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What Happened to Kitchen Cray After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Lanham, MD)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Lanham, Maryland

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Kitchen Cray has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing titled 'KitchenCray Cafe - CLOSED,' updated July 2026, and a separate Apple Maps listing for the same address both mark the business permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate visited Kitchen Cray in the 'Let's Do Lunch' episode (S9E12), highlighting the Lanham restaurant's breakfast and brunch menu. Kitchen Cray, also listed as KitchenCray Cafe, is a cafe at 4601 Presidents Drive in Lanham, Maryland, categorized under Breakfast & Brunch on Yelp. A Yelp business listing titled 'KitchenCray Cafe - CLOSED,' updated July 2026, marks the business as permanently closed, and a separate Apple Maps listing for the same address also lists it as permanently closed, according to Yelp and Apple Maps. Neither listing gives an exact closing date, so a public listing updated July 2026 marks it permanently closed rather than confirming when the closure occurred. No reopening, relocation, or new-ownership announcement was found for the address.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9

Episode 12
Air date not confirmed
Title: Let's Do Lunch · What was featured: Brunch and comfort breakfast plates at KitchenCray Cafe

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/kitchencray-cafe-lanham-3
  2. maps.apple.com https://maps.apple.com/place?place-id=IC4E2D5135F78D0FB
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Record btiea-0690 · checked by Cal Marchetti.