercat, according to Discover Los Angeles.
Yelp's listing for the address, still filed under the Bar Amá name, was updated in August 2026 and continues to show the location as active. Google Places lists the current business at this address, le dräQ by Bar Amá & Bäco Mercat, as operational, checked 2026-09-08.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- bar-ama.com http://bar-ama.com/
- discoverlosangeles.com https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/eat-drink/le-dr%C3%A4q-by-bar-am%C3%A1-b%C3%A4co-mercat
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-ama-los-angeles
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Record fp-1291 · checked by Cal Marchetti.