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What Happened to Café Giovanni Creole Italian After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 12 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Café Giovanni Creole Italian has closed — confirmed via Google, September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: Google's Places listing for Cafe Giovanni at 117 Decatur St, checked 2026-09-09, shows a permanently-closed business status with no working website on file. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Cafe Giovanni Creole Italian was featured in the episode "Big Easy Eats" (S12E1), which highlighted the restaurant's fusion of Creole and Italian cooking styles suggested by its name. The restaurant operated at 117 Decatur Street, in New Orleans's French Quarter, a historic district known for its concentration of restaurants near the Mississippi River. Business records reviewed for this update come from Google's Places listing rather than the restaurant's own website, since no working site was found. According to that Google Places listing, checked 2026-09-09, Cafe Giovanni carries a permanently-closed business status. No additional dated news coverage or social-media announcement about the closure was located during this check, so the exact closure date remains unknown.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Big Easy Eats · What was featured: Creole-Italian fusion cuisine in the French Quarter
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Cafe+Giovanni+117+Decatur+St+New+Orleans+LA+70130
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