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Is Mcguire's Irish Pub Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 Pensacola, Florida

Current status

Open

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

What the source shows: Google Places lists McGuire's Irish Pub as operational; the restaurant's own site returned an HTTP 403 error on the direct check, but a Yelp business listing current as of September 2026 shows the pub active with posted hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

On Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate, in the 2011 episode "Eggstraordinary," chef Robert Irvine named the Reuben Eggroll at McGuire's Irish Pub as his favorite bite. McGuire's Irish Pub is a longtime Pensacola pub and restaurant with its own on-site brewery, located at 600 East Gregory Street. A direct check of the restaurant's website returned an HTTP 403 error on 2026-09-08, which blocks automated access without necessarily reflecting the business's status, but a Yelp business page for McGuire's Irish Pub, checked in a September 2026 review with more than 3,700 reviews and photos added that month, lists the pub with hours of 11am to 2am most days and 10am to 2am on Sunday. McGuire's own site, found in the same check, still lists a dedicated Pensacola location page with a current menu.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: Eggstraordinary · What was featured: Reuben Eggroll, a fried corned-beef appetizer

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mcguires-irish-pub-pensacola-pensacola
  2. mcguiresirishpub.com https://www.mcguiresirishpub.com/
  3. foodiepie.com https://www.foodiepie.com/list.php?e=Best-Thing-I-Ever-Ate-Eggstraordinary
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