Is Filippi's Pizza Grotto Still Open? Food Paradise Update (San Diego, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Filippi's Pizza Grotto is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's website offered active online ordering at the September 8, 2026 check, and Yelp's listing for the Little Italy location, updated September 2026, corroborated current hours and operations, consistent with Google Places' operational status.
- Season / episode Season 17, Episode 3
- Address 1747 India St, San Diego, CA 92101
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Filippi's Pizza Grotto's family-recipe pizza and old-world Italian market at its original Little Italy location on India Street in San Diego. The pizzeria traces back to 1950, when its founders opened an Italian grocery, Cash & Carry Italian Foods, on India Street, before expanding into the pizzeria still run today by family members of the founders. The restaurant's website offered active online ordering as of a September 8, 2026 check, and Yelp's listing for the Little Italy location, updated in September 2026, showed current hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. Google Places listed the business as operational at 1747 India St in the same check, corroborating that the original Little Italy location remains open.
Featured on Food Paradise
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Local Lowdown
- What was featured
- its family-recipe pizza and old-world Italian market
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Filippi's Pizza Grotto
Frequently asked questions
Is Filippi's Pizza Grotto still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Filippi's Pizza Grotto is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What happened to Filippi's Pizza Grotto after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Filippi's Pizza Grotto's family-recipe pizza and old-world Italian market at its original Little Italy location on India Street in San Diego. As of September 2026, Filippi's Pizza Grotto is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Where is Filippi's Pizza Grotto located?
1747 India St, San Diego, CA 92101. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Filippi's Pizza Grotto?
Season 17, Episode 3 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Local Lowdown”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 1747 India St, San Diego, CA 92101
- Venue type
- pizzeria
- Official website
- realcheesepizza.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in California
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Sources
- realcheesepizza.com — https://realcheesepizza.com/little-italy/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/filippis-pizza-grotto-little-italy-san-diego
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