Is The Owl Cafe Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Apalachicola, FL)
Food Paradise, Season 13 Apalachicola, Florida
Current status
As of October 2026, The Owl Cafe is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's website returned HTTP 200 with a live ordering widget and current menus, and a February 2024 local news article documents its reopening under new branding. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 13, Episode 1
- Address 15 Ave D, Apalachicola, FL 32320
- Website owlcafeflorida.com
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Owl Café was featured on the episode 'Gulf Grubbin,' spotlighting the historic downtown restaurant's fried oysters, crab cakes, and Gulf seafood entrees alongside steaks, pasta, and homemade desserts. The restaurant first opened in Apalachicola in 1900 and sits in the city's historic district overlooking the river, according to the AAA travel guide's listing for the business. The Apalachicola Times reported on February 22, 2024, that Owl Café reopened with a new look, now operating alongside an attached bar as 'Owl Café + The Tap Room.' In September 2026, the restaurant's website showed a live online ordering system and current menu, drinks, and gift-card pages. Google Places recorded the business as operational at 15 Avenue D, matching the address listed on the restaurant's own site.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- owlcafeflorida.com http://www.owlcafeflorida.com/
- franklincounty.news https://franklincounty.news/2024/02/22/owl-cafe-reopens-with-new-look/
- aaa.com https://www.aaa.com/travelinfo/florida/apalachicola/restaurants/the-owl-cafe-234284.html
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Record fp-0971 · checked by Cal Marchetti.