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What Happened to Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck)? (Los Angeles, CA)

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As of September 2026, Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's Los Angeles food-truck listing for Free Range is marked closed and was updated in September 2026; the Google Places match returned for this record (Less Mess Burger) is a different, unrelated business at a fixed address and was not used.

Address

Los Angeles, CA

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What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured the Free Range food truck's fried-chicken menu built around tempura-battered chicken sandwiches and a hot honey fried chicken and biscuit, prepared by owner Jesse Furman, credited on the show as Jesse Ferman, a native New Yorker who ran the truck around Los Angeles. According to Yelp, the Los Angeles food-truck listing for Free Range is marked closed, with the page updated in September 2026. The Google Places location the evidence packet returned for this record, a fixed address associated with a business called Less Mess Burger, does not match Free Range and was not used for this record's location fields. An earlier OC Weekly report described Free Range expanding from its truck into a brick-and-mortar Free Range Cafe on Balboa Island, in Orange County, a different concept and city from the featured Los Angeles truck. No current Los Angeles address or website for the truck itself was found.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 9, Episode 7
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
What was featured
Tempura fried-chicken sandwiches from a Los Angeles food truck
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck)

Frequently asked questions

Is Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What happened to Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) after Food Paradise?

The episode featured the Free Range food truck's fried-chicken menu built around tempura-battered chicken sandwiches and a hot honey fried chicken and biscuit, prepared by owner Jesse Furman, credited on the show as Jesse Ferman, a native New Yorker who ran the truck around Los Angeles. As of September 2026, Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

Is Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) located?

Los Angeles, CA. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck)?

Season 9, Episode 7 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner”.

Is Jesse Ferman's Free Range (food truck) still using the Food Paradise menu or branding?

The episode featured the Free Range food truck's fried-chicken menu built around tempura-battered chicken sandwiches and a hot honey fried chicken and biscuit, prepared by owner Jesse Furman, credited on the show as Jesse Ferman, a native New Yorker who ran the truck around Los Angeles. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Visit info

Address
Los Angeles, CA
Venue type
truck
Official website
lessmessburger.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/free-range-los-angeles-3
  • ocweekly.com — https://www.ocweekly.com/free-range-cafe-in-balboa-island-is-the-latest-food-truck-to-go-brick-and-mortar-8303060/
  • thehundreds.com — https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/jesse-furman

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