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Is Mom's Pies Etc. Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Julian, CA)

Food Paradise, Season 2 Julian, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Mom's Pies Etc. is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The bakery's own website was live on 2026-09-08 with current hours and an ordering link, and a Yelp listing updated in June 2026 with more than 200 reviews independently confirms it is still operating in Julian. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured the apple pies and other baked goods made at this shop in the mountain town of Julian. Mom's Pie House is a bakery at 2119 Main Street in Julian, California, founded in December 1984 by Anita Nichols, known to customers as Mom, according to a tribute posted on jeffreysward.com. The bakery's own website, momspiesjulian.com, checked on 2026-09-08, listed current Friday hours of 8 AM to 5 PM and weekend hours of 8 AM to 6 PM, plus a separate Wynola store, and offered online ordering, fundraiser information, and a page listing pie ingredients. A Yelp business listing updated in June 2026 carried more than 200 reviews for the Julian location, according to Yelp (2026-06). The bakery's website also listed a phone number, 760-765-2472, and an email contact, [email protected], according to momspiesjulian.com (2026-09-08).

The episode Food Paradise, Season 2

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Pie Paradise · What was featured: Mom's Pie House's Julian apple pies and baked goods
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. momspiesjulian.com http://www.momspiesjulian.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/moms-pie-house-julian-6
  3. jeffreysward.com https://www.jeffreysward.com/tributes/momspies.htm
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