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What Happened to Brownstone Bistro After 24 Hours to Hell and Back?

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As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Brownstone LA at this address is marked permanently closed as of a September 2026 update; a tracker page last checked in mid-2023 similarly found it marked closed on Yelp since 2022 with the property appearing vacant on a Street View update.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 3
  • Original air date
  • Address 5047 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
  • Current name Brownstone LA

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What happened after Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back?

Brownstone Bistro was a Creole-Caribbean restaurant on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles owned by chef Clive Jackson, five years into business but struggling by the time Gordon Ramsay's crew arrived in 2018 for the third episode of the season. The episode framed the restaurant's problems against Clive's personal grief: his teenage son had been shot and killed near the restaurant, and Clive had thrown himself into work rather than process the loss, leaving general manager Nicole to run daily operations with little oversight. Ramsay's hidden cameras caught cold food, sloppy service, a grease-caked grill described as a fire hazard, and a staff caught laughing at their own food-safety lapses. Clive said the restaurant had about six months left before it would need to close.

Over 24 hours, Ramsay's team introduced a new point-of-sale system to replace paper tickets, rebuilt the menu around dishes like red snapper, refreshed the space, and planted a memorial tree in the dining room in honor of Clive's son, inviting customers to leave messages on it. Ramsay also facilitated a reconciliation between Clive and his ex-wife. The relaunch dinner impressed returning regulars and reviewers who attended.

The improvement did not last: Clive's own on-camera estimate that the restaurant had about six months left proved close to accurate. An account on realitytvupdates.com states Brownstone Bistro's closure came in October 2018, about four months after the episode aired, and that new owners then bought the property and reopened it in January 2019 under the name "Brownstone LA," largely keeping Clive's original menu, including the red snapper dish introduced during the Ramsay relaunch, before that second-iteration business closed again by September 2019. Yelp's own listing for the address has shown it permanently closed since at least 2022, with the property appearing vacant in a Google Street View update reviewed by the same fan-tracker site in mid-2023.

Featured on Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 3
Original air date
Episode title
Brownstone Bistro
What was featured
Creole-Caribbean restaurant; owner's grief and staff neglect after his son's death
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Brownstone Bistro

Frequently asked questions

Is Brownstone Bistro still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What happened to Brownstone Bistro after Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back?

Brownstone Bistro was a Creole-Caribbean restaurant on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles owned by chef Clive Jackson, five years into business but struggling by the time Gordon Ramsay's crew arrived in 2018 for the third episode of the season. As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

Is Brownstone Bistro permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is Brownstone Bistro called now?

Now: Brownstone LA (formerly Brownstone Bistro). As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

Where is Brownstone Bistro located?

5047 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back featured Brownstone Bistro?

Season 1, Episode 3 of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back, first aired June 27, 2018. The episode is titled “Brownstone Bistro”.

Did the makeover last at Brownstone Bistro?

The episode first aired June 27, 2018. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 8 years later —: As of September 2026, Brownstone Bistro has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What do reviews say since Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back?

The relaunch dinner impressed returning regulars and reviewers who attended. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Brownstone Bistro still using the Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back menu or branding?

Over 24 hours, Ramsay's team introduced a new point-of-sale system to replace paper tickets, rebuilt the menu around dishes like red snapper, refreshed the space, and planted a memorial tree in the dining room in honor of Clive's son, inviting customers to leave messages on it. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Visit info

Address
5047 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/brownstone-la-los-angeles
  • realitytvupdates.com — https://realitytvupdates.com/24-hours-to-hell-and-back/brownstone-bistro/
  • OpenTable — https://www.opentable.com/r/brownstone-la-los-angeles

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