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Is Mex 1 Coastal Cantina Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 18 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Mex 1 Coastal Cantina is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated June 2026, lists current hours and an active review stream; a direct fetch of the business's own website was blocked (HTTP 403). How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Off-the-Chain Eats" episode featured Mex 1 Coastal Cantina, a Mexican restaurant and bar on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, known for tacos, margaritas, and a Mexi-Cali brunch menu. According to the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau listing, Mex 1 opened its Sullivan's Island location in the summer of 2016. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated June 2026, lists the restaurant as open, with posted hours of Monday through Thursday noon to 10:00pm, Friday and Saturday 11:00am to 10:00pm, and Sunday noon to 10:00pm. A direct check of the restaurant's own website (mex1coastalcantina.com) on 2026-09-08 returned an access-restricted response rather than page content, so the Yelp listing served as the current-status source used here. Yelp also ranks the restaurant among Sullivan's Island's higher-rated dining spots.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 18

Episode 2
Air date not confirmed
Title: Off-the-Chain Eats · What was featured: Sullivan's Island Mexican cantina: tacos, margaritas, Mexi-Cali brunch
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 18 Food Paradise

Season 18: 36 of 54 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 7 Season 18 episodes →

Nearest restaurants By distance from 2205 Middle St

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mex-1-coastal-cantina-sullivans-island
  2. charlestoncvb.com https://www.charlestoncvb.com/plan-your-trip/dining-nightlife~124/international~1356/mex-1-coastal-cantina-sullivan-s-island~11648.html
  3. mex1coastalcantina.com https://www.mex1coastalcantina.com/
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Record fp-1463 · checked by Cal Marchetti.