Is Topolobampo Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Chicago, IL)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 Chicago, Illinois
Current status
As of October 2026, Topolobampo is listed open on rickbayless.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website returned HTTP 200 with a September 2026 last-modified date, live reservations, and an ordering widget. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 9
- Address 445 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654
- Website rickbayless.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On Best Thing I Ever Ate ('Sauced'), a chef highlighted a dish from Topolobampo, chef Rick Bayless's Mexican restaurant in Chicago. Topolobampo is a sit-down restaurant at 445 North Clark Street in Chicago's River North neighborhood, with a menu built around Mexican cooking and an agave spirits list, per the restaurant's own site navigation. According to the restaurant's own website (rickbayless.com), the page returned HTTP 200 on a 2026-09-08 check and showed a last-modified date of 2026-09-05, along with current hours, a reservations link, and private-events information. The site also lists an active online ordering option alongside a printed menu archive. Topolobampo's listed phone number and Clark Street address matched current records, and the site's navigation continued to route to reservations and the current menu as of the check date.
The episode
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 63 of 93 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 8A&M Halal
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Ep 9Colt and Gray
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Ep 9Don Peppe
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Ep 9FIG
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Ep 9Mayflower Cafe
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Ep 9Scarpetta
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Sources we checked
- rickbayless.com https://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/topolobampo/
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Record btiea-0264 · checked by Cal Marchetti.