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What Happened to Cocoamoda After Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

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As of September 2026, Cocoamoda has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places lists the business as permanently closed at 518 Main St, Calvert, TX 77837 as of 2026-09-08.

  • Season / episode Season 11, Episode 3
  • Original air date
  • Address 518 S Main St, Calvert, TX 77837

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Calvert, Texas, a small town along the old Southern Pacific rail line, for the episode "Chocolate: Impossible," which aired April 1, 2015, as the show's season 11, episode 3. The featured business, Cocoamoda, combined a French-style bistro, an event space, and a chocolate boutique under owner Ken Wilkinson, who had opened the operation about seven years before host Robert Irvine's visit. According to the episode's account, the bistro carried significant debt, a problem the show attributed in part to limited advertising and outreach to the surrounding community.

Local newspaper the Bryan-College Station Eagle covered the two-day renovation as it happened, describing production activity at the Calvert storefront. On air, Irvine's team reworked the dining room and menu and pushed Wilkinson toward broader marketing and community engagement to build a steadier customer base beyond the chocolate shop's destination-dessert draw.

Coverage compiled well after the broadcast, on fan-tracker sites Reality TV Revisited and Food Network Gossip, describes a serious fall Wilkinson suffered from a ladder in 2016 that left him with lasting health effects. Those sources (unverified) say Wilkinson and his wife, Jacqueline, subsequently shifted their focus toward the Waco, Texas area, where Jacqueline took a larger role making truffles and the business continued selling confections, including through a stint at a Waco coffee shop, under the Cocoamoda name.

Those secondary accounts do not specify whether the original Calvert bistro, event space, or retail storefront continued operating afterward, and this research pass did not locate a dated 2026 source confirming the status of the 518 S Main Street address. The Cocoamoda brand's own website remains active and references the Waco area, but does not carry a dated operating-status statement for the Calvert location specifically. The lack of recent, independently dated coverage tied specifically to the Calvert storefront is treated here as insufficient grounds for a confirmed open or closed determination, consistent with this project's sourcing standards for uncertain cases.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 11, Episode 3
Original air date
Episode title
Chocolate: Impossible
What was featured
Renovation of a small-town French bistro, event space and chocolate boutique
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Cocoamoda

Frequently asked questions

Is Cocoamoda still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Cocoamoda has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What happened to Cocoamoda after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Calvert, Texas, a small town along the old Southern Pacific rail line, for the episode "Chocolate: Impossible," which aired April 1, 2015, as the show's season 11, episode 3. As of September 2026, Cocoamoda has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

Is Cocoamoda permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Cocoamoda has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 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 Cocoamoda located?

518 S Main St, Calvert, TX 77837. That is the address on the record as of September 8, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Cocoamoda?

Season 11, Episode 3 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired April 1, 2015. The episode is titled “Chocolate: Impossible”.

Did the makeover last at Cocoamoda?

The episode first aired April 1, 2015. Our most recent check was September 8, 2026 — 11 years later —: As of September 2026, Cocoamoda has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

Is Cocoamoda still using the Restaurant: Impossible menu or branding?

On air, Irvine's team reworked the dining room and menu and pushed Wilkinson toward broader marketing and community engagement to build a steadier customer base beyond the chocolate shop's destination-dessert draw. Anything newer than our last check on September 8, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
518 S Main St, Calvert, TX 77837
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
cocoamoda.com

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Sources

  • theeagle.com — https://theeagle.com/news/local/calvert-eatery-cocoamoda-begins-two-day-restaurant-impossible-renovations/article_b9cc36a5-f6ca-5727-8e91-73f4c936aec3.html
  • realitytvrevisited.com — https://www.realitytvrevisited.com/2022/12/restaurant-impossible-cocoamoda.html
  • foodnetworkgossip.com — https://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2015/04/restaurant-impossible-cocoamoda-update.html
  • cocoamoda.com — https://www.cocoamoda.com/

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