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What Happened to Harlowe's French Dip After Food Paradise? (Pasadena, CA)

Food Paradise, Season 16 Pasadena, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Harlowe's French Dip has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the Union Street address, updated June 2026, marks the location permanently closed, matching Google's initial listing status (queried 2026-09-08), with no fresher source found showing it reopened. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise (Travel Channel) featured Harlowe's French Dip in the 'Sandwich Heroes' episode, highlighting its French dip sandwiches made with beef, turkey, pork, and lamb alongside burgers, oysters, and salads. Harlowe's French Dip was a sandwich restaurant in the Old Pasadena district, opened by a chef and his firefighter business partners on Union Street, a corridor known for its cluster of restaurants and shops in the city's historic downtown. According to Yelp, updated June 2026, a listing for the Union Street address marks the business as permanently closed. an initial Google Places data, queried 2026-09-08, likewise lists the location's business status as permanently closed. Both dated sources point to the same Old Pasadena storefront referenced in the episode, with no fresher source found showing the address reopened under the same name.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 16

Episode 4
Air date not confirmed
Title: Sandwich Heroes · What was featured: its French dip sandwiches made with beef, turkey, pork, and lamb
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Season 16: 44 of 72 still open · 7 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/harlowes-french-dip-pasadena-4
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Record fp-1307 · checked by Cal Marchetti.