Is Buddakan Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Philadelphia, PA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current status
As of October 2026, Buddakan is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Buddakan's website shows current 2026-dated content with live reservation and delivery links, and Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11) describes it as an ongoing Starr Restaurants property in Philadelphia. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 9
- Address 325 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
- Website buddakan.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
An episode titled "With My Hands" featured Buddakan, restaurateur Stephen Starr's modern Pan-Asian fusion restaurant in Philadelphia, PA, built around a dining room anchored by a ten-foot Buddha statue. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11), Starr opened the original Buddakan in Philadelphia in 1998, and the concept later expanded to Atlantic City and New York City; the Atlantic City location closed in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Buddakan's website (checked 2026-09-08), the Philadelphia restaurant was taking reservations and delivery orders, its page last modified on 2026-09-07 per site metadata. The site also promoted gift cards and private-event bookings alongside its regular dinner service.
The episode
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Ep 9The Spotted Pig
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Sources we checked
- buddakan.com https://buddakan.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddakan
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Record btiea-0076 · checked by Cal Marchetti.