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What Happened to Braise & Crumble Café After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 10 Pasadena, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Braise & Crumble Café has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Braise & Crumble Cafe updated 2026-02 marks the Mentor Avenue address closed, Time Out Los Angeles lists the cafe under a closed heading, and the business's Facebook page describes co-owner Shannon Hart's move to a new venture. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"Best Thing I Ever Ate," "Trigger Foods" (S10E1), featured Braise & Crumble's slow-braised comfort cooking -- pulled pork, short ribs, fried chicken, and four-bite fruit pies from a menu blending Chinese and Southern technique from co-owners with roots in both cuisines. The small counter-service cafe, run by chefs Tyler Wu and Shannon Hart, occupied a storefront at 40 North Mentor Avenue in Pasadena's Playhouse District, near the Ice House comedy club and the Boston Court theater. A Yelp listing updated 2026-02 marks the Mentor Avenue address as closed.

Time Out Los Angeles separately lists the cafe under a "(Closed)" heading in its restaurant guide. According to a post on Braise & Crumble's Facebook page, co-owner Shannon Hart went on to open a new food truck venture, Rolling Smoke BBQ Company, in southern Oregon.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 10

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Trigger Foods · What was featured: slow-braised pulled pork, short ribs, fried chicken, and fruit pies

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/braise-and-crumble-cafe-pasadena
  2. timeout.com https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/braise-crumble-closed
  3. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BraiseAndCrumble/
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