What Happened to Schmidt's After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 San Francisco, California Closed 2018
Current status
As of October 2026, Schmidt's has closed — confirmed via missionlocal.org, April 2018.
What the source shows: Mission Local's April 2018 article documents Schmidt's closing over a rent increase, and an August 2026 Yelp listing still marks the Folsom Street address permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 10
- Address 2400 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On Best Thing I Ever Ate ('With Fruit'), a chef highlighted a dish from Schmidt's, a German restaurant at the corner of Folsom and 20th streets in San Francisco's Mission District, serving German fare with an American twist. According to Mission Local (published 2018-04), Schmidt's owners closed the restaurant after their landlord raised the rent substantially, ending the business's run at the Folsom Street address. A Yelp listing for that address, updated 2026-08, still marks the business permanently closed, with no newer tenant or reopening reflected in the listing. No search results indicate Schmidt's reopened under new ownership or at a different San Francisco location since the 2018 closure. The restaurant's name does not appear in current San Francisco restaurant directories checked in 2026.
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Sources we checked
- missionlocal.org https://missionlocal.org/2018/04/so-long-schmidts-restaurant-closing-on-high-note-despite-rent-hikes/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/schmidts-san-francisco-2
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Record btiea-0267 · checked by Cal Marchetti.