Is Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles Still Open? (Los Angeles, CA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is open — confirmed via Yelp, May 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp shows the South LA location's page updated May 2026 with active reviews, and the restaurant's own ordering platform offers current pickup and delivery from the same Manchester Avenue address. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 1
- Address 106 West Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90003
- Website roscoeschickenandwaffles.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5, Episode 1
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Combos' episode (Food Network) featured Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles for its chicken-and-waffles combo, pairing crispy fried chicken with a fluffy waffle on one plate. Roscoe's is a Los Angeles-based soul food chain with several locations around the city; this one sits on West Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles. According to Yelp, the South LA location's page was updated in May 2026, with continuing customer reviews and photos posted through that month. In September 2026, Roscoe's official website listed the South LA location's hours as Monday through Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and the same site's online ordering platform offered pickup and delivery from the West Manchester Avenue address. The ordering page and the Yelp listing both showed the same phone number and suite designation for the location, with no indication of a move or closure.
Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 15 Aired
Food Paradise's (Travel Channel) 2013 episode "Fried Chicken Paradise" (S4E15) featured the Gower Street location of Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles in Hollywood, part of a Los Angeles-area soul food chain founded by Herb Hudson in 1975, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-31). Wikipedia also reported that Roscoe's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 2016-03-29, and that its original Long Beach location remains open.
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/roscoes-house-of-chicken-and-waffles-south-la-los-angeles
- roscoeschickenandwaffles.com https://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/location/roscoes-south-la/
- custom.order.online https://custom.order.online/en/store/RoscoesHouseofChickenNWaffles-77309
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe%27s_House_of_Chicken_%27n_Waffles
- roscoeschickenandwaffles.com https://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com/
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Record btiea-0404 · checked by Cal Marchetti.