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Is Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 10 Baltimore, Maryland

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for Gertrude's updated 2026-09 shows the Art Museum Drive location active with current photos and reviews, and the restaurant's own website lists a current menu and reservations page for the same address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"Best Thing I Ever Ate," "Trigger Foods" (S10E1), featured Gertrude's Chesapeake-region cooking, including its Maryland-style crab cakes and other seafood dishes rooted in regional technique developed by chef and cookbook author John Shields. Shields' restaurant occupies a dining room inside the Baltimore Museum of Art at 10 Art Museum Drive in Baltimore's Charles Village area. A Yelp listing updated 2026-09 shows the museum location active, with recent photos and reviews continuing to post. Gertrude's own website, gertrudesbaltimore.com, lists a current menu, a gift shop, and an online reservations page for the Art Museum Drive address. The restaurant also carries an active listing on the Restaurant Association of Maryland's dining guide and on the Baltimore Restaurant Week site, both of which list Gertrude's as a currently participating dining destination.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 10

Episode 1
Air date not confirmed
Title: Trigger Foods · What was featured: Maryland-style crab cakes and Chesapeake regional seafood

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/gertrudes-baltimore
  2. gertrudesbaltimore.com https://www.gertrudesbaltimore.com/
  3. marylandrestaurants.com https://www.marylandrestaurants.com/dining-guide/gertrude's-chesapeake-kitchen
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Record btiea-0736 · checked by Cal Marchetti.