What Happened to Bavette La Boucherie After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Current status
As of October 2026, Bavette La Boucherie has closed — confirmed via urbanmilwaukee.com, December 31, 2025.
What the source shows: Urban Milwaukee reported the Third Ward restaurant had set a closing date, with final service planned for mid-January 2026, and a follow-up Urban Milwaukee piece said a new restaurant concept had been proposed for the vacated Bavette space. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 8, Episode 10
- Address 217 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202
- Website bavettemilwaukee.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Bavette La Boucherie was a butcher shop and restaurant in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, known for charcuterie and sandwiches; the show's 'Sandwich Hall of Fame' episode (S8E10) featured the shop. Urban Milwaukee's business page lists it as opened in 2013 at 217 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202, with owner Karen Bell. Urban Milwaukee reported on 2025-12-31 that the Third Ward restaurant had set a closing date, with final service planned for mid-January 2026. A follow-up Urban Milwaukee article on 2026-01-13 said experienced restaurateurs had proposed a new concept for the vacated Bavette space, indicating the location had already turned over to a new tenant search. No source confirmed the exact final-service date or a buyer for the space.
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Sources we checked
- urbanmilwaukee.com https://urbanmilwaukee.com/business/bavette-la-boucherie/
- urbanmilwaukee.com https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/12/31/third-ward-restaurant-sets-closing-date/
- urbanmilwaukee.com https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/01/13/new-restaurant-proposed-for-bavette-space-2/
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Record btiea-0619 · checked by Cal Marchetti.