Is Swan Oyster Depot Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 San Francisco, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Swan Oyster Depot is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp business listing for Swan Oyster Depot, updated August 2026, shows the San Francisco restaurant active with current reviews through that month. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 12
- Address 1517 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Website swanoysterdepot.net
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate visited Swan Oyster Depot in the 'Let's Do Lunch' episode (S9E12), highlighting the San Francisco restaurant's raw-bar seafood counter. Swan Oyster Depot is a restaurant and seafood counter at 1517 Polk Street in San Francisco, California, seating diners at an 18-stool counter, according to Tripadvisor and Yelp listings. A Yelp business listing for Swan Oyster Depot, updated August 2026, showed the restaurant active with current reviews, according to Yelp. Yelp and Tripadvisor listings describe the restaurant as cash-only with first-come, first-served seating and no phone reservations. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change notice appeared on the Yelp listing during the August 2026 check.
The episode
Also in Season 9
Season 9: 57 of 85 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 11Cappy's
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Ep 11Dad's Kitchen
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Ep 1224th Street Café
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Ep 12Estiatorio Milos
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Ep 12Fat Matt's Rib Shack
Open -
Ep 12Hometown Bar-B-Que
Open -
Ep 12Kitchen Cray
Closed - Open
Nearest restaurants
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Food Paradise
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Food Paradise
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/swan-oyster-depot-san-francisco
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Record btiea-0694 · checked by Cal Marchetti.