Is Maydan Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Washington, DC)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 10, Episode 8

Maydan appeared in the episode "Feast of the Middle East," which featured the restaurant's live-fire Middle Eastern cooking. Maydan is a restaurant on Florida Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., built around a central open-fire hearth, according to the restaurant's own social media hub. A 2026-09-08 check of the restaurant's linked page, linktr.ee/maydandc, found it live with a description of the restaurant's communal 'Maydan' town-square concept and a mention of a Washington Post feature on a fall dinner benefiting small businesses. The page also linked to the restaurant's own online shop. No copyright date was present on the page, but the live links, current social references and functioning shop link point to ongoing activity as of the check date. No second independent source was checked for this record.

Food Paradise, Season 19, Episode 9

The Food Paradise episode "Flame On!" (S19E9) featured Maydan, a live-fire restaurant built around Middle Eastern and North African-inspired cooking, with dishes finished over an open wood fire and charcoal pit. The Washington location the episode visited sits on Florida Avenue NW in the Shaw neighborhood, one of two Maydan dining rooms alongside a Los Angeles location. In September 2026, the restaurant's own website, maydandc.com, listed a working online shop and separate reservation links for both its Washington and Los Angeles locations. Google Places separately lists the Florida Avenue location's business status as operational, matching the live booking and shop functions found on the restaurant's own site. The site also lists separate press and "ways to dine" sections, along with gift cards sold for each of the two locations.