Is PinPoint Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Wilmington, NC)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 8 Wilmington, North Carolina
Current status
As of October 2026, PinPoint is listed open on pinpointrestaurant.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website gave its address, current hours, and confirmed the restaurant appeared on "Best Thing I Ever Ate" in 2018. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 8, Episode 3
- Address 114 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Website pinpointrestaurant.com
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" featured PinPoint, a coastal-cuisine restaurant at 114 Market Street in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, a block from the Cape Fear River. According to the restaurant's own website, pinpointrestaurant.com, PinPoint opened in spring 2015, and chef Dean Neff's daily-changing menu draws on seasonal offerings from local farmers, fishermen, oystermen and crabbers. According to the site, Southern Living Magazine named PinPoint among the best new restaurants in the South in 2016, and the restaurant appeared on "Best Thing I Ever Ate" in 2018. The website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current Sunday brunch hours of 10:30 am-2:00 pm and nightly dinner hours, with reservations available through OpenTable.
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Sources we checked
- pinpointrestaurant.com https://pinpointrestaurant.com/
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Record btiea-0575 · checked by Cal Marchetti.