Is The Frontier Chicago Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Chicago, IL)
Food Paradise, Season 18 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, The Frontier Chicago 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 the restaurant, updated September 2026, lists current hours and an active review stream; a direct fetch of the business's own website was blocked (HTTP 403). How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 18, Episode 1
- Address 1072 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
- Website thefrontierchicago.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise's "Sweet Home Chicago" episode featured The Frontier, a gastropub in Chicago's West Town neighborhood known for whole-animal butchery and wild-game dishes. According to Wikipedia, the restaurant opened on February 10, 2011, is led by chef Brian Jupiter, and is owned by Mark Domitrovich. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated September 2026, lists the restaurant as open, with posted hours of Wednesday and Thursday 5:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 4:00pm-11:00pm, Saturday 12:00pm-11:00pm, and Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm. A direct check of the restaurant's own website (thefrontierchicago.com) on 2026-09-08 returned an access-restricted response rather than page content, so the Yelp listing served as the current-status source used here.
The episode
Also in Season 18
Season 18: 36 of 54 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 1Cemitas Puebla
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Ep 1Nino's Pizza
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Ep 1Smoque
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Ep 1The Radler
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/frontier-chicago-2
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_(restaurant)
- thefrontierchicago.com https://www.thefrontierchicago.com/
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Record fp-1462 · checked by Cal Marchetti.