Is O-Ya Restaurant Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Boston, MA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 Boston, Massachusetts
Current status
As of October 2026, O-Ya Restaurant is listed open on o-ya.restaurant, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: O Ya's own website, checked 2026-09-08, lists the 9 East Street address, a current phone number, and dinner-service hours (reservations 5-9pm, Tuesday-Saturday). How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 11
- Address 9 East Street, Boston, MA 02111
- Website o-ya.restaurant
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode featured O Ya, a Japanese omakase-style sushi restaurant built around small, chef's-choice courses. O Ya opened in Boston in 2007 and is owned and run by chefs Tim and Nancy Cushman, on East Street in downtown Boston. According to the restaurant's own website (o-ya.restaurant), checked 2026-09-08, the Boston location lists the 9 East Street address, a working phone number, and current dinner-service hours -- reservations from 5 to 9pm, Tuesday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. Wikipedia separately reports that O Ya's later Manhattan location closed permanently in 2020, while the original Boston restaurant has continued operating at this address.
The episode
Also in Season 3
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Ep 11Linn's of Cambria
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Ep 11Motorino
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Ep 11Russ & Daughters
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Ep 11The Olde Pink House
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Sources we checked
- o-ya.restaurant https://www.o-ya.restaurant/location/o-ya-boston/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Ya_(restaurant)
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Record btiea-0280 · checked by Cal Marchetti.