Is Brigtsen's Restaurant Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New Orleans, Louisiana
Current status
As of October 2026, Brigtsen's Restaurant is listed open on brigtsens.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Brigtsen's own website returned an active reservations and specials page with current contact information when checked on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 4
- Address 723 Dante St, New Orleans, LA 70118
- Website brigtsens.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Brigtsen's Restaurant in New Orleans appeared on Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Sugar Rush' episode, where food writer John T. Edge recommended the restaurant's pecan pie, according to Foodiepie's episode catalog. Brigtsen's is a Creole-Cajun restaurant in the Riverbend section of New Orleans, operating from a converted cottage on Dante Street, according to the restaurant's own website. According to that site, checked on 2026-09-08, Brigtsen's listed a current phone number, a 723 Dante Street address, and pages for its menu, specials, and events, along with a note that reservations are accepted by phone. The site also linked active Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, and Instagram pages, per brigtsens.com. The Riverbend site listed a full dinner menu and a holiday specials page as of the same check.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- brigtsens.com http://www.brigtsens.com/
- foodiepie.com https://www.foodiepie.com/restaurant.php?rst=Brigtsens-Restaurant-New-Orleans-LA
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Record btiea-0039 · checked by Cal Marchetti.