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Is Jacques-Imo's Café Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Jacques-Imo's Café is listed open on jacques-imos.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Jacques-Imo's own website returned HTTP 200 on 2026-09-08 with 2026-dated page content, an online-ordering option, and a statement that the restaurant is open Wednesday through Friday at 5pm and Saturday at 4pm. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate? 2 episodes

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3, Episode 6

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (episode "Appetizers") featured Jacques-Imo's Café's alligator sausage cheesecake, a savory appetizer layered with cheese and jalapeño, part of the New Orleans restaurant's Creole-Cajun menu built around fried chicken and other Uptown comfort dishes. The restaurant occupies a converted house on Oak Street near the Riverbend area of Uptown New Orleans, and its own website describes the business as operating since 1996. According to Jacques-Imo's website, checked 2026-09-08, the restaurant listed current service hours, open Wednesday through Friday at 5:00 pm and Saturday at 4:00 pm, and included an online ordering option and a seasonal summer promotion, with 2026-dated page content throughout. The page carried no outdated copyright or prior-year date, reinforcing that the checked content reflected the current 2026 site rather than a stale cache.

Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 15 Aired

Food Paradise's (Travel Channel) 2013 episode "Fried Chicken Paradise" (S4E15) featured Jacques-Imo's Cafe, a Creole restaurant near Oak Street in New Orleans that bills itself "Not famous since 1996," according to its own website. A 2026-09-08 check of jacques-imos.com found the site live and listing current service hours of Wednesday through Friday at 5:00 p.m. and Saturday at 4:00 p.m.

The episodes Best Thing I Ever Ate

Episode 6
Air date not confirmed
Title: Appetizers · What was featured: alligator sausage cheesecake, a savory layered appetizer
Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 15
Aired
Title: Fried Chicken Paradise · What was featured: Fried chicken stuffed with garlic mashed potatoes at a New Orleans institution

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