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Is Lodge Bread Co. Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Culver City, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Lodge Bread Co. is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-07 and the bakery's own current-locations page, checked 2026-09-07, both show the Culver City cafe as an active location alongside newer outposts. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Lodge Bread Co. is an artisanal bakery-cafe known for naturally leavened sourdough bread, located on Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California. Best Thing I Ever Ate profiled the bakery's bread program in the episode "I'll Have What They're Having" (Season 9, Episode 16). According to Time Out Los Angeles, founder Or Amsalam's sourdough loaves and pastries have drawn multiple James Beard Award nominations. According to Yelp, updated 2026-07, the Culver City location had active recent reviews and photos posted that month. Lodge Bread Co.'s own website, checked 2026-09-07, listed the Culver City cafe among its current locations alongside newer outposts in Woodland Hills and Beverly Hills, with a Pasadena location described as opening in fall 2026. No reports of a closure, relocation, or ownership change at the Culver City location were found in this check.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9

Episode 16
Air date not confirmed
Title: I'll Have What They're Having · What was featured: Naturally leavened sourdough bread and pastries at Lodge Bread Co.

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/lodge-bread-los-angeles
  2. lodgebread.com https://www.lodgebread.com/cafe-locations
  3. timeout.com https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/lodge-bread-co-pico
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Record btiea-0719 · checked by Cal Marchetti.