Is El Tiempo Cantina Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Houston, TX)
Food Paradise, Season 16 Houston, Texas
Current status
As of October 2026, El Tiempo Cantina is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 21, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website (eltiempocantina.com), previously blocked with an HTTP 403 on 2026-09-08, is now directly accessible as of 2026-09-21 and shows an active multi-location Houston Tex-Mex business with online ordering and a locations page. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 5
- Address 2814 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77003
- Website eltiempocantina.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
El Tiempo Cantina's Navigation Boulevard location appeared on Food Paradise's Flavor Fiesta! episode (S16E5), which highlighted the restaurant's Tex-Mex cooking. The cantina operates in Houston's East End at 2814 Navigation Boulevard, with hours running from 11am to 9pm on weekdays and later on weekends, according to the restaurant's own location listing at eltiempocantina.com. Houston Restaurant Weeks listed El Tiempo Cantina - Navigation as a participating restaurant for its August 2026 event, confirming ongoing operation, according to houstonrestaurantweeks.com. A Yelp listing for the location, updated May 2026, showed continuing reviews and photos, according to Yelp. Google Places also listed the business as operational as of the 2026-09-08 review. The restaurant's main homepage blocked an automated visit with an HTTP 403 response during that same review, according to the site check.
The episode
Also in Season 16
Season 16: 44 of 72 still open · 7 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 5Garrido's Bistro
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Ep 5Havana Harry's
Closed - Open
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Ep 5Mouthful Eatery
Open - Renamed
- Closed
Nearest restaurants
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The Original Ninfa's on Navigation
Best Thing I Ever Ate · Food Paradise · Man v. Food
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Bar Rescue
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Food Paradise
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open
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Sources we checked
- houstonrestaurantweeks.com https://houstonrestaurantweeks.com/restaurants/hrw-2026-august/el-tiempo-cantina-navigation/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-tiempo-cantina-navigation-houston-3
- eltiempocantina.com https://www.eltiempocantina.com/houston-tx-navigation-blvd
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Record fp-1315 · checked by Cal Marchetti.