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Is Firecakes Donuts Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Chicago, IL)

Food Paradise, Season 11 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Firecakes Donuts is listed open on firecakesdonuts.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The business's own website, checked 2026-09-08 with a server last-modified header of 2026-09-04, listed three current Chicago-area locations and a nationwide shipping partnership with Goldbelly. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Firecakes Donuts appeared in the 'Donut Shop' episode, alongside Glam Doll Donuts, Broad Street Dough Co., Five Daughters Bakery, Hugs & Donuts, 180 Xurros & Xocolata, and Baker Miller, as a small-batch doughnut bakery at 68 W Hubbard St in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The business's website, firecakesdonuts.com, carried a server last-modified header of 2026-09-04, and its page description called the shop a maker of small-batch artisan doughnuts baked fresh daily. The same site listed three current retail locations — River North, Lincoln Park, and Oak Park — a mobile doughnut truck called Billy the Truck, and a nationwide-shipping partnership with Goldbelly. Google's listing for the business at the Hubbard Street address showed it as operating in the 2026-09-08 check.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 11

Air date not confirmed
Title: Donut Shop · What was featured: Firecakes Donuts' small-batch, made-fresh-daily doughnuts across its Chicago shops
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. firecakesdonuts.com https://firecakesdonuts.com/
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Record fp-0773 · checked by Cal Marchetti.