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Is Founding Farmers Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 Washington, District of Columbia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Founding Farmers is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed 2026.

What the source shows: Founding Farmers' own site shows current hours and a live ordering/reservation system for the DC (Foggy Bottom) location; Yelp listing updated August 2026 corroborates active operation. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Founding Farmers was featured as an American upscale-casual restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., known for a from-scratch, farm-to-table approach to comfort food built around ingredients sourced through its owners' farming cooperative. According to Wikipedia (revised August 3, 2026), the restaurant is owned by the North Dakota Farmers Union together with Farmers Restaurant Group, and it opened in 2008 when Farmers Restaurant Group co-owners Dan Simons and Michael Vucurevich partnered with the farmers union to launch the Pennsylvania Avenue flagship. The restaurant's own website, in a September 2026 check, lists a reservation system, an online ordering platform, and seven additional locations across the Washington region, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, along with a companion Founding Spirits distillery. The site also promotes catering, private dining, and a retail line of chocolate, coffee, and gift cards. Founding Farmers remains at 1924 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4

Episode 14
Air date not confirmed
Title: Reinvented Classics · What was featured: farmer-owned restaurant's from-scratch American comfort food menu

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. wearefoundingfarmers.com https://www.wearefoundingfarmers.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Farmers
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