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What Happened to Porch Light Latin Kitchen After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 16 Smyrna, Georgia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Porch Light Latin Kitchen has closed — confirmed via ajc.com, October 7, 2021.

What the source shows: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the permanent closure, corroborated by the restaurant's own website posting the owner's closure message and by Google's listing marking it permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Porch Light Latin Kitchen appeared on Food Paradise's Flavor Fiesta! episode (S16E5), which highlighted the restaurant's Puerto Rican cooking, including empanadas and citrus-brined beer can chicken. Chef-owner Andre Gomez opened the restaurant in Smyrna, Georgia in November 2015, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on 2021-10-07 that the restaurant had permanently closed after nearly six years in business, citing the difficulty of the restaurant industry, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a desire to spend more time with family. Around the same time, the restaurant's own website posted a message from the owner saying the family had made the decision to close. Gomez suggested in that announcement he might reopen Porch Light at a different Smyrna location in the future.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 16

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Flavor Fiesta! · What was featured: Empanadas and citrus-brined beer can chicken, the restaurant's Puerto Rican specialties
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. ajc.com https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/atlanta-restaurant-blog/porch-light-latin-kitchen-closes-in-smyrna/RS2RA66K7FDAHMKCTSWD2AEQFA/
  2. porchlightlatinkitchen.com http://www.porchlightlatinkitchen.com/
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