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Is Sol Mexican Cantina Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 16 Newport Beach, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Sol Mexican Cantina is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: SOL Mexican Cocina's website, checked 2026-09-08 with a 2026 copyright, showed current promotions, online ordering, and reservations for the Newport Beach location, and Google Places listed it as operational using the same check date. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Sol Mexican Cantina, as it was called on the show, appeared in the Eat Like a Local: California episode, which featured the restaurant's coastal Baja-inspired Mexican menu as a Newport Beach local favorite. The restaurant now operates as SOL Mexican Cocina, describing its food on its website as inspired by coastal Mexico, with additional locations in Irvine, Playa Vista, and Scottsdale; the site's page title described it as a Coastal Baja Mexican Restaurant. According to SOL Mexican Cocina's website, checked 2026-09-08, the Newport Beach location at 251 CA-1 listed a weekly Taco & Tequila Tuesday promotion, an online ordering system, and a table reservation option, with a copyright date of 2026. Google Places also listed the Newport Beach location as operational using the same 2026-09-08 check date.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 16

Episode 7
Air date not confirmed
Title: Eat Like a Local: California · What was featured: the restaurant's coastal Baja-inspired Mexican menu as a Newport Beach local favorite
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. solcocina.com https://solcocina.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.6158791,-117.90156700000001
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Record fp-1332 · checked by Cal Marchetti.