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

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As of September 2026, The JuJu Bag has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, November 2025.

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for The JuJu Bag at 5363 Franklin Ave is marked closed, updated November 2025.

  • Season / episode Season 11, Episode 8
  • Original air date
  • Address 5363 Franklin Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122

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What happened 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.

Fan-tracker site Food Network Gossip (unverified) reported that customer feedback in the period following the broadcast was largely positive. That same source and Reality TV Revisited (unverified) 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 located during this research pass. No dated 2026 evidence of operation was found for this address. Because only one dated third-party listing was located for this address, alongside undated fan-tracker accounts describing the 2017 closure, this record's confidence level reflects a reported rather than verified determination. 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.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 11, Episode 8
Original air date
Episode title
Bad Juju
What was featured
Renovation of a combined cafe and barber/salon business
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The JuJu Bag

Frequently asked questions

Is The JuJu Bag still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The JuJu Bag has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, November 2025.

What happened to The JuJu Bag after Restaurant: Impossible?

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. As of September 2026, The JuJu Bag has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, November 2025.

Is The JuJu Bag permanently closed?

As of September 2026, The JuJu Bag has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, November 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is The JuJu Bag located?

5363 Franklin Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured The JuJu Bag?

Season 11, Episode 8 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired May 13, 2015. The episode is titled “Bad Juju”.

Did the makeover last at The JuJu Bag?

The episode first aired May 13, 2015. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 11 years later —: As of September 2026, The JuJu Bag has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, November 2025.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

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. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is The JuJu Bag still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

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. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Visit info

Address
5363 Franklin Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122
Venue type
cafe
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/jujubagcafe/posts/restaurant-impossiblefood-network-will-be-in-new-orleans-to-tape-an-episode-at-t/1043673152326717/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-juju-bag-new-orleans
  • realitytvrevisited.com — https://www.realitytvrevisited.com/2022/12/restaurant-impossible-juju-bag-cafe.html
  • foodnetworkgossip.com — https://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2015/05/restaurant-impossible-juju-bag-cafe.html

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