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Is Drago's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar Still Open? (New Orleans, LA)

Food Paradise, Season 7 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Drago's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the Hilton Riverside location was updated in July 2026, and Google Places lists it as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The "Seafood Paradise 2" episode (S7E1) featured Drago's Seafood Restaurant for its charbroiled oysters at its downtown New Orleans location inside the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Drago's is a Louisiana seafood restaurant chain founded in 1969, known for its charbroiled oysters and gumbo. According to Yelp, the Hilton Riverside location's listing was updated in July 2026, with reviews and management responses posted through the summer describing ongoing table service and reservations. OpenTable and Tripadvisor listings likewise show the restaurant accepting reservations in 2026. Google Places lists the location's business status as operational.

A direct check of the restaurant's own website in September 2026 returned an access-denied response rather than page content, but the Yelp and OpenTable listings provide independent, dated confirmation that the Hilton Riverside location continues to operate. No dated source reports a closure, relocation, or ownership change since the episode aired.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 7

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Seafood Paradise 2 · What was featured: Charbroiled oysters and gumbo at a downtown hotel seafood restaurant
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/dragos-seafood-restaurant-new-orleans
  2. OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/r/dragos-seafood-restaurant-at-hilton-new-orleans-riverside-new-orleans
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Record fp-0450 · checked by Cal Marchetti.