What Happened to Cafe des Artistes After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Cafe des Artistes has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Cafe des Artistes at 1534 N McCadden Pl is marked permanently closed, updated February 2026, and Gayot's restaurant review page separately labels the listing as closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 3
- Address 1534 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90028
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode featured Cafe des Artistes' macaroni and cheese, a French-inflected take on the comfort dish, according to Food Network's profile of the restaurant, which notes that host Sunny Anderson praised the restaurant's French cooking. Cafe des Artistes was a French restaurant set in a Hollywood Arts and Crafts-style bungalow at 1534 North McCadden Place in Los Angeles, California, according to Gayot's review of the restaurant. Yelp's listing for the McCadden Place address, updated February 2026, marks it permanently closed. Gayot's own restaurant listing separately states the location is closed, heading the page 'This restaurant is closed.' The restaurant's Food Network profile lists it among Los Angeles-area stops on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, according to Food Network. No current website or active social-media presence for the restaurant was found during a 2026-09-08 check.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 64 of 102 still open · 8 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 2Alcenia's
Open - Open
- Open
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Ep 3Artisanal Bistro
Closed - New owners
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Ep 3E.A.T.
Open -
Ep 3Le Goulue
Closed -
Ep 3Zinc Bistro
Open
Nearest open restaurants
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Hollywood Liberty Hotel (Hollywood VIP Hotel)
Hotel Impossible
Renamed -
Food Paradise
Open -
Food Paradise
Open -
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open -
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open -
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/caf%C3%A9-des-artistes-los-angeles-3
- gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/cafe-des-artistes-hollywood-ca-90028_2la00102-01.html
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ca/los-angeles/cafe-des-artistes-restaurant
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Record btiea-0108 · checked by Cal Marchetti.