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What Happened to Char Korean Bar & Grill After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 17 Atlanta, Georgia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Char Korean Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: A Google Places listing for 299 N Highland Ave NE, checked 2026-09-08, marks the business as permanently closed, and no current website or ordering page could be found for it. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "All You Can Meat" episode, a themed installment built around a shared meat category, featured Char Korean Bar & Grill, a Korean-style bar and grill in Atlanta, Georgia, organized around grilled Korean dishes. The restaurant operated at 299 North Highland Avenue NE, a commercial corridor in the city's in-town core. According to a Google Places listing checked on 2026-09-08, the business is marked permanently closed at that address, and no current website, social media page, or online ordering system could be located for it during this check. Google's listing does not give a closure date. No other restaurant appeared to be operating under the Char Korean Bar & Grill name at the address as of the same 2026-09-08 check.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 17

Episode 6
Air date not confirmed
Title: All You Can Meat · What was featured: the restaurant's Korean-style grilled meats
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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Char+Korean+Bar+%26+Grill+299+N+Highland+Ave+NE+Atlanta+GA+30307
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Record fp-1396 · checked by Cal Marchetti.