Is JT Farnham's Seafood & Grill Still Open? (Essex, MA)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2 Essex, Massachusetts
Current status
As of October 2026, JT Farnham's Seafood & Grill 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 updated 2026-08 shows 432 reviews and no closed marking, indicating ongoing operation. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 8
- Aired
- Address 88 Eastern Avenue, Essex, MA 01929
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured JT Farnham's Seafood & Grill in the "One of a Kind" episode, which aired 2007-11-19, highlighting the restaurant's fried clams. JT Farnham's is a seafood restaurant on Eastern Avenue in Essex, Massachusetts, a small coastal town north of Boston known for its clam shacks. A Yelp business listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-08, showed 432 reviews and carried no permanent-closure marking, indicating the restaurant remains open. A separate restaurant-directory profile (tvfoodies.com) lists a working phone number for the business but notes no official website is available. The restaurant's address and phone number on the Yelp listing matched the details in the original location data, with no changes noted. No news coverage of a closure, sale, or relocation was found in this check.
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/jt-farnhams-essex-2
- tvfoodies.com https://www.tvfoodies.com/locations/198/jt-farnhams-seafood-and-grill/
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Record ddd-0059 · checked by Cal Marchetti.