Is The Exchange Restaurant Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, The Exchange Restaurant is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the restaurant, updated August 2026, together with the restaurant's own website, show current operation as Freehand LA's in-house restaurant. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 14
- Address 416 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
- Website theexchangela.com
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
In the episode 'The Closers' (S9E14), the series featured The Exchange, the in-house restaurant at the Freehand Los Angeles hotel in downtown Los Angeles. According to theexchangela.com, the restaurant serves California cuisine that draws on the multicultural flavors of Los Angeles through an Israeli lens, using seasonal, sustainably sourced ingredients from local purveyors. Yelp's listing for the restaurant, updated August 2026, shows 1,256 photos and 444 reviews and lists it under Breakfast & Brunch. The restaurant's own site, current as of the August 2026 check, listed lunch hours of Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and dinner Thursday-Saturday 6-10 p.m., with amenities including a full bar, cocktails, gluten-free options, a private room, vegan options, wheelchair access, and wine.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-exchange-restaurant-los-angeles-5
- theexchangela.com https://www.theexchangela.com/
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Record btiea-0708 · checked by Cal Marchetti.