Is Galatoire's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New Orleans, LA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5, Episode 7

"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.

Food Paradise, Season 13, Episode 5

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.