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Is Peking Gourmet Inn Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Falls Church, Virginia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Peking Gourmet Inn is listed open on pekinggourmet.com, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Peking Gourmet Inn's website was modified as recently as September 8, 2026 and references Thanksgiving 2026 reservations, and Google Places lists it as operational. In a September 21, 2026 check, the restaurant's own website was still live and active, still referencing Thanksgiving 2026 reservations (Nov 26, 2026). How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Peking Gourmet Inn in the 'Holiday' episode, highlighting a dish from the Falls Church, Virginia restaurant's Chinese menu. Peking Gourmet Inn is a Chinese restaurant at 6029 Leesburg Pike in Falls Church, serving the Northern Virginia area. Peking Gourmet Inn's website, whose server reported a last-modified date of 2026-09-08, listed an active online-ordering system and carried a post dated 2026-08-30 announcing that the restaurant was taking reservations for Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2026. Google Places, checked 2026-09-07, lists the business status as operational. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change announcement has surfaced. Peking Gourmet Inn continues to appear under its original name at its Leesburg Pike location, still marketing itself online as serving fine Chinese cuisine in Northern Virginia.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2

Air date not confirmed
Title: Holiday · What was featured: A Chinese dish from Peking Gourmet Inn's Falls Church menu

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. pekinggourmet.com http://www.pekinggourmet.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.855266,-77.13963460000001
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Record btiea-0096 · checked by Cal Marchetti.