Is Cowboy Flavor (Catering) Still Open? Food Paradise Update
Food Paradise, Season 1 Santa Maria, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Cowboy Flavor (Catering) is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce lists Cowboy Flavor LLC as an active member business, and the company's own website, checked the same day, described current catering menus and contact information. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 6
- Address 614 S Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454
- Website cowboyflavor.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Cowboy Flavor's Santa Maria-style barbecue catering, built around oak-wood-grilled tri-tip and other Central Coast specialties prepared with the company's own seasoning blends and sauces. Cowboy Flavor is a mobile barbecue catering business, rather than a fixed restaurant, that has operated from the Santa Maria, California area since 1980, according to the Santa Maria Sun. The company brings a chuck wagon and a commercial mobile kitchen to weddings and other events across the country. According to the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce, checked 2026-09-08, Cowboy Flavor LLC is listed as an active member business at 614 South Broadway in Santa Maria. The company's own website, cowboyflavor.com, checked the same day, listed a Santa Maria-style prime rib dinner menu, a barbecue special, and current contact information for owners Billy and Sue Ruiz.
The episode
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 85 of 114 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
- Open
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Ep 6Arthur Bryant's
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Ep 6Black's Barbecue
Open - New owners
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Ep 6Kreuz Market
Open -
Ep 6Lexington BBQ
Open -
Ep 6Smitty's Market
Open - Open
Nearest restaurants
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Food Paradise
Open -
Food Paradise
Open -
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed -
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed -
Rib Line (Rib Line BBQ & Grill LOVR)
Man v. Food
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open
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Sources we checked
- business.santamaria.com https://business.santamaria.com/list/member/cowboy-flavor-llc-829
- cowboyflavor.com https://www.cowboyflavor.com/
- santamariasun.com https://www.santamariasun.com/food/cowboy-flavor-catering-bringing-the-central-coast-lifestyle-to-all-corners-of-the-world-14791265
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Record fp-0050 · checked by Cal Marchetti.