Is Crif Dog/PDT Still Open? Food Paradise Update (New York, NY)
Food Paradise, Season 8 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Crif Dog/PDT is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.
What the source shows: PDT's own website was live with an active reservations feature, and Google Places listed the business as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 8, Episode 3
- Address 113 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009
- Now called Please Don't Tell (PDT)
- Website pdtnyc.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode "Weiner Takes All" spotlighted the East Village combination of Crif Dogs and its hidden speakeasy, PDT (Please Don't Tell). Crif Dogs is known for deep-fried, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, while a vintage phone booth inside the shop opens into PDT, a cocktail bar serving inventive drinks alongside hot dogs sent over from the counter next door. Both businesses share a storefront on St. Marks Place in Manhattan's East Village. According to PDT's own website, checked 2026-09-09, the bar still takes reservations and private-event bookings and runs an email sign-up list. Google Places listed the business as operational. Neither business's online presence showed any indication of a closure, relocation, or ownership change since the episode aired.
The episode
Also in Season 8
Season 8: 24 of 43 still open
- Open
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Ep 2Old Place
Open - Open
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Ep 3Dat Dog
Open - Closed
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Ep 3Po Dog Hot Dogs
Closed - Open
- Closed
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Sources we checked
- pdtnyc.com http://www.pdtnyc.com/
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.7271371,-73.9837411
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Record fp-0514 · checked by Cal Marchetti.