TV Restaurants

What Happened to Bucci's Restaurant After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Closed verified

As of September 2026, Bucci's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

Primary source
Yelp ·
Secondary source
Foursquare

Last verified

What the source shows: Yelp's July 2026 listing and a Foursquare listing for the business both mark Bucci's Restaurant permanently closed.

Interactive map — loads when you ask for it.

Everything on this map is also in the list below.

© OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured Bucci's Restaurant in its Childhood Favorites episode, spotlighting a nostalgic, scratch-made Italian-American dish from the kitchen's regular menu. The restaurant operated as a sit-down dining room at 1 Berea Commons, in a small retail-and-restaurant complex a few blocks from Baldwin Wallace University, and was known locally for pasta and other made-to-order entrees according to longstanding restaurant directories such as ActiveDiner and the Chamber of Commerce. According to Yelp, whose page for Bucci's was updated in July 2026, the restaurant is marked permanently closed. Foursquare separately lists the business as now closed, corroborating the Yelp designation. No source describes a reopening, relocation, or new operator taking over the Berea Commons space since those listings were last updated.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 5, Episode 13
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Childhood Favorites
What was featured
Scratch-made Italian-American entrees at a sit-down restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Bucci's Restaurant

Frequently asked questions

Is Bucci's Restaurant still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Bucci's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What happened to Bucci's Restaurant after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured Bucci's Restaurant in its Childhood Favorites episode, spotlighting a nostalgic, scratch-made Italian-American dish from the kitchen's regular menu. As of September 2026, Bucci's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

Is Bucci's Restaurant permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Bucci's Restaurant has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Bucci's Restaurant located?

1 Berea Commons, Berea, OH 44017. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Bucci's Restaurant?

Season 5, Episode 13 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Childhood Favorites”.

Is Bucci's Restaurant still using the Best Thing I Ever Ate menu or branding?

"The Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured Bucci's Restaurant in its Childhood Favorites episode, spotlighting a nostalgic, scratch-made Italian-American dish from the kitchen's regular menu. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

Every status on this site carries a confidence label and a date, and names the source it rests on. Read the Editorial & Corrections Policy for what each label means and how quickly we act on corrections. The questions above are generated from this record's own published fields — we never publish a question we cannot answer from the data.

More from Best Thing I Ever Ate

  • Andre's Lounge

    Toledo, OH

    Closed verified Checked

  • Banter Beer & Wine

    Shaker Heights, OH

    Relocated reported Checked

  • Big Al's Diner

    Cleveland, OH

    Open reported Checked

  • Chez Francois

    Vermilion, OH

    Open reported Checked

  • Citizen Pie

    Cleveland, OH

    Open reported Checked

  • Cosecha Cocina

    Columbus, OH

    Closed verified Checked

Every Best Thing I Ever Ate restaurant we track

Other TV restaurants in Ohio

All Ohio locations

Nearest tracked restaurants

  • Mad Cactus

    Strongsville, OH · 2.1 mi away

    Restaurant: Impossible

    Closed verified Checked

  • Greek Village Grille

    Lakewood, OH · 8.3 mi away

    Man v. Food

    Open verified Checked

  • The Greek Village Grille

    Lakewood, OH · 8.3 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Open verified Checked

  • Melt Bar & Grilled

    Lakewood, OH · 8.7 mi away

    Best Thing I Ever Ate · Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Closed verified Checked

  • Rito's Bakery & Deli

    Brunswick, OH · 10.0 mi away

    Best Thing I Ever Ate

    Open reported Checked

  • Good Company

    Cleveland, OH · 10 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open verified Checked

Visit info

Address
1 Berea Commons, Berea, OH 44017
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
None found

Businesses change fast. Always confirm directly with the restaurant — call ahead, or check its own current website or social media — before making plans around anything on this page.

Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/buccis-berea
  • Foursquare — https://foursquare.com/v/buccis/4d1e6cafdbac2c0f3bdb3e35
  • activediner.com — https://www.activediner.com/buccis-berea/restaurant/berea/oh/us/profile/651325

See something wrong?

We work hard to keep every status accurate and dated, but restaurants change fast and our sources aren't perfect. If something here is wrong — a status, a name, an address, anything — tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it, and we'll check it.

See something wrong? Tell us →

Share this page

Record btiea-0498 · last verified .