What Happened to Yakitoria After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Los Angeles, CA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 Los Angeles, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Yakitoria has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Yakitoriya at 11301 W Olympic Blvd, updated 2026-03, marks the restaurant permanently closed, and no current official website or active social media for the business was found. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 12
- Address 11301 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The 'On A Stick' episode featured Yakitoriya for its charcoal-grilled yakitori skewers, prepared over binchotan charcoal in the Tokyo style. Yakitoriya was a Japanese restaurant in West Los Angeles, opened in 1997 under chef-owner Toshi Sakamaki at 11301 West Olympic Boulevard. The restaurant built a following over nearly two decades for its traditional grilling technique and rotating seasonal skewer selections, drawing comparisons to small-plate yakitori houses in Tokyo. According to a Yelp business listing updated 2026-03, the West Olympic Boulevard location is marked permanently closed. A search for a current official website or active social-media presence for the restaurant turned up none, and no new tenant or successor concept at the Olympic Boulevard address was identified during this check of available public listings.
The episode
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Ep 12Minibar
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Ep 12Shake Shack
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Ep 13Bar Boulud
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/yakitoriya-los-angeles
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Record btiea-0381 · checked by Cal Marchetti.