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Is Purple Pig Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Chicago, IL)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Purple Pig is listed open on thepurplepigchicago.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The Purple Pig's official website returned HTTP 200 on 2026-09-07 with a 2026 copyright notice, an active ordering widget, and text describing both its Chicago and new Oak Brook locations. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Marvelous Meats' episode of All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network, aired 2020-08-10, per TheTVDB.com) featured The Purple Pig, a Mediterranean small-plates restaurant known for whole-hog cooking and nose-to-tail dishes. The restaurant sits on Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, near the Chicago River. A check of thepurplepigchicago.com on 2026-09-07 found the site returning normally, carrying a 2026 copyright notice, and offering online ordering. The same site described its "flagship Michigan Ave. location" alongside a newer Oak Brook, Illinois location, indicating the business had expanded to a second Illinois address by that date. The site also listed private-dining and special-event services at both locations. No additional independent source was checked to confirm current operating status beyond the restaurant's own website.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star

Episode 4
Air date not confirmed
Title: Marvelous Meats · What was featured: Whole-hog, nose-to-tail Mediterranean small plates on Michigan Avenue

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. thepurplepigchicago.com https://thepurplepigchicago.com/
  2. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/all-star-best-thing-i-ever-ate/episodes/7853504
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Record btiea-0929 · checked by Cal Marchetti.