What Happened to Fatty Crab After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Fatty Crab has closed — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's Hudson Street listing (updated September 2026) and Gayot's guide both mark Fatty Crab as closed, and no current site or menu for the address was found. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 1
- Address 643 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Combos' episode (Food Network) featured Fatty Crab's chile crab and Malaysian-style combo plates. Fatty Crab was a Malaysian and Southeast Asian restaurant founded by chef Zak Pelaccio, with its flagship location on Hudson Street in Manhattan's West Village and a second New York location later opened on the Upper West Side. According to Yelp, the Hudson Street listing was updated in September 2026 and carries a 'CLOSED' heading, with no current hours or menu posted. Food Network's restaurant directory and Gayot's guide both likewise list the Hudson Street restaurant as closed, with neither citing a reopening. No 2026-dated website, ordering page, or customer review confirming continued operation at the Hudson Street address turned up in this search.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/fatty-crab-new-york
- gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/fatty-crab-new-york-ny-10024_1ny090307.html
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ny/new-york/fatty-crab-restaurant
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_Crew
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Record btiea-0405 · checked by Cal Marchetti.