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Is Cochon Cajun Southern Cooking (Cochon) Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 4 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Cochon Cajun Southern Cooking is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's September 2026 listing update for Cochon, with over 9,000 photos and 5,500 reviews, shows the restaurant operating with regular hours rather than marked permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On Food Paradise's "Pork Paradise" episode (Travel Channel, aired 2013), Cochon showcased cochon de lait, a slow-roasted pork dish that gives the Cajun restaurant its name (cochon is French for pig). Cochon is a Cajun and Southern restaurant on Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans' Warehouse District, opened by chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski. The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, lists an active online ordering option but carries no dated copyright or current-year page text on its own. Yelp's listing for Cochon, updated September 2026 with more than 9,000 photos and 5,500 reviews, and Facebook's page showing the business as currently open, both indicate the restaurant continues to operate with regular hours at the same Tchoupitoulas Street address.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Pork Paradise · What was featured: cochon de lait, whole roasted pig, a Cajun specialty
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 4 Food Paradise

Season 4: 134 of 199 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/cochon-new-orleans-5
  2. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CochonRestaurant
  3. cochonrestaurant.com http://cochonrestaurant.com/
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Record fp-0281 · checked by Cal Marchetti.