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What Happened to Farm Cafe After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Portland, OR)

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As of September 2026, Farm Cafe has closed — confirmed via wweek.com, December 1, 2015.

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What the source shows: Willamette Week reported on 2015-12-01 that owners Guy Weigold and Fearn Smith would close the restaurant permanently on December 31, 2015, and a Yelp listing for the address, updated July 2026, continues to mark it closed.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (episode "Burgers") featured a farm-to-table burger built from locally sourced beef and produce at The Farm Café, a restaurant known for sourcing directly from area farms and serving meals inside a roughly 100-year-old converted house at the corner of Southeast 7th Avenue and Burnside in Portland's Buckman neighborhood. According to Willamette Week (2015-12-01), owners Guy Weigold and Fearn Smith announced the restaurant would close permanently on December 31, 2015, after selling the property in early 2015 and struggling to sustain profitability in a leased version of the same space; the owners said "the situation became untenable." A Yelp listing for the address, updated July 2026, continues to mark the business permanently closed. Willamette Week's article noted the restaurant had served locally sourced food from the same house for 12 years before the closure announcement.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 5
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Burgers
What was featured
a farm-to-table burger built from locally sourced beef and produce
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Farm Cafe

Frequently asked questions

Is Farm Cafe still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Farm Cafe has closed — confirmed via wweek.com, December 1, 2015.

What happened to Farm Cafe after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (episode "Burgers") featured a farm-to-table burger built from locally sourced beef and produce at The Farm Café, a restaurant known for sourcing directly from area farms and serving meals inside a roughly 100-year-old converted house at the corner of Southeast 7th Avenue and Burnside in Portland's Buckman neighborhood. As of September 2026, Farm Cafe has closed — confirmed via wweek.com, December 1, 2015.

Is Farm Cafe permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Farm Cafe has closed — confirmed via wweek.com, December 1, 2015. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Farm Cafe located?

10 SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97214. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Farm Cafe?

Season 3, Episode 5 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Burgers”.

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Address
10 SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Venue type
cafe
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • wweek.com — https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2015/12/01/farm-cafe-will-close-permanently/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-farm-caf%C3%A9-portland-2

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