Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval Have Opened Multiple Businesses Together Over the Years

You don't have to know much about Vanderpump Rules to know about Scandoval, which is the cheating scandal involving longtime cast member Tom Sandoval stepping out on girlfriend Ariana Madix with another cast member. However, because he has multiple businesses with co-star and real life BFF Tom Schwartz (who was also on Vanderpump since the beginning), it's hard not to wonder what's up with those businesses now.

Most notably, people are curious about Schwartz and Sandy's, the pair's Hollywood restaurant they opened together. Is it still open and do the reality stars still work together in any capacity? After Scandoval, Schwartz made an effort to distance himself from his friend, at least for a short time, as the "optics" of their friendship wasn't great, according to him on the show. Let's dive into where things stand now.

In March 2023, the official Instagram account for Schwartz and Sandy's featured a post that was made to address the outpouring of criticisms because of Sandoval's actions and how reactions to his scandal negatively affected the restaurant employees who had nothing to do with it. Since then, however, the restaurant gradually got back to its former (semi) glory.

As recently as March 2024, the account shared a collection of photos from one of Sandoval and Schwartz's various VPR watch parties at Schwartz & Sandy's. There's even information in the Instagram bio about making a reservation for the restaurant, so it's safe to say that Schwartz & Sandy's is a mostly thriving business again.

The restaurant was tagged in plenty of recent posts from patrons who visited the location just to see it or who dined at Schwartz and Sandy's. So for now, it does appear to still be open and accepting reservations.

Despite the ongoing reality TV drama that surrounds Sandoval, his first baby with Schwartz, TomTom, which they opened with Lisa Vanderpump and her husband, is still open as well. There was a time when the scandal resulted in negative feedback and even some vandalism on the pair's restaurants, however.

But in April 2023, Schwartz said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that business had picked up considerably. And in some ways, Scandoval may have even been good for business in the long run.

"I got to say, every time I go in, it's kind of thriving," he said at the time, of both restaurants.

After the fallout from Sandoval's affair with Ariana, he found most of his Vanderpump co-stars distancing themselves from him, including Schwartz. But in October 2023, when Schwartz appeared on Sandoval's podcast, it seemed as though they had gotten over their issues and they are close friends once again.

VPR viewers have even seen the tide shift a bit in Sandoval's favor in Season 11. While Ariana continues to avoid Sandoval at all costs, he is seemingly working on rebuilding friendships he lost because of the scandal.