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What Happened to Mama Toscano's Ravioli After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 St. Louis, Missouri

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Mama Toscano's Ravioli has closed — confirmed via saucemagazine.com, September 30, 2022.

What the source shows: Sauce Magazine reported the business's confirmed closure and a new tenant taking over its space, and Yelp's listing still marked it closed as of a September 2026 update. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured Mama Toscano's toasted ravioli in the show's 'Finger Food' episode, according to bestthingieveratelocations.com's episode listing. The ravioli maker and deli operated at 2201 Macklind Avenue in St. Louis's Hill neighborhood, the city's historically Italian district, selling house-made ravioli alongside deli sandwiches. According to Sauce Magazine, which reported on 2022-09-30, Mama Toscano's had confirmed its closure in August 2022, with activity at the Macklind Avenue location having ceased months before that. Sauce Magazine reported that STL Toasted, a ravioli producer, was taking over the space to use as a production facility. Yelp's listing for Mama Toscano's Ravioli remained marked closed as of a September 2026 update.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5

Episode 11
Air date not confirmed
Title: Finger Food · What was featured: toasted ravioli, Mama Toscano's signature dish, per bestthingieveratelocations.com's episode listing for the 'Finger Food' episode

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. saucemagazine.com https://www.saucemagazine.com/places-2/stl-toasted-is-taking-over-the-former-mama-toscanos-ravioli-space-on-the-hill-17339402/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mama-toscanos-ravioli-saint-louis
  3. bestthingieveratelocations.com https://www.bestthingieveratelocations.com/mama-toscanos-toasted-ravioli.html
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