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Is Bob's Clam Hut Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 10 Kittery, Maine

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Bob's Clam Hut is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.

What the source shows: Bob's Clam Hut's own website, checked 2026-09-08, carries a 2026 copyright and a 2026-09-07 last-modified header describing current menu and gift-card offerings. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Part 1 — Season 10, Episode 2 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Bob's Clam Hut in the 2010-09-09 episode "Tried and True" (S10E2), highlighting the seafood shack's fried clams and lobster rolls. Bob's Clam Hut has served fried seafood at 315 Route 1 in Kittery, Maine since 1956. The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, returned a working page with a last-modified header of 2026-09-07 and a copyright date of 2026, with menu, gift-card, and press pages describing the business as serving "the best fried clams and lobster rolls in Maine." The site did not show an online-ordering widget at that check, though it linked to takeout and gift-card ordering pages.

Part 2 — Season 21, Episode 17 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Hometown Heroes' clip episode, aired 2014-12-25, replayed a visit to Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery, Maine. The segment, drawn from the show's 2010 'Tried and True' episode, showed Guy Fieri sampling the restaurant's fried clams and creamy New England clam chowder. According to WJBQ, Bob's Clam Hut has been frying clams at the same Route 1 location since 1956. Guy Fieri returned to the restaurant for a second Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment that later aired as part of the show's 'Hometown Heroes' installment, according to Diners Drive-Ins and Dives Locations.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Tried and True · What was featured: golden fried clams and lobster rolls since 1956
Season 21, Episode 17
Aired
Title: Hometown Heroes · What was featured: Fried clams and creamy New England-style clam chowder
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. bobsclamhut.com https://www.bobsclamhut.com/
  2. wjbq.com https://wjbq.com/best-fried-clams-maine-bobs-kittery/
  3. dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/bobs-clam-hut-maine.html
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