Is Shapiro's Deli Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 Indianapolis, Indiana
Current status
As of October 2026, Shapiro's Deli is listed open on shapiros.com, reviewed by our team on October 18, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A lookup of shapiros.com and its business listings found the deli describing itself as family-run since 1905, with a Yelp listing showing reviews updated as recently as September 2026, indicating active operation despite the original listing's direct site fetch returning no response. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 1
- Address 808 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225
- Now called Shapiro's Delicatessen
- Website shapiros.com
- Show map
© OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On the Cooking Channel's Best Thing I Ever Ate episode 'Close to Home' (Season 4, Episode 1), Marc Summers named Shapiro's peppered beef sandwich as his pick, according to Wikipedia's episode guide for the series. Shapiro's Delicatessen is a deli at 808 South Meridian Street in Indianapolis that has been run by the same family since 1905, according to the business's own website, shapiros.com, which describes it as 'four generations of Shapiros' serving the city. A Yelp business listing for the deli showed customer reviews updated as recently as September 2026, and online ordering was available through Toast Tab, according to that listing. OpenStreetMap listed the deli's hours as 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends, with a phone number of (317) 631-4041.
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Sources we checked
- shapiros.com https://www.shapiros.com
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate
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Record btiea-0301 · checked by Cal Marchetti.