Is Cha Cha Chicken Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 Santa Monica, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Cha Cha Chicken is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's Santa Monica listing was updated September 2026 with 2,586 reviews, and the restaurant's own site and DoorDash page both list current hours and active ordering at the Ocean Avenue address. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 2
- Address 1906 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Website chachachickenca.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Fried Chicken' episode (Food Network) featured Cha Cha Chicken's Caribbean-style chicken, served alongside rice, beans, and plantains. Cha Cha Chicken is a casual, walk-up Caribbean restaurant on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, built around a menu of grilled and jerk chicken. According to Yelp, the Ocean Avenue location's listing was updated in September 2026, with 2,586 reviews and 2,395 photos posted through that month, and current hours were listed as 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. The restaurant's own site and its DoorDash delivery page both continue to list active ordering and hours at the same Ocean Avenue address, and Santa Monica's official visitor site, santamonica.com, also lists the restaurant among the city's active dining spots.
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/cha-cha-chicken-santa-monica
- chachachickenca.com https://chachachickenca.com/
- DoorDash https://www.doordash.com/store/cha-cha-chicken-santa-monica-580/1068/
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Record btiea-0414 · checked by Cal Marchetti.