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Is La Plazuela @ La Fonda on the Plaza Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 12 Santa Fe, New Mexico

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, La Plazuela @ La Fonda on the Plaza is listed open on lafondasantafe.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: La Plazuela's own website, checked 2026-09-09, returned a working page with a 2026 copyright date and active cookie-consent elements rather than stale content. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Hotel Hot Spots" episode featured La Plazuela, the courtyard restaurant inside La Fonda on the Plaza, a historic hotel on the town square in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. The restaurant's name, Spanish for "the little plaza," points to a dining room built around the hotel's central courtyard, and it operates as the property's main restaurant for hotel guests and outside visitors alike. La Plazuela's own website, checked on 2026-09-09, returned a working page titled "Downtown Santa Fe Restaurants - La Plazuela At La Fonda" carrying a 2026 copyright date, according to lafondasantafe.com. The page also displayed an active cookie-consent banner and current navigation menus rather than stale or archived content, according to lafondasantafe.com. No additional independent source was located to corroborate the site's current-operation signals for this entry.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Air date not confirmed
Title: Hotel Hot Spots · What was featured: La Plazuela's Southwestern courtyard dining at La Fonda hotel
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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. lafondasantafe.com https://www.lafondasantafe.com/la-plazuela
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Record fp-0957 · checked by Cal Marchetti.