What Happened to Public House After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Chicago, IL)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9, Episode 16

Public House was a gastropub at 400 North State Street in Chicago's River North area, part of the city's downtown gastro-tavern scene. Best Thing I Ever Ate featured the restaurant's pub fare in the episode "I'll Have What They're Having" (Season 9, Episode 16). According to a Yelp listing updated 2026-08, the restaurant is marked permanently closed at the 400 North State Street address, and a diningchicago.com directory listing for the same restaurant carries no current operating information as of this check, serving as a secondary weak signal.

No named, dated source gives the exact closure date. Census geocoding for the address returned no match on 2026-09-07, including on one retry, so coordinates are left pending rather than guessed. No news coverage of the closure, a reopening, or new ownership was found.

Food Paradise, Season 19, Episode 7

The 'Best of the Midwest' episode featured Public House at 400 N State St in Chicago. Google's business listing for that address independently resolves to the same 'Public House' name and location already documented in this database, so this appearance is treated as the same business rather than a separate listing. This entry documents its appearance in this episode; see the linked record for current status, address, and sourcing.