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What Happened to Tiger!Tiger! After Food Paradise? (San Diego, CA)

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As of September 2026, Tiger!Tiger! has closed — confirmed via sandiegoville.com, September 17, 2020.

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sandiegoville.com ·
Secondary source
cbs8.com ·

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What the source shows: SanDiegoVille and CBS 8 both reported, with a specific 2020-09-17 date, that Tiger!Tiger! Tavern permanently closed; the batch packet's candidate duplicate/location (Tiger Café, 345 Market St) is a distinct, unrelated cafe and was not used.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 'Brew and Chew' episode (S15E2) featured Tiger!Tiger!, a craft-beer tavern in San Diego's North Park neighborhood that opened in 2011 and built a following for its rotating beer list and gastropub menu. CBS 8 and SanDiegoVille reported that Tiger!Tiger! permanently closed on 2020-09-17, unable to recover from the COVID-19 shutdown after roughly a decade in business. Co-owner Jeff Motch told CBS 8, 'There was no way to translate tiger into a COVID era business.' The same CBS 8 report noted that Rudford's, a longtime diner across the street, said it would defy any renewed shutdown orders rather than close. A separate San Diego business, Tiger Café at 345 Market Street downtown, surfaced during research as a possible match for this record but is a distinct, unrelated cafe at a different address and was ruled out as a duplicate.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 15, Episode 2
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Brew and Chew
What was featured
North Park tavern's rotating craft beer and gastropub menu
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Tiger!Tiger!

Frequently asked questions

Is Tiger!Tiger! still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Tiger!Tiger! has closed — confirmed via sandiegoville.com, September 17, 2020.

What happened to Tiger!Tiger! after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 'Brew and Chew' episode (S15E2) featured Tiger!Tiger!, a craft-beer tavern in San Diego's North Park neighborhood that opened in 2011 and built a following for its rotating beer list and gastropub menu. As of September 2026, Tiger!Tiger! has closed — confirmed via sandiegoville.com, September 17, 2020.

Is Tiger!Tiger! permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Tiger!Tiger! has closed — confirmed via sandiegoville.com, September 17, 2020. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Tiger!Tiger! located?

3025 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Tiger!Tiger!?

Season 15, Episode 2 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Brew and Chew”.

Is Tiger!Tiger! still using the Food Paradise menu or branding?

Food Paradise's 'Brew and Chew' episode (S15E2) featured Tiger!Tiger!, a craft-beer tavern in San Diego's North Park neighborhood that opened in 2011 and built a following for its rotating beer list and gastropub menu. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
3025 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104
Venue type
bar
Official website
tigertigertavern.com

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Sources

  • sandiegoville.com — https://www.sandiegoville.com/2020/09/tiger-tiger-tavern-ends-near-decade.html
  • cbs8.com — https://www.cbs8.com/article/money/business/small-business/tiger-tiger-closes-north-park-rudfords-to-defy/509-a801b992-5ee5-45f8-9cdf-e5875cee85c5

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