Pelican Grill Is Now Pelican Breakfast & Lunch

Pelican Grill, a breakfast-and-lunch restaurant in Seabrook, Texas, appeared on Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) in the episode "Pelican Grill," which aired April 25, 2012. As shown in the episode, owners John and Laura had left other careers, John a former car salesman, to run the restaurant as a family business, but it was losing about two thousand dollars a month and their savings could only cover the shortfall for a limited time. John could not readily tell Chef Robert Irvine the restaurant's food costs or weekly bills, the interior was described as cluttered and uninspired, customers were leaving food unfinished on their plates, and a server told Irvine the ticket system only allowed three items per order, slowing down service and frustrating diners.

Irvine and his team spent two days and about ten thousand dollars reworking the dining room, overhauling the menu, and pushing the owners toward clearer cost tracking, simpler ordering, and stronger day-to-day leadership so the business could run without constant improvisation. The restaurant did not close after the show. A Houston-area news report from around the time of filming, headlined "Truck slams into restaurant that underwent reality show renovation," shows the location remained a live topic in local coverage in early 2012. In the years since, the business changed its name to Pelican Breakfast & Lunch while staying at the same address, 3142 E NASA Pkwy in Seabrook.

Unverified fan sites have claimed the restaurant was sold to new owners around 2013, but no named news outlet was found confirming an ownership change, so that claim is treated here as unconfirmed. The business's own ordering-platform page currently lists Pelican Breakfast & Lunch as "Currently Open," with regular daily hours from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a Yelp listing for the restaurant carries reviews and ratings current into 2026, describing generous breakfast portions and a diner-style atmosphere consistent with an actively operating restaurant at the same Seabrook location a decade and a half after its Restaurant: Impossible renovation.