Is Scarpetta Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Scarpetta is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated in July 2026 with nearly 2,500 reviews shows the restaurant active, and a direct check of the restaurant's own site returned current lunch and dinner hours. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 9
- Address 88 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
- Website scarpettarestaurants.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On 'Sauced,' Food Network's restaurant listing features chef Scott Conant's homemade spaghetti with tomato and basil at Scarpetta, crediting host Ted Allen with singling out the dish and pointing to Conant's meticulous approach to the tomato sauce as the reason for its reputation. Scarpetta is an Italian restaurant located at 88 Madison Avenue in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, part of a small group of Scarpetta restaurants Conant has opened in several cities. According to a Yelp listing updated in July 2026 with nearly 2,500 reviews, the restaurant continues to operate at the Madison Avenue address, and the restaurant's own website, scarpettarestaurants.com, listed current lunch and dinner hours for all seven days of the week when checked on 2026-09-08. Reservation platforms OpenTable and Tock also continue to list the Madison Avenue location as bookable. No reporting was found describing a closure or relocation.
The episode
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 63 of 93 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 9Colt and Gray
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Ep 9Don Peppe
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Ep 9FIG
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Ep 9Mayflower Cafe
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Ep 9Topolobampo
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/scarpetta-new-york
- scarpettarestaurants.com https://www.scarpettarestaurants.com/location/scarpetta-new-york-city/
- OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/r/scarpetta-new-york
- exploretock.com https://www.exploretock.com/scarpettanewyorkcity/faq
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Record btiea-0258 · checked by Cal Marchetti.