Is Papermoon Diner Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Baltimore, MD)
Food Paradise, Season 1 Baltimore, Maryland
Current status
As of October 2026, Papermoon Diner is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed April 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Papermoon Diner's own website carries an article-modified timestamp of 2026-04-08 and states current five-day-a-week hours; Yelp's business page was separately updated September 2026. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 8
- Address 227 W 29th St, Baltimore, MD 21211
- Website papermoondiner24.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise, Season 1, Episode 8
The episode featured Papermoon Diner, an eclectically decorated diner in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood near Johns Hopkins University, known for its bold comfort-food menu and a famously quirky interior covered in toys, mannequin parts, and found-object art. According to the restaurant's own website, papermoondiner24.com, checked 2026-09-08, Papermoon Diner continues to operate at 227 W 29th Street in Baltimore, serving diner fare alongside its signature decor. The same website lists a phone number of 410-889-4444 and shows a customer rating of 4.4 stars across more than 3,300 reviews, and lists breakfast, lunch, and dinner service, indicating an actively maintained and currently operating business.
Man v. Food, Season 7, Episode 7 Aired
In the Casey Webb-hosted Baltimore, Maryland episode that aired 2018-06-25, Man v. Food stopped at Papermoon Diner, an eclectically decorated all-day breakfast spot at 227 West 29th Street in the Remington neighborhood known for comfort-food dishes like French toast, omelets, and milkshakes served amid walls covered in toys and pop-culture ephemera. The diner was established in 1994 and sits near Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art, per its own website. Papermoon's own site carries an article-modified timestamp of 2026-04-08 and states it is currently open five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday, with Yelp's separate business page updated September 2026 and carrying thousands of active reviews. Together, the two sources indicate Papermoon Diner remains open at its original Charles Village-area location as of September 2026.
The episodes
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 85 of 114 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 7Ben and Jerry's
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Ep 8Empire Diner
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Ep 8Fog City Diner
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Ep 8Modern Diner
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Ep 8Rosie's Diner
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Sources we checked
- papermoondiner24.com https://papermoondiner24.com/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/papermoon-diner-baltimore
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Record mvf-383 · checked by Cal Marchetti.