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Is Flo's Clam Shack Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Middletown, Rhode Island

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Flo's Clam Shack is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The shack's own live site and a September-2026 Yelp listing show continued operation, though the correct city is Middletown, not the Newport city label on the located record. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode featured Flo's Clam Shack's fried clams, clam cakes, and chowder, served at a walk-up seafood shack across from Easton's Beach. The business describes itself on its own site as 'Famous for Clams Since 1936,' making it one of the older seafood shacks on Aquidneck Island. The shack's own site, checked 2026-09-08, lists Sunday hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and links out to Resy for reservations at its Middletown location. A Yelp listing for Flo's Clam Shack in Middletown was last updated 2026-09 and continues to log new customer reviews and photos. The current phone number on the business's site, 401-847-8141, matches the number listed for the location in current directories.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2

Episode 8
Air date not confirmed
Title: Crunchy · What was featured: Flo's Clam Shack's fried clams, clam cakes, and New England-style chowder

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. flosclamshacks.com https://www.flosclamshacks.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/flos-clam-shack-middletown-2
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Record btiea-0152 · checked by Cal Marchetti.