Is Blue Ribbon Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Blue Ribbon is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Blue Ribbon Brasserie, updated 2026-07, shows current nightly hours; a pipeline site check the same day returned HTTP 403 from the business's own site. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode Pilot
- Address 97 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012
- Now called Blue Ribbon Brasserie
- Website blueribbonbrasserie.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's pilot episode featured Blue Ribbon's late-night eclectic menu, including raw bar seafood alongside American and international dishes. The restaurant, formally Blue Ribbon Brasserie, is a seafood-focused brasserie at the border of SoHo and the West Village that has served late-night diners and industry regulars since 1992. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated July 2026, shows it open daily from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. at 97 Sullivan Street, according to Yelp. A direct site check on 2026-09-08 returned an HTTP 403 error from blueribbonbrasserie.com, which appears to block automated requests rather than indicate the site is offline, since the domain still appears active in search results retrieved the same day. A Google Places listing checked 2026-09-08 marked the business operational, consistent with the Yelp listing.
The episode
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 57 of 88 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Anchor & Hope
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Ep PilotBandera
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Ep PilotCaffe Dante (Dante)
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Ep PilotGates Bar-B-Q
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Ep PilotJane Bistro
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Ep PilotShopsin's
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Ep PilotUpstairs On the Square
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-ribbon-brasserie-new-york-4
- blueribbonbrasserie.com https://www.blueribbonbrasserie.com/
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Record btiea-0002 · checked by Cal Marchetti.