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What Happened to DownUnder Wines and Bistro After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 4 Gilbert, Arizona

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, DownUnder Wines and Bistro has closed — confirmed via mouthbysouthwest.com, May 21, 2013.

What the source shows: A 2013 Mouth by Southwest article reported the Australian-themed bistro's closure in Gilbert, and Yelp's listing for the address, updated April 2026, still marks it permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured DownUnder Wines & Bistro's Australian-themed small plates, including exotic meats like crocodile, kangaroo, and ostrich, dishes often likened to chicken. DownUnder was a wine bar and bistro in Gilbert, Arizona, that had relocated in 2010 to a larger space at Warner and McQueen roads under owners Roger Carpenter and Phil Roberts. According to Mouth by Southwest, which reported the closure on 2013-05-21, the restaurant shut down, and neither original owner remained involved in the business by the end of 2012. Yelp's listing for the 1422 W Warner Rd address, updated in April 2026, still marks the business as permanently closed, with no newer source found showing it reopened. A Google Places record for a similarly named wine bistro in nearby Mesa, Arizona, is a separate, unrelated business, not this restaurant's current form.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Episode 25
Aired
Title: Taste Like Chicken Paradise · What was featured: exotic meats such as crocodile, kangaroo and ostrich, often compared to chicken
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 2 references

  1. mouthbysouthwest.com https://mouthbysouthwest.com/2013/05/21/australian-themed-downunder-wines-bistro-closes-its-doors-in-gilbert/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/down-under-wines-and-bistro-gilbert
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