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Is The Melting Pot Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Thousand Oaks, CA)

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As of September 2026, The Melting Pot is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

Primary source
meltingpot.com ·
Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: The location's own website (checked 2026-09-08) offers live table booking and current hours, and Yelp reviews were updated in August 2026, outweighing Google Places' temporarily-closed flag from the same period.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 19
  • Original air date
  • Address 3685 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 2013 'Cheese Paradise' episode (Season 4, Episode 19) featured this Thousand Oaks location of the Melting Pot, a fondue chain built around cheese, meat, seafood, and chocolate courses served with dipping sauces, according to Wikipedia's entry on the chain (revised June 16, 2026). The Tampa, Florida-based company operates as part of Front Burner Brands and listed 95 locations in a May 2026 update to the same entry. The Thousand Oaks location's own website, checked September 8, 2026, showed a live table-booking option and current hours beginning at 5 p.m. on weeknights, and Yelp's page for the location was updated in August 2026 with continuing customer reviews. Google's business listing flagged the location as temporarily closed in the same September 2026 data pull, but the location's own booking page and the fresher Yelp activity point to it remaining in operation.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 19
Original air date
Episode title
Cheese Paradise
What was featured
cheese, meat, seafood, and chocolate fondue courses
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Melting Pot

Frequently asked questions

Is The Melting Pot still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The Melting Pot is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What happened to The Melting Pot after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 2013 'Cheese Paradise' episode (Season 4, Episode 19) featured this Thousand Oaks location of the Melting Pot, a fondue chain built around cheese, meat, seafood, and chocolate courses served with dipping sauces, according to Wikipedia's entry on the chain (revised June 16, 2026). As of September 2026, The Melting Pot is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

Where is The Melting Pot located?

3685 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured The Melting Pot?

Season 4, Episode 19 of Food Paradise, first aired 2013. The episode is titled “Cheese Paradise”.

What do reviews say since Food Paradise?

The Thousand Oaks location's own website, checked September 8, 2026, showed a live table-booking option and current hours beginning at 5 p.m. on weeknights, and Yelp's page for the location was updated in August 2026 with continuing customer reviews. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
3685 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
meltingpot.com

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Sources

  • meltingpot.com — https://www.meltingpot.com/thousand-oaks-ca/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-melting-pot-thousand-oaks-thousand-oaks-3
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melting_Pot_(restaurant)

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