Is Restaurant DANIEL (Daniel) Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Restaurant DANIEL is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated September 2026, and OpenTable's current reservation page both show Restaurant Daniel operating at 60 East 65th Street. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 12
- Address 60 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
- Now called Daniel
- Website danielnyc.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Part 1 — Season 3, Episode 12
The episode featured Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud's French fine-dining restaurant known for tasting and prix-fixe menus in a formal dining room. Daniel moved to its current Upper East Side address in 1999 and remains owned and run by Boulud, according to Wikipedia. According to the restaurant's own website (danielnyc.com), checked 2026-09-08, the site lists the 60 East 65th Street address, a working phone number, and current dinner hours of Tuesday through Sunday, 5 to 9:30pm, with an active Resy reservation link. Wikipedia separately reports Daniel was downgraded to one Michelin star in 2024, after holding three stars until 2014 and two stars afterward.
Part 2 — Season 10, Episode 10
The episode 'Special Occasion' (S10E10) featured Restaurant Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud's flagship fine-dining restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side, known for modern French tasting menus. The restaurant has operated from 60 East 65th Street since 1993 according to Yelp's business listing. Yelp's page for Daniel showed an update dated September 2026, listing 2,008 reviews and 5,804 photos, with hours of Tuesday through Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. OpenTable's reservation page for the restaurant likewise showed a 2026 update with active reservation availability. The restaurant's own website, danielnyc.com, returned an HTTP redirect during a direct site check on 2026-09-08, but the Yelp and OpenTable listings independently confirmed current operation. No source located indicated a closure, relocation, or ownership change.
The episodes
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 63 of 93 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 11Keifers Restaurant
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Ep 11Linn's of Cambria
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Ep 12Ferrara Bakery
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Ep 12French Laundry
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Ep 12Paynes BBQ
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Sources we checked
- danielnyc.com https://www.danielnyc.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_(restaurant)
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/daniel-new-york-4
- OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/r/daniel-dbk-terrace-new-york
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Record btiea-0786 · checked by Cal Marchetti.