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What Happened to Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe After Food Paradise?

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As of September 2026, Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the Santa Cruz Cereality cafe, updated 2026-05, lists it as closed, and Santa Cruz LocalWiki states the location closed in early 2009 and was replaced by a business called Swirl.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Breakfast Paradise" episode featured Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe in Santa Cruz, California, spotlighting its made-to-order cereal bowls served with a bar of mix-in toppings. Cereality was a cereal-bar chain concept with cafe locations that briefly operated in cities including Santa Cruz, Chicago, and Dallas. According to Santa Cruz LocalWiki, the Santa Cruz location at 1315 Pacific Avenue closed in early 2009 and was replaced by a business called Swirl. Yelp's listing for the Santa Cruz cafe, updated 2026-05, still lists it as closed. Yelp listings for other Cereality locations, including ones in Dallas and Chicago, are likewise listed as closed, consistent with the chain no longer operating nationally. No current Cereality website or operating location under that name was found for Santa Cruz.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 14
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Breakfast Paradise
What was featured
made-to-order cereal bowls with mix-in toppings
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe

Frequently asked questions

Is Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.

What happened to Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Breakfast Paradise" episode featured Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe in Santa Cruz, California, spotlighting its made-to-order cereal bowls served with a bar of mix-in toppings. As of September 2026, Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.

Is Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe has closed — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe located?

1315 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe?

Season 1, Episode 14 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Breakfast Paradise”.

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Address
1315 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Venue type
cafe
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cereality-bar-and-cafe-santa-cruz
  • localwiki.org — https://localwiki.org/santacruz/Cereality

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