Is Chez Olga Still Open? Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) Update

Chez Olga, a family-run Haitian and Caribbean restaurant on Wealthy Street SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has operated since 2010 under mother-and-daughter owners Dodlie and Olga Benoit. Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) featured the restaurant in the episode 'Caribbean Catastrophe' (S15E5), which aired 2019-08-03, after a worn dining room, an inconsistent menu, and pressure in the kitchen had strained the relationship between mother and daughter, according to Food Network's own episode description for the show. Robert Irvine's crew carried out the network's standard two-day, $10,000 turnaround, refreshing the dining room and adjusting the menu around the restaurant's Haitian and Creole cooking.

Dodlie Benoit opened the restaurant in 2010 to bring Haitian home cooking to Grand Rapids, and her daughter Olga later joined the business, according to Grand Rapids Magazine's profile of the business, 'In the Home of Olga.' Coverage since the episode aired has described Chez Olga continuing to operate under the Benoit family, with Olga Benoit frequently running day-to-day service on her own, according to the same profile. A search conducted on 2026-09-08 found a live, active website for the restaurant at chezolga.shop, describing it as a Caribbean restaurant operating at the Wealthy Street address, and Google Places listed the business as operational on the same date.

An attempt to view the restaurant's Facebook page during the same check returned a browser error and could not be used to confirm recent posts or hours. No dated reporting was found describing a closure, change of ownership, or relocation for Chez Olga since the 2019 episode aired, and the restaurant's name has not changed. Tripadvisor's listing for the restaurant, returned among search results checked on 2026-09-08, likewise continued to show Chez Olga as an active restaurant at the Wealthy Street address rather than marking it permanently closed, consistent with the Google Places and website findings from the same day.