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What Happened to Barrel & Ashes After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star Los Angeles, California Closed 2019

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Barrel & Ashes has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, October 11, 2019.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website posted a closing statement giving Friday, October 11 as its final day of service, with the page's last-modified metadata dating that closure to 2019; a Yelp listing for the address, updated 2026-09, still shows it marked permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate showcased Barrel & Ashes, a Studio City barbecue restaurant from chefs Timothy Hollingsworth (formerly of the French Laundry) and Rory Herrmann (formerly of Bouchon), with restaurateur Bill Chait and bartender Julian Cox, known for ribs, pulled pork, hoe cake, and a fried chicken sandwich at 11801 Ventura Boulevard. The restaurant's own website posted a closing notice stating it would close its doors after dinner service on Friday, October 11, and the page's last-modified date confirms the year as 2019, marking five years in the Studio City space. A Yelp listing for the address, updated 2026-09, still shows the business marked permanently closed, consistent with the owners' 2019 statement.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star

Episode 6
Air date not confirmed
Title: Brilliant Barbecue · What was featured: smoked ribs, pulled pork, hoe cake, fried chicken sandwich

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. barrelandashes.com https://barrelandashes.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/barrel-and-ashes-studio-city-2
  3. lamag.com https://lamag.com/dining/barrel-ashes/
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