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What Happened to Somethin' Else Cafe After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 4 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Somethin' Else Cafe has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google Places marks the Somethin' Else Cafe listing at 620 Conti Street as permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

"Food Paradise" featured Somethin' Else Cafe in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the 2013 episode "Meatball Paradise" (S4E13), spotlighting the cafe's meatball dish. The business operated on Conti Street in the French Quarter, a cafe-style eatery serving New Orleans visitors. A Google Places listing for 620 Conti Street, checked on 2026-09-08, marks the address as permanently closed. No current website, social media page, or news report about the cafe's closure date or any successor business at the address was located during this check. The listing does not indicate when the closure occurred or what, if anything, now occupies the Conti Street address. Beyond the Google Places record, no additional dated source about the cafe's current status was found.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Meatball Paradise · What was featured: Somethin' Else Cafe's meatball dish in New Orleans
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  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Somethin%27+Else+Cafe+New+Orleans+LA
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Record fp-0288 · checked by Cal Marchetti.