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Is Shopsin's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Shopsin's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: A pipeline site check on 2026-09-08 found shopsins.com online with current posted hours and a working online ordering option, consistent with active operation at Essex Market. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The Best Thing I Ever Ate's pilot episode featured Shopsin's extensive, idiosyncratic diner menu and the personality of its namesake owner, Kenny Shopsin. Shopsin's is a diner that first opened in the 1970s in Greenwich Village before relocating, according to Wikipedia, revised 2026-08-31, which also notes the restaurant was the subject of the documentary film I Like Killing Flies. The diner now operates inside Essex Market on New York's Lower East Side. A site check on 2026-09-08 found shopsins.com online, listing hours of Wednesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., along with a working online ordering option and a note that holiday closures are posted to Instagram. A Google Places listing checked the same day marked the business operational.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1

Episode Pilot
Air date not confirmed
Title: Pilot · What was featured: an extensive, idiosyncratic diner menu and its namesake owner

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. shopsins.com http://www.shopsins.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopsin%27s
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