Is Kanella Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Philadelphia, PA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current status
As of October 2026, Kanella is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked September 7, 2026, lists current hours and an active Resy reservation link referencing a 2026 booking date, confirming operation under the name Kanella Grill at 1001 Spruce Street. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 4
- Address 1001 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Now called Kanella Grill
- Website kanellarestaurant.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Kanella, now operating as Kanella Grill, is a Cypriot and Sicilian restaurant at 1001 Spruce Street in Philadelphia's Washington Square West neighborhood, opened by chef-owner Konstantinos Pitsillides and known for dishes such as grilled halloumi, sheftalia sausages, and Cypriot-style breakfast plates. The restaurant is separate from Kanella South, a since-closed spinoff the same restaurant group once operated at 757 South Front Street in Philadelphia. According to the restaurant's own website, kanellarestaurant.com, checked September 7, 2026, Kanella Grill is currently open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and takes reservations through an active Resy booking system referencing a 2026 date. A Yelp business listing for the Front Street address, updated in September 2026, marks that separate Kanella South location permanently closed.
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Sources we checked
- kanellarestaurant.com https://kanellarestaurant.com/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/kanella-south-philadelphia-2
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Record btiea-0119 · checked by Cal Marchetti.