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What Happened to Little Uncle After Food Paradise? (Seattle, WA)

Food Paradise, Season 17 Seattle, Washington Closed September 2019

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Little Uncle has closed — confirmed via capitolhillseattle.com, September 2019.

What the source shows: The Google Places record returned for this line matches a different, unrelated Seattle business (Uncle Lee's Kitchen); Capitol Hill Seattle Blog and Seattle Met both reported in September 2019 that Little Uncle served its final service and closed for good. How we decide a status →

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What happened after Food Paradise?

"Local Lowdown" (S17E3) featured Little Uncle, a Thai restaurant on Seattle's Capitol Hill run by husband-and-wife chefs Wiley Frank and Poncharee "PK" Kounpungchart. The restaurant began as a farmers-market pop-up before opening a walk-up window on E Madison St in 2011, then moved into a larger space nearby in 2016. According to Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, the Franks closed Little Uncle for good in September 2019, announcing on Facebook that a Saturday dinner service would be the restaurant's last. Seattle Met reported the same closure that month, noting the couple said they were ready to move on to new projects.

The Laotian-influenced restaurant Taurus Ox later took over the space, according to Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. Chef Wiley Frank subsequently returned to Seattle's restaurant scene, working in the kitchen at Standard Brewing, according to Capitol Hill Seattle Blog's 2021 follow-up report.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 17

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Local Lowdown · What was featured: Capitol Hill Thai restaurant from chefs Wiley Frank and PK
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 17 Food Paradise

Season 17: 69 of 104 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 13 Season 17 episodes →

All 108 TV restaurants in Washington →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. capitolhillseattle.com https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2019/09/little-uncle-is-now-closed-here-are-five-restaurants-and-bars-coming-soon-to-capitol-hill-to-cheer-you-up/
  2. seattlemet.com https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2019/09/little-uncle-shuttered-over-the-weekend
  3. capitolhillseattle.com https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2021/05/miss-little-uncle-chef-wiley-frank-is-back-in-kitchen-at-central-districts-standard-brewing/
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