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Is Sauce on the Side Still Open? Food Paradise Update (St. Louis, MO)

Food Paradise, Season 9 St. Louis, Missouri

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Sauce on the Side is listed open on sauceontheside.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The business's own site, checked 2026-09-09, is live with a working online-ordering widget and lists multiple locations plus catering and franchise programs. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

In the Season 9 episode 'Extra Cheesy', the show featured Sauce on the Side, a St. Louis calzone shop built around a simple idea: hand-folded calzones served with the marinara on the side rather than baked in, alongside scratch-made salad dressings. The concept began as a single St. Louis counter-service shop and has since grown into a small regional chain with several area locations. According to the business's website, checked 2026-09-09, the original St. Louis location continues operating with an active online-ordering system for pickup and delivery, plus listed catering, events, and franchise programs. No independent news coverage describing a closure, sale, or relocation of the featured location was found. The chain's growth into a multi-location, franchised business suggests continued investment in the original concept beyond the single shop featured on the show.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 9

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: Extra Cheesy · What was featured: handmade calzones served with sauce on the side
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 9 Food Paradise

Season 9: 70 of 100 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 13 Season 9 episodes →

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. sauceontheside.com https://sauceontheside.com/
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Record fp-0623 · checked by Cal Marchetti.