Is Richardson's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Phoenix, AZ)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11 Phoenix, Arizona
Current status
As of October 2026, Richardson's is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's page for the 16th Street location, last updated August 2026, shows an active listing with 876 photos, 1,130 reviews, and posted hours. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 11, Episode 6
- Address 6335 North 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016
- Website richardsonsnm.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured the restaurant in its Low and Slow episode (S11E6). Richardson's is a New Mexican-cuisine restaurant now at 6335 North 16th Street in Phoenix; Phoenix New Times reported that the business rebuilt and reopened near its original Bethany Home Road corner after a 2010 fire. Yelp's page for the 16th Street location, last updated August 2026, showed 876 photos and 1,130 reviews with listed hours of 11am-10pm Monday-Thursday, 11am-11pm Friday, 8am-11pm Saturday, and 8am-10pm Sunday. A separate Yelp page for a Richardson's Cuisine of New Mexico location at 1582 East Bethany Home Road carries a closed-business marker, which Phoenix New Times ties to the pre-fire address rather than a second currently active restaurant.
The episode
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Ep 6Saw's BBQ
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/richardsons-phoenix-3
- phoenixnewtimes.com https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/post-fire-richardsons-just-as-good-as-pre-fire-richardsons-plus-theres-a-patio-6524734
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/richardsons-cuisine-of-new-mexico-phoenix
- richardsonsnm.com http://www.richardsonsnm.com/locations
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Record btiea-0856 · checked by Cal Marchetti.