What Happened to Morimoto After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Morimoto has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Morimoto New York is marked permanently closed as of a September 2026 update, and Foursquare separately lists the location as no longer open. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 2
- Address 88 10th Ave, New York, NY 10011
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode highlighted Morimoto's modern Japanese menu, built around chef Masaharu Morimoto's omakase-style sushi and small plates in a dramatic, design-forward dining room. The restaurant opened in 2006 in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, at 88 10th Avenue, inside a space designed by architect Tadao Ando, and became known for pairing celebrity-chef sushi with an extensive sake list. The New York location followed chef Morimoto's original Philadelphia restaurant and built a reputation as a high-end special-occasion destination. According to Yelp, the Morimoto New York listing was marked permanently closed in an update dated September 2026, and Foursquare separately lists the location as no longer open. No dated news coverage of a formal closure announcement was found, so the exact closing date and circumstances remain undocumented beyond the two marketplace listings noted above.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/morimoto-new-york
- Foursquare https://foursquare.com/v/morimoto/454f7cc4f964a520dc3c1fe3
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Record btiea-0204 · checked by Cal Marchetti.