TV Restaurants

What Happened to The Radler After Food Paradise? (Chicago, IL)

Food Paradise, Season 18 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Radler has closed — confirmed via Google, September 7, 2026.

What the source shows: A Google Places business record lists The Radler's status as permanently closed, with no located website or social media to contradict it. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Sweet Home Chicago" episode included The Radler in its survey of Chicago-area bars. The Radler operated as a bar at 2375 N Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago; its name references the German radler, a beer mixed with lemon soda, suggesting a European-style beer-bar concept. A Google Places business record, checked 2026-09-07, lists The Radler's status as permanently closed. No current website, social media account, or dated news coverage of the closure was located during research, so the date and circumstances of the closure remain undocumented. The 2026-09-07 research pass found no active online presence for the business beyond the closed Google Places record.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 18

Air date not confirmed
Title: Sweet Home Chicago · What was featured: Chicago bar named for the German radler beer-and-lemonade drink
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 18 Food Paradise

Season 18: 36 of 54 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 7 Season 18 episodes →

Nearest open restaurants By distance from 2375 N Milwaukee Ave

  • Dimo's Pizza

    Chicago, IL 0.3 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Open
  • Reno

    Chicago, IL 0.5 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Open
  • Monster Ramen

    Chicago, IL 0.7 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open
  • Irazu

    Chicago, IL 1.0 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open
  • Kuma's Corner

    Chicago, IL 1.0 mi away

    Best Thing I Ever Ate · Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives · Food Paradise

    Open
  • Omarcito’s Latin Cafe

    Chicago, IL 1.2 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open
All 220 TV restaurants in Illinois →

Before you go: Businesses change fast. Always confirm directly with the restaurant — call ahead, or check its own current website or social media — before making plans around anything on this page.

Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The+Radler+2375+N+Milwaukee+Ave+Chicago+IL+60647
See something wrong?

We work hard to keep every status accurate and dated, but restaurants change fast and our sources aren't perfect. If something here is wrong — a status, a name, an address, anything — tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it, and we'll check it.

Tell us →

Share

Record fp-1457 · checked by Cal Marchetti.