Is Evvia Estiatorio Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Palo Alto, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Evvia Estiatorio is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated in August 2026, showed Evvia as an active restaurant with current hours and thousands of reviews. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 12
- Address 420 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Website evvia.net
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate featured a dish from Evvia Estiatorio, a Greek taverna-style restaurant in downtown Palo Alto known for wood-fired classics and a lively dining room. The menu draws on regional Greek cooking, with a rotating list of daily seafood and grilled meat specials alongside its standard offerings. Evvia has operated at 420 Emerson Street for years and is listed as a Michelin-recommended restaurant in the Michelin Guide's California coverage. According to Yelp, the listing was updated in August 2026 and showed lunch hours of 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 10 p.m., daily, with thousands of accumulated reviews. Evvia's website, evvia.net, linked to an active OpenTable reservations page for the Emerson Street location. No 2026 source found reported a closure, relocation, or change in ownership.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 64 of 102 still open · 8 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 11Devi
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Ep 12A Salt & Battery
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Ep 12Humphry Slocombe
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Ep 12Relish
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Ep 12The Modern
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Ep 12The Monday Room
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/evvia-estiatorio-palo-alto
- evvia.net https://evvia.net/
- guide.michelin.com https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/palo-alto/restaurant/evvia
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Record btiea-0182 · checked by Cal Marchetti.