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What Happened to Bar Lupo Italian Pub After Food Paradise? (Chicago, IL)

Food Paradise, Season 19 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Bar Lupo Italian Pub has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Bar Lupo was updated in May 2026 marking it permanently closed, consistent with the Google Places business status in the original listing, and The Infatuation's review of the restaurant also carries a permanently-closed notice. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured Bar Lupo's red-sauce Italian pub menu: bar snacks, house pastas, and classics like chicken parmesan, served alongside cocktails in a low-key, dimly lit room, according to The Infatuation. Bar Lupo was an Italian pub and cocktail bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood, at 217 W Huron Street, part of the area sometimes called the Gallery District. A Yelp listing for Bar Lupo was updated in May 2026 and marks the business permanently closed, consistent with a Google Places record showing the same business status, and The Infatuation's review of the restaurant now carries a "Permanently Closed" notice. No news article with an exact closing date was located for Bar Lupo.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 4
Air date not confirmed
Title: Happy Appy Hour · What was featured: red-sauce Italian pub fare, including pastas, chicken parmesan, and bar snacks
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-lupo-chicago-2
  2. theinfatuation.com https://www.theinfatuation.com/chicago/reviews/bar-lupo
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