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Is P.J. Clarke's Still Open? Food Paradise Update (New York, NY)

Food Paradise, Season 15 New York, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, P.J. Clarke's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own Third Avenue location page listing current hours, and a Yelp listing updated July 2026 for the same address, consistent with Google Places' operational status. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured a historic Manhattan saloon and gastropub best known for its hamburgers, on a stop the show framed as a bucket-list destination. The business, P.J. Clarke's, has occupied its building at Third Avenue and East 55th Street in Manhattan since it was established in 1884, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11), making it one of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in New York City. A direct check of the restaurant's own site returned an access-blocked response, but a web search located the same Third Avenue location page listing current posted hours, including service until midnight Tuesday through Thursday.

A Yelp listing for the address, updated July 2026, corroborates the restaurant as active, consistent with Google Places' operational status for the location. P.J. Clarke's also operates additional New York locations, plus outposts in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., according to Wikipedia. No reporting of a closure has surfaced for the Third Avenue location.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 15

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: The Bucket List · What was featured: Historic saloon and gastropub known for its hamburgers
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Season 15: 77 of 104 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. pjclarkes.com https://pjclarkes.com/location/third-avenue/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/p-j-clarkes-new-york-3
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Clarke%27s
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