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Is Boka Restaurant Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Chicago, IL)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Boka Restaurant is listed open on bokachicago.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Boka's website was modified as recently as September 4, 2026, carries a 2026 copyright, and Google Places lists it as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Boka in the 'Holiday' episode, highlighting a seasonal dish from the Chicago restaurant's menu. Boka is a seasonal American restaurant operated by Boka Restaurant Group, a Chicago hospitality company that runs several dining rooms across the city, at 1729 N Halsted St in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Boka's website, whose server reported a last-modified date of 2026-09-04, carried a 2026 copyright notice and listed current pages for its menu, private dining program, and an ongoing restaurant-week promotion, along with site sections on accessibility and an email newsletter sign-up.

Google Places, checked 2026-09-07, lists the business status as operational. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change announcement has surfaced. Boka continues to appear under its original name at its Halsted Street location in Lincoln Park, still listed as part of the Boka Restaurant Group portfolio.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Holiday · What was featured: A seasonal American dish from Boka's Chicago menu

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. bokachicago.com http://www.bokachicago.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.913555099999996,-87.6480103
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Record btiea-0093 · checked by Cal Marchetti.