What Happened to Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches? (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches has closed — confirmed via Yelp, April 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp lists 'Original Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches' (216 Avenue A) as closed, updated April 2026, and 'Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwich Shop' (150 E 2nd St) as closed, updated June 2026. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 8
- Address 83 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches, a New York City banh mi shop, in a 'Between Bread' segment on sandwiches. Nicky's operated multiple small storefronts around lower Manhattan and Brooklyn serving Vietnamese banh mi. Yelp lists the chain's Avenue A location as permanently closed, with the listing updated April 2026, and its East 2nd Street location as permanently closed, with the listing updated June 2026; Yelp also shows two additional Brooklyn locations, on Lorimer Street and Atlantic Avenue, as closed. No operating Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches location in New York City turned up in this research. Google Places matches the address associated with this show appearance to a different, apparently unrelated banh mi business now operating nearby, according to Google Places.
The episode
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Record btiea-0066 · checked by Cal Marchetti.