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What Happened to Celia's Mexican Restaurant After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 15 Berkeley, California Closed March 2021

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Celia's Mexican Restaurant has closed — confirmed via berkeleyside.org, March 2021.

What the source shows: Berkeleyside included Celia's Mexican Restaurant in its March 2021 roundup of East Bay restaurant closings, and a Yelp listing for the Euclid Avenue address, updated May 2026, still marks the business permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

In the 'Paradise University' episode (S15E12), the show featured Celia's Mexican Restaurant, a longtime family-style Mexican restaurant in Berkeley, California, known for a menu of Mexican classics built up over decades in the city. The restaurant most recently operated from a Euclid Avenue location near the UC Berkeley campus, after decades earlier on Fourth Street. Berkeleyside included Celia's in its roundup of East Bay restaurant openings and closings for March 2021, reporting the restaurant's closure. A Yelp listing for the Euclid Avenue address, last updated in May 2026, continues to mark Celia's Mexican Restaurant permanently closed.

A Google Places listing checked 2026-09-08 shows a different restaurant, El Talpense Mexican Restaurant, now operating from the same Euclid Avenue address. The Yelp listing for the Euclid Avenue location shows 241 reviews accumulated over the years Celia's operated there, a separate signal of the restaurant's long run in the neighborhood before it closed.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 15

Episode 12
Air date not confirmed
Title: Paradise University · What was featured: Family-style Mexican classics served for decades in Berkeley
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 15 Food Paradise

Season 15: 77 of 104 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. berkeleyside.org https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/03/31/east-bay-restaurant-openings-and-closings-in-march-2021
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/celias-mexican-restaurant-berkeley-3
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