Is Mr. Pollo Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (San Francisco, CA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 San Francisco, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Mr. Pollo is open — confirmed via blog.resy.com, September 1, 2026.
What the source shows: Resy's editorial guide "Eight Awesome and Affordable Tasting Menus in San Francisco," updated September 1, 2026, includes Mr. Pollo in the Mission as a 12-seat restaurant with a $49 four-course tasting menu, and its Resy booking page lists 2823 Mission St. with the same menu. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 2
- Address 2823 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Website resy.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On the Cooking Channel's Best Thing I Ever Ate episode 'Bang for the Buck' (Season 4, Episode 2), chef Chris Cosentino named Mr. Pollo's $15 four-course chef's tasting menu as his pick, according to Wikipedia's episode guide for the series. Mr. Pollo is a small restaurant at 2823 Mission Street in San Francisco's Mission District, according to OpenStreetMap's business listing. A Google Places check on 2026-09-08 separately listed Mr. Pollo as operational at that Mission Street address, zip code 94110, and found that OpenStreetMap's listing carried no closure tag as of the same review, though no 2026-dated website, review, or news coverage confirming current operating status could be located.
The episode
Also in Season 4
Season 4: 60 of 102 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 1Cricklewood
Closed - Closed
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Ep 2El Chorro Lodge
Open -
Ep 2Hankook Taqueria
Open -
Ep 2Mr. Lucky's 24/7
Closed - Open
- Open
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Ep 2Toulouse Petit
Open
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Sources we checked
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate
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Record btiea-0306 · checked by Cal Marchetti.