TV Restaurants

Is Maruca's Tomato Pies Still Open? Man v. Food Update

Man v. Food, Season 3 Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Maruca's Tomato Pies is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website carries a 2026 copyright notice, current posted hours, and online ordering, and Google's listing shows it as operating. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Maruca's Tomato Pies appeared on Man v. Food's New Jersey shore episode (S3E12), which first aired August 25, 2010. The pizzeria sits on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, serving square, sauce-topped tomato pies that the shop has made since 1950, according to the restaurant's own website. According to marucaspizza.com, the site's copyright notice reads 2026 and lists current dining-room and bar hours — Monday through Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday through Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. — as of a September 8, 2026 check, and the site offers online ordering plus nationwide shipping through Goldbelly. Google's business listing for Maruca's Tomato Pies separately lists the business status as operational, checked the same day. The pizzeria also now markets a 75th-anniversary line of merchandise, according to its website's navigation menu.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 3

Episode 12
Aired
What was featured: Seaside Heights, NJ boardwalk pizzeria known for its tomato pies
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

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Season 3: 33 of 58 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. marucaspizza.com https://www.marucaspizza.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Maruca%27s+Tomato+Pies+601+Ocean+Terrace+Seaside+Heights+NJ+08751
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