What Happened to The JuJu Bag After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited The JuJu Bag in New Orleans for the episode "Bad Juju," which aired May 13, 2015, as season 11, episode 8. The business, owned by Tommye Myrick and Phylus Johnson, combined a cafe with a barber and hair salon operating under the same roof at 5363 Franklin Avenue. According to the episode's account, both sides of the combined business needed significant attention, from the kitchen's food-safety practices to the shared space's layout and decor. Ahead of filming, the business's own Facebook page announced that the show would be taping an episode at the cafe, generating local anticipation in the surrounding New Orleans neighborhood.

On air, host Robert Irvine's team renovated the dining and salon areas, reworked the menu, and addressed kitchen procedures, aiming to give the cafe side of the business a clearer identity distinct from the salon it shared space with. The fan site Food Network Gossip reported that customer feedback in the period following the broadcast was largely positive. That same source and Reality TV Revisited describe the business closing in 2017 without a public announcement on social media beforehand, meaning the exact circumstances of the closure were not documented in real time by the owners themselves.

Restaurant-review aggregator Yelp's listing for The JuJu Bag at 5363 Franklin Avenue is marked closed, with the listing updated in November 2025, corroborating that the business is no longer operating at that address. No reopening announcement, at this address or elsewhere, was found. No dated 2026 evidence of operation was found for this address. Only one dated third-party listing was located for this address, alongside undated fan site accounts describing the 2017 closure. No official statement from the business's former owners regarding the closure was located, and no evidence of a successor business operating under a different name at the same Franklin Avenue address was found either.