Is Galatoire's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New Orleans, LA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Galatoire's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's website (last-modified 2026-09-07) advertises being "Now Open Tuesdays for Lunch & Dinner" and includes a working reservation and gift-card system; Wikipedia, revised 2026-07-11, describes it in the present tense as an operating French restaurant at the same Bourbon Street address.
- Season / episode Season 5, Episode 7
- Address 209 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured Galatoire's for its old-school Creole cooking, built around dishes like trout amandine, a tableside French Quarter classic. Galatoire's is a French restaurant at 209 Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11), and its own website features dedicated History and Accolades pages describing its longstanding reputation. The restaurant's website, with a server header showing it was last modified 2026-09-07, advertises that it is "Now Open Tuesdays for Lunch & Dinner" and includes a working reservations and gift-card system, alongside pages for private dining and events. Wikipedia describes the restaurant, in the present tense, as still operating at its French Quarter address. No closure, sale, ownership change, or relocation has been reported for the restaurant since its television appearance.
The episode, 'A Taste of Time' (S13E5), featured Galatoire's, a French Creole restaurant at 209 Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans established in 1905, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11); the restaurant added second-floor dining rooms in 1999, per the same source. The restaurant's own site, galatoires.com, was last modified September 8, 2026, and displayed a banner noting Tuesday lunch and dinner service, according to a check made September 9, 2026.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Old School
- What was featured
- the restaurant's Creole classics like trout amandine
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Galatoire's
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- A Taste of Time
- What was featured
- the French Quarter's century-old Galatoire's French Creole restaurant
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Galatoire's
Frequently asked questions
Is Galatoire's still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Galatoire's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
What happened to Galatoire's after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured Galatoire's for its old-school Creole cooking, built around dishes like trout amandine, a tableside French Quarter classic. As of September 2026, Galatoire's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
Where is Galatoire's located?
209 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Galatoire's?
Season 5, Episode 7 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Old School”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 209 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- galatoires.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Louisiana
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Sources
- galatoires.com — https://www.galatoires.com/
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatoire%27s
- galatoires.com — http://www.galatoires.com/
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