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Is Poor Calvin's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Atlanta, GA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Atlanta, Georgia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Poor Calvin's is listed open on poorcalvins.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The business's own website, checked live on 2026-09-08, showed current hours, an online reservation/ordering system, and a live phone line and email for the Piedmont Avenue Northeast location. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Poor Calvin's is an Asian fusion restaurant located at 510 Piedmont Avenue Northeast in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward area. Best Thing I Ever Ate profiled the restaurant's Asian-fusion menu in the episode "I'll Have What They're Having" (Season 9, Episode 16), which pairs pan-Asian technique with a Southern-general-store-styled dining room. According to the restaurant's own website, checked live on 2026-09-08, Poor Calvin's continued operating at the Piedmont Avenue address, taking online reservations and offering an online ordering and gift-card option. The site listed current hours (Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5-11 p.m., Sunday 3-10 p.m.), a working phone number, (470) 570-8741, an email contact, and a linked, active Facebook page. No press coverage of a closure, relocation, or ownership change turned up in the evidence available for this record.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9

Episode 16
Air date not confirmed
Title: I'll Have What They're Having · What was featured: Asian-fusion dishes at Poor Calvin's, Best Thing I Ever Ate S9E16

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Record btiea-0718 · checked by Cal Marchetti.