What Happened to Black Tree After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Black Tree has closed — confirmed via dnainfo.com, June 12, 2015.
What the source shows: DNAinfo reported the NYC health department shut down Black Tree on June 10, 2015 for a severe pest infestation, and The Lo-Down reported a different restaurant, Raw Material, later opened in the same Orchard Street space. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 19, Episode 2
- Aired
- Address 131 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Part 1 — Season 19, Episode 2 Aired
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited this Lower East Side restaurant known for urban American dishes built around ingredients from local farmers markets, with a menu that changed seasonally. Black Tree operated as a small restaurant at 131 Orchard Street in Manhattan; the Wall Street Journal and the Village Voice had both praised the kitchen before its Food Network appearance. According to DNAinfo (2015-06-12), the New York City health department shut the restaurant down on June 10, 2015, citing a severe pest infestation, including evidence of live rats and mice, after the location tallied 67 violation points. According to The Lo-Down (2016-10), the Orchard Street space reopened later as Raw Material, a simplified version of the original restaurant's concept, under the same ownership.
Part 2 — Season 23, Episode 17 Aired
On the 'Extra Helpings' episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (aired 2015-11-27), Guy Fieri revisited Black Tree in Manhattan, New York. The segment featured a Winter Pig Sandwich, combining braised pork belly with a brown butter apple jam, according to the show's episode archive at dinersdriveinsdives.com.
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Sources we checked
- dnainfo.com https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150612/lower-east-side/black-tree-shut-down-after-health-dept-finds-vermin-other-violations/
- thelodownny.com https://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/10/raw-material-is-now-open-at-131-orchard-st-in-former-black-tree-space.html
- dinersdriveinsdives.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdives.com/episode/Extra-Helpings
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Record ddd-0661 · checked by Cal Marchetti.