Is Cafe Habana Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)
Current status
As of September 2026, Cafe Habana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Cafe Habana's own website (checked 2026-09-07, active online ordering) and a Yelp listing updated September 2026 both show the Prince Street restaurant actively operating.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 12
- Address 17 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode 'On A Stick' featured Cafe Habana's grilled Mexican street corn, a cob-on-a-stick specialty rubbed with cotija cheese, mayonnaise, and chili powder. Cafe Habana is a Cuban-Mexican restaurant and bar that opened in 1998 in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan. According to cafehabana.com, checked 2026-09-07, the site listed an active online-ordering link for the Prince Street location and described the brand's expansion to other US cities and Japan. Yelp's listing for the Prince Street restaurant, updated September 2026, showed more than 3,300 reviews and continued current photos. OpenTable's listing for the restaurant was also live, marked 'Updated 2026.' No closure, relocation, or ownership-change signals were found for the Prince Street address, and it continues to be listed as the original 1998 location on cafehabana.com's own locations page.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 12
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- On A Stick
- What was featured
- Grilled Mexican street corn served on a stick
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Cafe Habana
Frequently asked questions
Is Cafe Habana still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Cafe Habana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
What happened to Cafe Habana after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode 'On A Stick' featured Cafe Habana's grilled Mexican street corn, a cob-on-a-stick specialty rubbed with cotija cheese, mayonnaise, and chili powder. As of September 2026, Cafe Habana is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
Where is Cafe Habana located?
17 Prince St, New York, NY 10012. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Cafe Habana?
Season 4, Episode 12 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “On A Stick”.
What do reviews say since Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Yelp's listing for the Prince Street restaurant, updated September 2026, showed more than 3,300 reviews and continued current photos. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 17 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
- Venue type
- cafe
- Official website
- cafehabana.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in New York
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Sources
- cafehabana.com — https://www.cafehabana.com/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-habana-new-york-4
- OpenTable — https://www.opentable.com/r/cafe-habana-new-york
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