Is Russ & Daughters Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Russ & Daughters is listed open on russanddaughters.com, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The Wayback Machine recorded russanddaughters.com returning a working page on 2026-08-26, and the retail site (shop.russanddaughters.com) returned a working page on 2026-09-08 with an active online-ordering system. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 11
- Address 179 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
- Website shop.russanddaughters.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode featured Russ & Daughters, a Lower East Side appetizing shop known for hand-sliced smoked salmon, house-cured herring, and bagels with lox. The shop has operated on Houston Street since 1914, run across four generations of the same family. The Wayback Machine recorded russanddaughters.com returning a working page on 2026-08-26, and the retail site, shop.russanddaughters.com, returned a working page on 2026-09-08 with an active online-ordering system for nationwide shipping, NYC delivery, and catering platters. The site also lists a newer cafe location and a West Elm housewares collaboration as part of its current lineup, alongside the original Houston Street store.
The episode
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 63 of 93 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Bradley Ogden
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Ep 10Cafe Juanita
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Ep 11Keifers Restaurant
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Ep 11Linn's of Cambria
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Ep 11Motorino
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Ep 11O-Ya Restaurant
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Ep 11The Olde Pink House
Open
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Sources we checked
- russanddaughters.com https://russanddaughters.com/
- shop.russanddaughters.com https://shop.russanddaughters.com/
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Record btiea-0278 · checked by Cal Marchetti.