Is Parc Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Philadelphia, PA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current status
As of October 2026, Parc is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own site, last modified one day before this check, plus a September-2026 Yelp listing, show continued current operation. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 9
- Address 227 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Website parc-restaurant.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode featured Parc's French bistro menu of onion soup, escargots, steak frites, and seafood plateaus, plus its in-house baguettes, served in a Rittenhouse Square dining room styled after a Parisian brasserie. Visit Philadelphia's own guide describes Parc, from restaurateur Stephen Starr, as serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week overlooking Rittenhouse Square. The restaurant's own site, parc-restaurant.com, was last modified 2026-09-07, one day before this check, and lists current hours running as late as 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. A Yelp listing for Parc was updated 2026-09 and continues to log new customer photos and reviews from Rittenhouse Square diners. OpenTable's current listing for Parc likewise shows active online reservation booking for the Rittenhouse Square location.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 64 of 102 still open · 8 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 8Akasha
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Ep 9Butter Lane
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Ep 9Il Vagabondo
Closed - Closed
- Open
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Ep 9WoodSpoon
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Sources we checked
- parc-restaurant.com https://parc-restaurant.com/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/parc-philadelphia-2
- visitphilly.com https://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/food-drink/parc-restaurant/
- OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/parc
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Record btiea-0155 · checked by Cal Marchetti.