Best Thing I Ever Ate Season 5: Every Restaurant and Where It Is Now
Season 5: 68 of 104 still open 13 episodes
68 of the 104 Season 5 restaurants we have researched are still open; 36 have closed. Season 5 of Best Thing I Ever Ate ran 13 episodes . 7 of the open restaurants have been renamed, relocated or sold to new owners. Each one carries its own dated source.
Every episode in Season 5
| Ep. | Restaurant | City | Aired | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bragg Family Farm (Bragg Farm Sugarhouse & Gift Shop) Combos | East Montpelier, VT | — | Open |
| 1 | Extra Virgin Combos | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 1 | Fatty Crab Combos | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 1 | Franklin Cafe Combos | Boston, MA | — | Open |
| 1 | Katzinger's Delicatessen Combos | Columbus, OH | — | Open |
| 1 | Lucky's Café Combos | Cleveland, OH | — | Open |
| 1 | Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles Combos | Los Angeles, CA | — | Open |
| 1 | The Dandelion Combos | Philadelphia, PA | — | Open |
| 2 | Babe's Chicken Dinner House Fried Chicken | Roanoke, TX | — | Open |
| 2 | Cha Cha Chicken Fried Chicken | Santa Monica, CA | — | Open |
| 2 | Gus's World Famous Hot & Spicy Fried Chicken (Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken) Fried Chicken | Mason, TN | — | Open |
| 2 | Hill Country Chicken Fried Chicken | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 2 | Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe Fried Chicken | Phoenix, AZ | — | Open |
| 2 | Ms. Tootsies Soul Food Cafe Fried Chicken | Philadelphia, PA | — | Closed |
| 2 | The Old Country Store Fried Chicken | Lorman, MS | — | Open |
| 2 | The Wilkes House (Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room) Fried Chicken | Savannah, GA | — | Open |
| 3 | 17th Street Bar & Grill Smoky | Marion, IL | — | Closed |
| 3 | Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Smoky | Decatur, AL | — | Open |
| 3 | Desnuda Smoky | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 3 | Husk Restaurant Smoky | Charleston, SC | — | Open |
| 3 | Oishi Boston Smoky | Boston, MA | — | Closed |
| 3 | Reef Smoky | Houston, TX | — | Closed |
| 3 | Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish Smoky | South Pasadena, FL | — | Open |
| 3 | Vito's Italian Deli (Vito's & Son Italian Deli) Smoky | Hoboken, NJ | — | Open |
| 4 | Barbuto Better Than Mine | New York, NY | — | Relocated |
| 4 | Chikalicious Dessert Bar (ChikaLicious Dessert Bar / doughYAKI) Better Than Mine | New York, NY | — | Relocated |
| 4 | Gourmet Dumpling House Better Than Mine | Boston, MA | — | Closed |
| 4 | Jaleo Better Than Mine | Washington, DC | — | Open |
| 4 | Kuba Kuba Better Than Mine | Richmond, VA | — | Open |
| 4 | Samosa House Better Than Mine | Culver City, CA | — | Open |
| 4 | The Pink Adobe Better Than Mine | Santa Fe, NM | — | Open |
| 4 | The Waffle Better Than Mine | Los Angeles, CA | — | Open |
| 5 | L'Atelier de Joel Robouchon Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Open |
| 5 | Lotus Of Siam Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Open |
| 5 | Mesa Grill (Caesars Palace) Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Closed |
| 5 | Rao's (Caesars Palace) Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Closed |
| 5 | RM Seafood (Mandalay Bay) Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Closed |
| 5 | SW Steakhouse (Wynn) Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Open |
| 5 | Tao Asian Bistro (The Venetian) Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Open |
| 5 | The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | — | Open |
| 6 | Bueno Y Sano Road Trip | Amherst, MA | — | Open |
| 6 | Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinder Co. Road Trip | Chicago, IL | — | Open |
| 6 | Churrascaria Novo Mundo Road Trip | South Dartmouth, MA | — | Relocated |
| 6 | Fearing's Restaurant Road Trip | Dallas, TX | — | Open |
| 6 | Grill 'Em All Truck (Grill 'Em All) Road Trip | Long Beach, CA | — | Relocated |
| 6 | Kilauea Fish Market Road Trip | Kilauea, HI | — | Open |
