Is The Bad Apple Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Chicago, IL)
Food Paradise, Season 18 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, The Bad Apple is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for 658 W Belden Ave, updated July 2026, shows The Bad Apple with posted weekly hours (open daily, until midnight Thursday–Saturday) and does not carry a closed marker, in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 18, Episode 3
- Address 658 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
- Website badapplebar.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise's "Most Valuable Plates" episode (S18E3) featured The Bad Apple, a bar and restaurant in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood serving casual bar fare alongside a beer and drink list. A direct check of the business's own site, badapplebar.com, returned an HTTP 403 error that blocked automated access rather than confirming the page was down, so it was not used as evidence either way. A Yelp business listing for the 658 W Belden Ave address, updated July 2026, instead shows the venue with posted weekly hours — open daily, including until midnight Thursday through Saturday — and carries no closed marker, unlike listings Yelp marks for permanently shuttered businesses.
Google Places also lists the business as operational at the same address. No news coverage, ownership change, or rename was found for this location during the check, and the September 2026 site block prevented confirming any 2026-dated content directly from the business's own pages.
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-bad-apple-chicago-2
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Record fp-1473 · checked by Cal Marchetti.