What Happened to Norma's After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Norma's has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Norma's, updated 2026-08, marks the restaurant (at the Thompson Central Park hotel, not the original listing's Queens match) permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 13
- Address 119 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
- Website normascornershoppe.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The 'For Brunch' episode featured Norma's for its over-the-top brunch dishes, including the Zillion Dollar Frittata and Crunchy French Toast. Norma's operated inside the hotel now known as Thompson Central Park New York, formerly Le Parker Meridien, at 119 West 56th Street in Manhattan. The restaurant built its reputation on lavish, generously portioned takes on classic breakfast dishes served in the hotel's dining room. According to a Yelp business listing updated 2026-08, the restaurant is marked permanently closed. According to a page on the hotel's own website titled Norma's Returns, the brunch menu received a limited-time revival extended through November 23, though the page did not specify the year of that event, leaving the restaurant's standing status as closed per the more recent Yelp update.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/normas-new-york
- parkersnyc.com https://www.parkersnyc.com/news-item/normas-returns/
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Record btiea-0384 · checked by Cal Marchetti.