Is Publican Quality Meats Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 8 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, Publican Quality Meats is listed open on publicanqualitymeats.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 2026-09-08, returned HTTP 200 with a live ordering widget and current menu navigation for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and catering. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 8, Episode 12
- Address 825 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
- Website publicanqualitymeats.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Hamburger Heaven" featured Publican Quality Meats, a butcher shop, marketplace, and all-day cafe in Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood built around house-butchered meats, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, and a weekend brunch menu. The business operates alongside its sister restaurant Publican as part of the same restaurant group's West Fulton Market footprint. According to the business's own website, checked 2026-09-08, Publican Quality Meats returned an active page with a live online ordering widget and current navigation for its butcher shop, custom meat orders, marketplace, breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch, coffee, panini, and catering offerings. The site also lists an ongoing butcher's-box subscription, according to publicanqualitymeats.com, indicating continued day-to-day operations at the Fulton Market address.
The episode
Also in Season 8
Season 8: 63 of 80 still open · 5 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 11Bhatti Indian Grill
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Ep 11Guisados
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Ep 12Carl's Drive-In
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Ep 12Clinton Hall
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Ep 12Green Truck Pub
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Ep 12Ink. Well
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Ep 12Lucky Buns
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Ep 12Shouk
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Sources we checked
- publicanqualitymeats.com https://www.publicanqualitymeats.com/
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Record btiea-0636 · checked by Cal Marchetti.