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What Happened to The American Dream After Food Paradise?

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As of September 2026, The American Dream has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places marks the business as permanently closed, a Yelp listing updated 2026-03 agrees, and the business's website returned an HTTP 522 error when checked 2026-09-08.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

The dessert-themed 'Ooey Gooey Greatness' episode (S19E1) featured The American Dream for its Chorizo Chili Mac and Spicy Grilled Chicken Mac and Cheese, according to Wikipedia's Food Paradise season 19 episode guide. The restaurant was a burger-and-beer tap house at Pacific City in Huntington Beach, California, known for brisket burgers and roughly 60 craft beer taps, with ocean views over the beach, according to a review on Hopped.com. A Google Places listing marks the business as permanently closed. A Yelp listing updated 2026-03 also marks The American Dream as closed. The business's website, theamericandreamhb.com, returned an HTTP 522 connection-timeout error when checked on 2026-09-08 and would not load. No news source giving a specific closure date was found in this review, so the exact date the restaurant stopped operating remains unknown.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 19, Episode 1
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Ooey Gooey Greatness
What was featured
Chorizo Chili Mac and Spicy Chicken Mac and Cheese
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The American Dream

Frequently asked questions

Is The American Dream still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The American Dream has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

What happened to The American Dream after Food Paradise?

The dessert-themed 'Ooey Gooey Greatness' episode (S19E1) featured The American Dream for its Chorizo Chili Mac and Spicy Grilled Chicken Mac and Cheese, according to Wikipedia's Food Paradise season 19 episode guide. As of September 2026, The American Dream has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

Is The American Dream permanently closed?

As of September 2026, The American Dream has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 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 The American Dream located?

21058 CA-1 #130, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured The American Dream?

Season 19, Episode 1 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Ooey Gooey Greatness”.

What do reviews say since Food Paradise?

The restaurant was a burger-and-beer tap house at Pacific City in Huntington Beach, California, known for brisket burgers and roughly 60 craft beer taps, with ocean views over the beach, according to a review on Hopped.com. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
21058 CA-1 #130, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
theamericandreamhb.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-american-dream-huntington-beach
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Paradise_season_19
  • hopped.com — https://hopped.com/places/the-american-dream

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