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What Happened to Meatzilla! After Food Paradise? (Los Angeles, CA)

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As of September 2026, Meatzilla! has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

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Wikipedia

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What the source shows: Yelp's Downtown LA listing for Meatzilla! carries a "CLOSED" tag as of an August 2026 update; Wikipedia's Man v. Food season 6 page separately reports that Yelp, TripAdvisor and Foursquare users flagged the same closure after the episode aired.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise (Travel Channel) featured Meatzilla!'s burgers in the episode 'Street Eats,' which aired February 25, 2018, according to IMDb. Meatzilla! is a burger restaurant in downtown Los Angeles known for charbroiled, hand-formed patties made from antibiotic- and hormone-free Angus beef. This entry logs the Street Eats appearance for the existing Meatzilla! record (mvf-314); the business's current operating status is tracked under that record.

Casey Webb's Los Angeles episode also stopped at Meatzilla!, a Downtown LA restaurant on South Main Street known for oversized burgers and sandwiches, according to Stuff in LA. Webb took on the "Beef Beef Burger," two five-ounce Angus patties topped with melted American and Muenster, sliced pickles, onions and Sriracha ketchup, capped "Meatza style" with a personal pepperoni-and-cheese pizza standing in for the top bun. The episode aired December 4, 2017, as part of the show's second season under host Casey Webb, per Wikipedia's Man v. Food season 6 page. That page also reported that Yelp, TripAdvisor and Foursquare users flagged the restaurant's closure after the episode aired. Yelp's own listing for the address carries a "CLOSED" tag as of an August 2026 update, consistent with those posts.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 15, Episode 5
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Street Eats
What was featured
Meatzilla!'s charbroiled burgers on Street Eats
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Meatzilla!
Season / episode
Season 6, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
—
What was featured
Beef Beef Burger with pizza-topped bun, Meatza style
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Meatzilla!

Frequently asked questions

Is Meatzilla! still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Meatzilla! has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

What happened to Meatzilla! after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise (Travel Channel) featured Meatzilla!'s burgers in the episode 'Street Eats,' which aired February 25, 2018, according to IMDb. As of September 2026, Meatzilla! has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.

Is Meatzilla! permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Meatzilla! has closed — confirmed via Yelp, August 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 Meatzilla! located?

646 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90014. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Meatzilla!?

Season 15, Episode 5 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Street Eats”.

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Visit info

Address
646 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • imdb.com — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8115490/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/meatzilla-los-angeles
  • meatzilla-la.com — https://meatzilla-la.com/
  • stuffinla.com — https://stuffinla.com/meatzilla-downtown-la-dtla-hamburger-restaurant/
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_v._Food_(season_6)
  • Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/meatzillalosangeles/videos/man-v-food-meatzilla/922903724541504/

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