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Is Tolbert's Restaurant Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Grapevine, TX)

Food Paradise, Season 3 Grapevine, Texas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Tolbert's Restaurant is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Tolbert's own website is live with a live-music calendar showing dated entries through Sept 23, 2026 and an upcoming Oct 11, 2026 event listing, plus a 2026 copyright footer; consistent with the prior 2026-09-08 check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On Food Paradise's "Hot & Spicy Paradise" (S3E3), the show featured Tolbert's Restaurant & Chili Parlor, a chili-focused restaurant in Grapevine, Texas. The restaurant operates from 423 South Main Street in downtown Grapevine. According to tolbertsrestaurant.com, the restaurant's website listed Friday-through-Monday hours on 2026-09-08, including 11 a.m. to midnight service on Fridays and Saturdays, and Sunday hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The site also promoted an upcoming event, 'The Concert on Lake Grapevine,' scheduled for Sunday, October 11, featuring tribute bands and food trucks at Mariner Park Point, according to tolbertsrestaurant.com. Google Places listed the business as operational on 2026-09-08. The website's content and copyright notice were dated 2026, and the site invited visitors to rent event space and view its concert calendar.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 3

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Hot & Spicy Paradise · What was featured: Chili and Texas-style comfort food specialties at Tolbert's
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 3 Food Paradise

Season 3: 17 of 22 still open

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. tolbertsrestaurant.com http://www.tolbertsrestaurant.com/
  2. Google Places listing (listed as operating, checked 2026-09-08)
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Record fp-0176 · checked by Cal Marchetti.