What Happened to Burnt Crumbs After Food Paradise? (Huntington Beach, CA)

Food Paradise, Season 11, Episode 3

Burnt Crumbs appeared in the episode 'Carb Overload' for its gourmet deli-style sandwiches, served at its original Huntington Beach, California location inside the Lot 579 Gourmet Market at Pacific City. According to Patch, published 2021-08-26, Burnt Crumbs reopened at Pacific City after nearly closing permanently, aided by a federal grant, and added a brunch menu with items such as breakfast burritos, sandwiches, and salads at 21058 Pacific Coast Hwy. A Yelp listing for that same Huntington Beach address, updated 2026-04, later marked Burnt Crumbs permanently closed. The chain has continued to operate under the same name at other Southern California locations, including Irvine, where Google Places lists its business status as operational. No fresher source than the 2026-04 Yelp listing was found showing the Huntington Beach location open.

Man v. Food, Season 7, Episode 8 Aired July 2, 2018

Man v. Food's Orange County episode (S7E8, aired July 2, 2018) sent host Casey Webb to Burnt Crumbs, a gourmet sandwich shop then operating at Pacific City in Huntington Beach, for the El Diablo Challenge — a 3-pound burger topped with bacon, pickled vegetables, shrimp and a sauce built from ghost chili, Trinidad scorpion and Carolina Reaper peppers, per Wikipedia's Man v. Food episode guide. Chef-owner Paul Cao's Burnt Crumbs grew out of a food truck before opening the Huntington Beach storefront alongside a second location in Irvine. The Huntington Beach spot survived a pandemic-era closure scare and reopened with federal grant assistance in 2021, according to Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Patch (Aug. 26, 2021). It has since closed again: Yelp's listing for the address is marked permanently closed (updated April 2026), and Burnt Crumbs' own website, checked Sept. 7, 2026, lists only the Irvine location.