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What Happened to Five Points After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (New York, NY)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Five Points has closed — confirmed via thenextgreatmeal.com, January 24, 2015.

What the source shows: The Next Great Meal reported that a new restaurant, Vic's, opened in October 2014 in the former Five Points space at 31 Great Jones Street, and Foursquare's listing for the address carries a now-closed flag. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Five Points in New York appeared on Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Pizza' episode, where chef Alex Guarnaschelli highlighted a wood-oven pizza topped with thinly sliced Yukon Gold potatoes, cheese, and white truffle oil, made with no tomato sauce, according to Foodiepie's episode catalog. Five Points was a New American restaurant on Great Jones Street in the NoHo section of Manhattan, known for chef Marc Meyer's seasonal menu and weekend brunch, according to Cititour's restaurant listing. The Next Great Meal reported on 2015-01-24 that a new restaurant, Vic's, opened in October 2014 in the former Five Points space at 31 Great Jones Street. Foursquare's listing for the address carries a now-closed notation. Gayot also lists the restaurant under its closed-restaurants heading. No source found in this search gives an exact date on which Five Points itself stopped operating.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Pizza · What was featured: Yukon Gold potato pizza on the Pizza episode

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. thenextgreatmeal.com https://thenextgreatmeal.com/2015/01/24/the-old-five-points-gets-a-fresh-new-look-and-taste-with-vics/
  2. Foursquare https://foursquare.com/v/five-points/3fd66200f964a52054e91ee3
  3. cititour.com https://cititour.com/NYC_Restaurants/Five-Points/2210
  4. gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/five-points-new-york-ny-10012_1ny99674.html
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