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Is Osteria Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Philadelphia, PA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Osteria is listed open on osteriaphilly.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Osteria's own website listed current Thursday-through-Sunday dinner hours and referenced its 2007 opening and a 2010 James Beard honor for chef Jeff Michaud when checked on 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Osteria in Philadelphia appeared on Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Pizza' episode, where TV host Marc Summers highlighted the restaurant's Margherita pizza, a cracker-thin-crust pie topped with tomato sauce, thick-sliced mozzarella, and whole basil leaves, according to Foodiepie's episode catalog. Osteria opened in 2007 and is part of the Amici Hospitality restaurant group, according to the restaurant's own website. That site, checked on 2026-09-08, credited chef Jeff Michaud with a 2010 James Beard Award and described Osteria as one of the country's most critically acclaimed Italian restaurants. The same check found current hours listed for Thursday-through-Sunday dinner service at the 640 North Broad Street address, along with pages for weddings and rehearsal dinners, private events, and travel-to-Italy trips organized by the Amici Hospitality group, per osteriaphilly.com.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Pizza · What was featured: Margherita pizza on the Pizza episode

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. osteriaphilly.com https://www.osteriaphilly.com/
  2. foodiepie.com https://www.foodiepie.com/restaurant.php?rst=Osteria-Philadelphia-PA
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Record btiea-0047 · checked by Cal Marchetti.