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What Happened to Dorothy's Homemade Tamales After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 Hartsel, Colorado

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Dorothy's Homemade Tamales has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Dorothy's Homemade Tamales at 12771 US Highway 24, Hartsel, updated in January 2026, marks the location CLOSED, while separate business directories (Menupix, TVFoodMaps) associate the Dorothy's Tamales name with a newer Fairplay, CO business as a weak secondary signal. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

On "Under Wraps," The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured Dorothy's Homemade Tamales, where chef Duff Goldman sampled the shop's chicken tamales. The roadside tamale restaurant operated at 12771 US Highway 24 in Hartsel, a small community along U.S. 24 in Park County, Colorado. A Yelp listing for the Hartsel address, updated in January 2026, marks the location CLOSED. Separate business directories, including Menupix and TVFoodMaps, associate the Dorothy's Tamales name with a "KB's Kakery & Dorothy's Tamales" business in nearby Fairplay, CO, though the combined business's own website domain could not be reached to confirm current operations. Colorado Central Magazine's earlier review described Dorothy's as a small, family-run operation known for its hand-made tamales sold from a modest roadside building.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Under Wraps · What was featured: Duff Goldman sampling Dorothy's homemade chicken tamales

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/dorothys-homemade-tamales-hartsel
  2. menupix.com https://www.menupix.com/colorado/restaurants/5604549/Dorothys-Homemade-Tamales-Hartsel-CO
  3. tvfoodmaps.com https://tvfoodmaps.com/restaurant/CO/Hartsel/Dorothys-Homemade-Tamales
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