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What Happened to The Que Crawl (food trailer) After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 7 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Que Crawl (food trailer) is listed closed on boucherie-nola.com, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: The Que Crawl was chef Nathanial Zimet's original New Orleans food trailer; no dated closure source exists, but it is understood to be retired, its concept folded into his still-open restaurant Boucherie (opened 2008). How we decide a status →

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What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured The Que Crawl's food-truck barbecue, including po-boys, long-smoked ribs, gumbo, boudin balls, and fried grits fries. The Que Crawl was chef Nathanial Zimet's barbecue truck, which he introduced in New Orleans in 2006 after training at Le Cordon Bleu; The Advocate described the concept as gourmet, fine-dining-style barbecue served from a truck. The Advocate reported that the truck's success led Zimet to open the brick-and-mortar restaurant Boucherie in 2008, followed by the adjacent Bourree beer garden and butcher shop. No source found in this check carries a 2026 date confirming whether the original Que Crawl truck is still active, or gives a current fixed address for it, so its status is left unknown and its location unmapped.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 7

Air date not confirmed
Title: Street Food Paradise · What was featured: gourmet barbecue and po-boys from a food truck
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 7 Food Paradise

Season 7: 34 of 48 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 6 Season 7 episodes →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. theadvocate.com https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_c5075f7e-8e22-11e9-8435-3b57373d4415.html
  2. roadfood.com https://roadfood.com/restaurants/que-crawl/
  3. restaurantguru.com https://restaurantguru.com/Que-Crawl-New-Orleans
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Record fp-0476 · checked by Cal Marchetti.