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Is Joan's on Third Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 Los Angeles, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Joan's on Third is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Joan's on Third's website showed current 2026-dated content, online ordering, and Sunday hours of 8am-8pm, while Wikipedia (revised 2026-06-15) describes it as an ongoing specialty food marketplace and restaurant. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

An episode titled "With My Hands" featured Joan's on Third, a specialty food marketplace and restaurant on Third Street in Los Angeles, CA, offering prepared foods, artisan cheeses, baked goods, and a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-06-15), the business began as a catering operation run by chef Joan McNamara and later grew, with her children Carol McNamara Glass and Susie Hastings, into a café and marketplace between the Beverly Center and the Original Farmers Market at The Grove. According to Joan's on Third's website (checked 2026-09-08), the café was listing current hours, including Sunday 8am-8pm, and offering online ordering and catering services.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1

Episode 9
Air date not confirmed
Title: With My Hands · What was featured: artisan prepared foods and baked goods at a specialty marketplace

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. joansonthird.com http://www.joansonthird.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%27s_on_Third
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