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What Happened to home.made After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Athens, GA)

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As of September 2026, home.made has closed — confirmed via aol.com, February 2024.

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redandblack.com ·

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What the source shows: AOL and the Red & Black both reported that home.made served its last day of business on February 16, 2024, and Yelp's listing for the restaurant is marked permanently closed.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Best Meal Deal' episode featured home.made, a New American restaurant on Baxter Street in Athens, Georgia, built around scratch-made comfort food served at accessible prices. The restaurant opened in the early 2010s under owner Mimi Maumus and operated for more than a decade in downtown Athens. According to AOL, home.made served its final day of business on February 16, 2024, with the owner citing the lingering financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic together with prolonged Athens-Clarke County sewer construction outside the restaurant as reasons for closing. The Red & Black's Athens restaurant roundup reported the same closure, noting it followed nearly a decade and a half on Baxter Street. Yelp's business listing for home.made was updated in June 2026 and marks the location permanently closed. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the restaurant's website returning no response, consistent with the reported closure.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 10, Episode 5
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Best Meal Deal
What was featured
an affordable New American meal deal at the Athens restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
home.made

Frequently asked questions

Is home.made still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, home.made has closed — confirmed via aol.com, February 2024.

What happened to home.made after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Best Meal Deal' episode featured home.made, a New American restaurant on Baxter Street in Athens, Georgia, built around scratch-made comfort food served at accessible prices. As of September 2026, home.made has closed — confirmed via aol.com, February 2024.

Is home.made permanently closed?

As of September 2026, home.made has closed — confirmed via aol.com, February 2024. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is home.made located?

1072 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured home.made?

Season 10, Episode 5 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Best Meal Deal”.

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Address
1072 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
homemadeathens.com

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Sources

  • aol.com — https://www.aol.com/home-made-restaurant-permanently-closed-085210893.html
  • redandblack.com — https://www.redandblack.com/eat-drink/athens-restaurant-roundup-new-breakfast-service-at-agua-linda-home-made-officially-closes-and-more/article_3d3d850e-d0c2-11ee-b9dc-e39d5ea3093c.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/home-made-athens

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