What Happened to Gotham Bar and Grill After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 New York, New York Closed June 2026
Current status
As of October 2026, Gotham Bar and Grill has closed — confirmed via nrn.com, June 2026.
What the source shows: Nation's Restaurant News reported the restaurant's June 2026 closure following a reported cyber security incident, and a July 2026 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by parent company Gotham Restaurants LLC. No reopening news found since. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 8
- Address 12 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Gotham Bar and Grill in the episode 'That I'm Thankful For.' Gotham Bar and Grill was a New American restaurant at 12 East 12th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, that opened in 1984, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11). The restaurant closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened in November 2021, per the same entry. Nation's Restaurant News reported that a cyber incident in June 2026 cost the business $45,000, leaving it unable to make payroll, and that the restaurant closed as a result.
According to Nation's Restaurant News (2026-07), parent company Gotham Restaurants LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a post cited by Nation's Restaurant News, the restaurant's owners wrote that 'Gotham at 12 East 12 Street is permanently closed,' while stating hope to reopen at a different address. No new address had been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
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Sources we checked
- nrn.com https://www.nrn.com/independent-restaurants/new-york-city-landmark-gotham-restaurant-closes-for-good
- nrn.com https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/gotham-restaurant-owner-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Bar_and_Grill
- restaurantbusinessonline.com https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/nyc-landmark-gotham-restaurant-closed-permanently
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Record btiea-0354 · checked by Cal Marchetti.