| 6 | Prime 44 West At The Greenbrier Road Trip | White Sulphur Springs, WV | — | Open |
| 6 | Steve's Gyros Road Trip | Cleveland, OH | — | Open |
| 7 | Bern's Steak House Old School | Tampa, FL | — | Open |
| 7 | City Tavern Old School | Philadelphia, PA | — | Closed |
| 7 | Galatoire's Old School | New Orleans, LA | — | Open |
| 7 | Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant Old School | New York, NY | — | Open |
| 7 | La Scala Old School | Beverly Hills, CA | — | Open |
| 7 | Ray's Place Old School | Kent, OH | — | Open |
| 7 | Tadich Grill Old School | San Francisco, CA | — | Open |
| 7 | The Original Ninfa's on Navigation Old School | Houston, TX | — | Open |
| 8 | Bulgarini Gelato Ice Creamy | Altadena, CA | — | Closed |
| 8 | Cafe Pacific Ice Creamy | Dallas, TX | — | Open |
| 8 | Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurant Ice Creamy | Mission Viejo, CA | — | Closed |
| 8 | Girl & The Goat Ice Creamy | Chicago, IL | — | Open |
| 8 | Ice Cream Smuggler Ice Creamy | South Dennis, MA | — | Open |
| 8 | Jacques Torres Chocolate Ice Creamy | Brooklyn, NY | — | Open |
| 8 | Prime One Twelve Ice Creamy | Miami Beach, FL | — | Open |
| 8 | Sweet Republic Ice Cream Ice Creamy | Scottsdale, AZ | — | Open |
| 9 | Everest French Favorites | Chicago, IL | — | Closed |
| 9 | Japonaise French Favorites | Brookline, MA | — | Open |
| 9 | Lady M Confections French Favorites | New York, NY | — | Open |
| 9 | Le Pichet French Favorites | Seattle, WA | — | Open |
| 9 | Lucques French Favorites | West Hollywood, CA | — | Closed |
| 9 | Robin's Restaurant French Favorites | Henderson, LA | — | Closed |
| 9 | Solbar French Favorites | Calistoga, CA | — | Open |
| 9 | Vin Rouge French Favorites | Durham, NC | — | Open |
| 10 | Blue Springs Cafe Eggstraordinary | Highland, IL | — | Open |
| 10 | Cafe Ino Eggstraordinary | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 10 | Cafe Jacqueline Eggstraordinary | San Francisco, CA | — | Closed |
| 10 | Cafe Pasqual's Eggstraordinary | Santa Fe, NM | — | Open |
| 10 | Mcguire's Irish Pub Eggstraordinary | Pensacola, FL | — | Open |
| 10 | Michel Richard Citronelle Eggstraordinary | Washington, DC | — | Closed |
| 10 | Picholine Eggstraordinary | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 10 | Society Cafe at Encore Eggstraordinary | Las Vegas, NV | — | Closed |
| 11 | Blue Ridge Grill Finger Food | Atlanta, GA | — | Open |
| 11 | Blue Smoke Finger Food | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 11 | Bombay Pizza Co. Finger Food | Houston, TX | — | Closed |
| 11 | Mama Toscano's Ravioli Finger Food | St. Louis, MO | — | Closed |
| 11 | Meals by Genet Finger Food | Los Angeles, CA | — | Open |
| 11 | Pok Pok Finger Food | Portland, OR | — | Closed |
| 11 | The Adolphus Finger Food | Dallas, TX | — | Open |
| 11 | The Gorbals Finger Food | Los Angeles, CA | — | Closed |
| 12 | Big Gay Ice Cream Truck Street Food | New York, NY | — | Closed |
| 12 | Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs Street Food | Denver, CO | — | Closed |
| 12 | El Gallito Street Food | Chula Vista, CA | — | Closed |
| 12 | Grill 'Em All Street Food | Long Beach, CA | — | Relocated |
| 12 | Leonard's Malasadamobile Street Food | Honolulu, HI | — | Open |
| 12 | Odd Duck Farm To Trailer (Odd Duck) Street Food | Austin, TX | — | Relocated |
| 12 | Spencer On The Go Street Food | San Francisco, CA | — | Closed |
| 12 | Wafels & Dinges Street Food | New York, NY | — | Open |
| 13 | Alan Wong's Childhood Favorites | Honolulu, HI | — | Relocated |
| 13 | Andre's Lounge Childhood Favorites | Toledo, OH | — | Closed |
| 13 | Bucci's Restaurant Childhood Favorites | Berea, OH | — | Closed |
| 13 | Citizen Cake Childhood Favorites | San Francisco, CA | — | Closed |
| 13 | Dobson's Bar & Restaurant Childhood Favorites | San Diego, CA | — | Open |
| 13 | Five & Dime Childhood Favorites | Santa Fe, NM | — | Open |
| 13 | Mimi's Pizza & Restaurant Childhood Favorites | New York, NY | — | Open |
| 13 | The Four Seasons Childhood Favorites | New York, NY | — | Closed |