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Is Samosa House Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Culver City, CA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 Culver City, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Samosa House is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing at the same Washington Boulevard address, dated July 2026 with roughly 1,200 reviews, shows continued active operation under an expanded name, while the business's own website shows only a stale 2019 copyright date. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Better Than Mine' episode (S5E4) featured Samosa House, a vegetarian Indian restaurant in Culver City that has served samosas, chaat, and other South Indian and Gujarati-style dishes since 1979. The business operates from 11510 West Washington Boulevard, the same address carried in the show's location record. The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, displayed an active online-ordering link but showed only a 2019 copyright date and no 2026-dated content, so it does not by itself confirm current operation. According to a Yelp business page updated 2026-07, a listing at the same 11510 West Washington Boulevard address, styled 'Samosa House and Bharat Bazaar,' carries roughly 1,200 reviews and remains active, indicating the restaurant continues to operate, possibly under an expanded name pairing the restaurant with an attached grocery. No closure was found in available sources, though the current signage name may differ slightly from the name featured on the show.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5

Episode 4
Air date not confirmed
Title: Better Than Mine · What was featured: Culver City vegetarian Indian samosas, 'Better Than Mine' episode

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. samosahouse.com http://www.samosahouse.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/samosa-house-and-bharat-bazaar-culver-city
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Record btiea-0427 · checked by Cal Marchetti.