Is Raffi's Place Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Glendale, CA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Raffi's Place is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's own ordering page carried a September 8, 2026 date stamp, and a Yelp listing updated 2026-09 showed no closure notice.
- Season / episode Season 10, Episode 8
- Address 211 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Raffi's Place appeared in the episode "Feast of the Middle East," which featured the restaurant's Middle Eastern menu. Raffi's Place is a restaurant on East Broadway in Glendale, California. A 2026-09-08 check of the restaurant's own website, raffisplace.com, found its online-ordering page dated September 8, 2026 on the page itself, with a menu actively loading for online orders. A Yelp business listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-09, showed 7,456 reviews with hours of Monday through Thursday 11:30am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30am to 10pm, and Sunday 11:30am to 9pm, and gave no indication the business had closed. Between the dated ordering page on the restaurant's own site and the September 2026 Yelp update, two independent sources confirm the restaurant continues to operate. The restaurant's Yelp listing gives its full street address as 211 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205, which corrects the ZIP code on file for this record.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Feast of the Middle East
- What was featured
- Middle Eastern menu on 'Feast of the Middle East'
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Raffi's Place
Frequently asked questions
Is Raffi's Place still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Raffi's Place is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What happened to Raffi's Place after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Raffi's Place appeared in the episode "Feast of the Middle East," which featured the restaurant's Middle Eastern menu. As of September 2026, Raffi's Place is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Where is Raffi's Place located?
211 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Raffi's Place?
Season 10, Episode 8 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Feast of the Middle East”.
What do reviews say since Best Thing I Ever Ate?
A Yelp business listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-09, showed 7,456 reviews with hours of Monday through Thursday 11:30am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30am to 10pm, and Sunday 11:30am to 9pm, and gave no indication the business had closed. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
Is Raffi's Place still using the Best Thing I Ever Ate menu or branding?
Raffi's Place appeared in the episode "Feast of the Middle East," which featured the restaurant's Middle Eastern menu. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.
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Visit info
- Address
- 211 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- raffisplace.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in California
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Sources
- raffisplace.com — https://www.raffisplace.com/order-online/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/raffis-place-glendale-2
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