What Happened to Cassia After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Santa Monica, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Cassia has closed — confirmed via smmirror.com, January 29, 2025.
Last verified
What the source shows: Santa Monica Mirror reported 2025-01-29 that Cassia's owners announced on Instagram the restaurant would close, with final service held 2025-02-22; a Yelp listing updated 2026-08 continues to mark it permanently closed.
- Season / episode Season 11, Episode 10
- Address 1314 7th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" episode "Stacked" featured Cassia's Southeast Asian and French-Vietnamese-inspired dishes in downtown Santa Monica. The restaurant, a few blocks from the Santa Monica Pier, opened in 2015 on 7th Street as a chef-driven project that built a following blending Vietnamese and French technique with Southeast Asian spice, running for nearly a decade. The restaurant's ownership group included chefs identified in the announcement only as Kim, Bryant, Zoe, Josh, and Colby, calling themselves the RC Family. Santa Monica Mirror reported on 2025-01-29 that the owners announced on Instagram they would close, citing rising costs, entertainment-industry strikes, and recent wildfires as factors; the owners said "these years have been truly special," with final service held on 2025-02-22. A Yelp business listing updated 2026-08 continues to mark Cassia as permanently closed, consistent with the Mirror's report.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Season / episode
- Season 11, Episode 10
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Stacked
- What was featured
- Cassia's Southeast Asian and French-Vietnamese-inspired dishes in Santa Monica
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Cassia
Frequently asked questions
Is Cassia still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Cassia has closed — confirmed via smmirror.com, January 29, 2025.
What happened to Cassia after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" episode "Stacked" featured Cassia's Southeast Asian and French-Vietnamese-inspired dishes in downtown Santa Monica. As of September 2026, Cassia has closed — confirmed via smmirror.com, January 29, 2025.
Is Cassia permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Cassia has closed — confirmed via smmirror.com, January 29, 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Cassia located?
1314 7th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Cassia?
Season 11, Episode 10 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Stacked”.
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- Official website
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Sources
- smmirror.com — https://smmirror.com/santa-monicas-cherished-cassia-to-close-after-nearly-a-decade-after-series-of-setbacks/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cassia-santa-monica
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