What Happened to Etats-Unis After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Etats-Unis has closed — confirmed via Wikipedia, November 9, 2009.
What the source shows: Wikipedia's article on Etats-Unis, citing an Eater NY report published 2009-11-09, describes the restaurant's 2009 closure and Michelin-starred run. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 7
- Address 242 East 81st Street, New York, NY 10028
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The 'Chocolate' episode featured a chocolate dish from Etats-Unis, an intimate French bistro at 242 East 81st Street in Manhattan's Yorkville neighborhood on the Upper East Side. The restaurant opened in the early 1990s and was run by Jonathan Rapp and his father Tom Rapp, earning a Michelin star under chef Derrick Styczek, according to Wikipedia. An adjoining wine bar, the Bar@Etats-Unis, operated out of the same building, according to Time Out New York's listing. According to Wikipedia's article on the restaurant, which cites an Eater NY report by Kelly Dobkin published 2009-11-09, Etats-Unis closed in November 2009. Time Out New York's own listing for the Bar@Etats-Unis is also marked closed. No sources describing a reopening, relocation, or new ownership at the 81st Street address under the Etats-Unis name were found.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etats-Unis_(restaurant)
- timeout.com https://www.timeout.com/newyork/bars/the-bar-etats-unis-closed
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