Is Matt's Big Breakfast Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1, Episode 7

Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Matt's Big Breakfast, a downtown Phoenix restaurant known for scratch-made breakfast plates, in a 'Wake Up Call' segment on morning fare. Matt's Big Breakfast opened in downtown Phoenix and has since expanded to Biltmore Plaza, Glendale-Arrowhead, and Gilbert-Epicenter locations, according to mattsbigbreakfast.com. A September 8, 2026 check of mattsbigbreakfast.com found the site live, noting all locations open for Labor Day weekend with a first-come, first-served waitlist system and an online-ordering option, according to mattsbigbreakfast.com.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21, Episode 15 Aired December 23, 2014

Matt's Big Breakfast is a downtown Phoenix diner that Matt Pool and Erenia Lara opened near First and McKinley streets in 2004, according to Copper Courier. It first appeared on 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' in the 2008 episode 'Big Breakfast' (Season 3, Episode 1); the 'Best of Breakfast' compilation (S21E15, aired 2014-12-23) marked the restaurant's second appearance on the show, according to FlavortownUSA.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 3, Episode 1 Aired March 10, 2008

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Matt's Big Breakfast, a breakfast-and-lunch restaurant in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, for its scratch-made big breakfast platters during the episode "Big Breakfast," which aired 2008-03-10. The restaurant, run by husband-and-wife team Matt Pool and Ernie (Erenia) Lara, opened at 825 North 1st Street and has served breakfast and lunch seven days a week for more than two decades. A Yelp business listing for the downtown location, updated September 2026, shows continued reviews and current operating information. A January 2026 article on phxrailfood.com described Matt's Big Breakfast as an established Phoenix breakfast destination that has since expanded to a Camelback Road location and a Sky Harbor Airport counter. No source located reports any closure or relocation for the downtown restaurant.