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Is The Dabney Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Washington, DC)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11 Washington, District of Columbia

Current status

Open

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

What the source shows: The Dabney's own site remains active with current hours; a Yelp listing updated September 2026 and MICHELIN Guide listing corroborate active operation at 122 Blagden Alley NW. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Fried and Gone to Heaven' episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured The Dabney, a restaurant on Blagden Alley in Washington, DC, spotlighting its fried chicken alongside its Mid-Atlantic-inspired tasting menu. The restaurant is known for hearth-driven, seasonal cooking rooted in the Mid-Atlantic region. Since the episode, The Dabney has continued to operate: its own website (thedabney.com), checked on 2026-09-08, listed active reservations, a gift-card shop, and an upcoming September 13 'Sunday Suppers' collaboration dinner with chefs from Bresca, Jont, and Ox & Olive, along with a note that the restaurant appears in the Michelin Guide 2025. The site's continued reservations and ordering functionality, plus the scheduled September event, indicate the restaurant remained active as of the September 2026 check. No closure, ownership change, or relocation was found in the available records.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11

Episode 13
Air date not confirmed
Title: Fried and Gone to Heaven · What was featured: fried chicken and Mid-Atlantic tasting-menu dishes

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  1. thedabney.com https://thedabney.com/
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