Is Sweet Auburn Barbecue Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Atlanta, GA)
Food Paradise, Season 19 Atlanta, Georgia
Current status
As of October 2026, Sweet Auburn Barbecue is open — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the restaurant, last updated in August 2026, shows over 900 reviews with no closure marker, and the restaurant's own website separately loaded live on 2026-09-08 with a current menu and location page. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 19, Episode 25
- Address 656 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
- Website sweetauburnbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Sweet Auburn Barbecue's Asian-influenced take on Southern barbecue, including coconut lemongrass ribs and pimento cheese wontons alongside more traditional smoked pulled pork and wings. Sweet Auburn BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Atlanta's Poncey-Highland neighborhood, set in a dining room built from reclaimed antiques with a dog-friendly sidewalk patio. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, last updated in August 2026, shows more than 900 customer reviews with no closure marker. On 2026-09-08, the restaurant's own website loaded live with a current menu and location information for the North Highland Avenue address. The restaurant has also been recognized for Best BBQ honors by Atlanta Magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-auburn-bbq-atlanta-3
- sweetauburnbbq.com http://sweetauburnbbq.com/
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Record fp-1640 · checked by Cal Marchetti.