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What Happened to U-Turn BBQ After Food Paradise? (Lafayette, CO)

Food Paradise, Season 19 Lafayette, Colorado

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, U-Turn BBQ has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: A Google Places listing under the fuller name 'uturn bbq and brewery' at the Crossing Drive address in Lafayette is marked permanently closed, with no working website found to clarify whether the business renamed rather than closed outright. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

U-Turn BBQ appeared on the episode 'At the Drive-In' (S19E15), which featured a barbecue restaurant in Lafayette, Colorado. According to a Google Places listing checked 2026-09-08, a business at 599 Crossing Dr in Lafayette, recorded under the fuller name uturn bbq and brewery rather than the U-Turn BBQ name used on the episode, is marked permanently closed. No working website was found for the business at the time of the check, and no dated news coverage or social-media post was located confirming whether the closure was a full shutdown or part of a rename or expansion tied to the added brewery wording in the listing. Because only the closed-listing status could be confirmed, with no independent source to clarify the name change, this record rests on a single credible source and the reason for the name difference remains unresolved.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 15
Air date not confirmed
Title: At the Drive-In · What was featured: Colorado smoked barbecue at a Lafayette drive-in
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=uturn+bbq+and+brewery+599+Crossing+Dr+Lafayette+CO+80026
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Record fp-1618 · checked by Cal Marchetti.