What Happened to Native After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Santa Monica, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Native has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Google Places lists the business as permanently closed at 620 Santa Monica Blvd #A, Santa Monica, CA 90401 as of 2026-09-08.
- Season / episode Season 10, Episode 3
- Address Santa Monica, CA
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Native on its 'Chocolate Bliss' episode, spotlighting the restaurant's seasonal New American cooking with global influences, as shown in the episode. A 2018 blog post on all-things-andy-gavin.com describes a Santa Monica restaurant called Native as a New American restaurant that opened in 2017 and closed about eighteen months later, though this could not be confirmed as the same business referenced in the episode packet within the available search budget. Search results also returned an unrelated, separately closed business called Native Foods Cafe at a different Santa Monica address, and a current Los Angeles restaurant called Native By Nyesha, neither of which could be confirmed as connected to the show-featured Native. Because the available sources conflict and no 2026-dated confirmation was found for the specific restaurant featured in the episode, this record is left with an unresolved status pending further research.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Chocolate Bliss
- What was featured
- seasonal New American plates with global influences
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Native
Frequently asked questions
Is Native still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Native has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
What happened to Native after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Native on its 'Chocolate Bliss' episode, spotlighting the restaurant's seasonal New American cooking with global influences, as shown in the episode. As of September 2026, Native has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
Is Native permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Native 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 Native located?
Santa Monica, CA. That is the address on the record as of September 8, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Native?
Season 10, Episode 3 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Chocolate Bliss”.
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Sources
- all-things-andy-gavin.com — https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2018/09/08/going-native/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/native-restaurant-santa-monica
- postcard.inc — https://www.postcard.inc/places/native-santa-monica-santa-monica-jQCOcNStwCy
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