Is Bubba's Texas Burger Shack Still Open? Food Paradise Update
Food Paradise, Season 12 Houston, Texas
Current status
As of October 2026, Bubba's Texas Burger Shack is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Bubba's Texas Burger Shack was updated in July 2026 and showed the restaurant active with hundreds of reviews, despite the restaurant's own site blocking a direct check. A fresh search confirms current hours (daily 11am-9pm) and an active Grubhub delivery listing at 5230 Westpark Dr. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 12, Episode 5
- Address 5230 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX 77056
- Website bubbastexasburgershack.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Bubba's Texas Burger Shack's bison and beef burgers, along with chili and jalapeño potato salad served at outdoor picnic tables. The restaurant is a family-owned burger shack in Houston's Gulfton area at 5230 Westpark Dr that has operated since 1985 and was among the first in Houston to serve bison burgers. Yelp's listing for the restaurant showed 957 reviews and was updated in July 2026, according to Yelp (2026-07). The restaurant also maintained active delivery listings on DoorDash, Grubhub, and Favor Delivery, according to those platforms' order pages, and continued to describe itself as family owned and operated. The restaurant's own website returned an access-denied response during a direct check on 2026-09-09, but its third-party listings remained current.
The episode
Also in Season 12
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Ep 5Butchertown Hall
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Ep 5Old Major
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Sources we checked
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Record fp-0899 · checked by Cal Marchetti.