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What Happened to Cooks & Captains After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

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As of September 2026, Cooks & Captains has closed — confirmed via bklyner.com, December 1, 2017.

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What the source shows: A 2017-12-01 Bklyner article and a Yelp listing updated 2026-06 both indicate Cooks & Captains has closed, with no reopening or successor confirmed.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Marvelous Meats' episode of All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network, aired 2020-08-10, per TheTVDB.com) featured Cooks & Captains, a seafood-and-rotisserie restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, known locally for a rotisserie-pig sandwich (Patch). Chef Tristen Epps ran the kitchen for owner Peter Best, who also operated SoCo in Clinton Hill and Streets in Williamsburg, in a space that had previously housed the Grand Central Oyster Bar (Bklyner). Bklyner reported on 2017-12-01 that a hand-written sign on the restaurant's door announced its closing less than a year after opening, and that its team was working on a new concept for the same space, per the same article. A Yelp business listing updated 2026-06 marks Cooks & Captains as permanently closed; no successor business is confirmed at the address in current sources.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season All-Star, Episode 4
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Marvelous Meats
What was featured
Rotisserie-pig sandwiches and seafood at a since-closed Park Slope restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Cooks & Captains

Frequently asked questions

Is Cooks & Captains still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Cooks & Captains has closed — confirmed via bklyner.com, December 1, 2017.

What happened to Cooks & Captains after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Marvelous Meats' episode of All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network, aired 2020-08-10, per TheTVDB.com) featured Cooks & Captains, a seafood-and-rotisserie restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, known locally for a rotisserie-pig sandwich (Patch). As of September 2026, Cooks & Captains has closed — confirmed via bklyner.com, December 1, 2017.

Is Cooks & Captains permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Cooks & Captains has closed — confirmed via bklyner.com, December 1, 2017. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Cooks & Captains located?

254 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Cooks & Captains?

Season All-Star, Episode 4 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Marvelous Meats”.

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Visit info

Address
254 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • bklyner.com — https://bklyner.com/four-park-slope-restaurants-serve-final-course/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cooks-and-captains-brooklyn
  • patch.com — https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/craving-late-night-snack-rotisserie-pig-cooks-captains-will-have-you-covered
  • thetvdb.com — https://thetvdb.com/series/all-star-best-thing-i-ever-ate/episodes/7853504

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