Is Toups' Meatery Still Open? Food Paradise Update (New Orleans, LA)
Food Paradise, Season 16 New Orleans, Louisiana
Current status
As of October 2026, Toups' Meatery is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp, updated 2026-09, and the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, both show Toups' Meatery operating with live hours at its original Carrollton Avenue address. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 8
- Address 845 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
- Website toupsmeatery.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode Swine and Dine (S16E8) featured Toups' Meatery, a Cajun restaurant in New Orleans's Mid-City neighborhood led by chef Isaac Toups, known for charcuterie and whole-animal cooking rooted in South Louisiana tradition. According to Yelp, updated 2026-09, Toups' Meatery has accumulated more than 890 reviews at 845 N. Carrollton Avenue and is categorized as a Cajun/Creole restaurant. The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, lists live lunch, happy hour, brunch, and dinner service hours at the same address, with lunch served Monday through Friday and separate weekend brunch hours on Saturday and Sunday. Both sources describe the restaurant operating under its original name at its original Carrollton Avenue location, with no indication of any change in ownership, concept, or address since it appeared on the show.
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/toups-meatery-new-orleans
- toupsmeatery.com http://toupsmeatery.com/
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Record fp-1335 · checked by Cal Marchetti.