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Is Hog Island Oyster Co. Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 San Francisco, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Hog Island Oyster Co. is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's website is live with 2026-dated content listing current locations, and Google Places confirms the Ferry Building location as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

On Best Thing I Ever Ate's 'Obsessions' episode, Hog Island Oyster Co. was featured for its freshly shucked oysters, farmed by the company at its own beds in Tomales Bay, Marin County, since the business was founded there in 1983. Hog Island is a seafood restaurant and oyster bar with a location in San Francisco's Ferry Building, alongside a farm store and shucking counter. A site check on 2026-09-08 found hogislandoysters.com live with 2026 references in its page text, listing current locations including the Ferry Building, Napa, Larkspur, and Petaluma. Google Places lists Hog Island Oyster Co. as operational at the Ferry Building, #11, San Francisco, CA. The site's current menu also lists farm tours and a Marin Country Mart oyster bar among its offerings.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1

Episode 6
Air date not confirmed
Title: Obsessions · What was featured: freshly shucked oysters farmed in Tomales Bay

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. hogislandoysters.com https://hogislandoysters.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hog+Island+Oyster+Co+Ferry+Building+San+Francisco+CA+94111
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