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Is The Blue Crab Still Open? Food Paradise Update (New Orleans, LA)

Food Paradise, Season 14 New Orleans, Louisiana

Current status

Open

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

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website lists Sunday hours, a phone number, and a catering menu, and Google Places lists it as operational at the Lakeshore Drive address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode (S14E10, 'Dockside Dining') featured The Blue Crab, a seafood restaurant on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving crab and other Gulf seafood from a dockside setting. The business operates under the fuller name Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar and also runs a catering operation for parties and events. According to the restaurant's website (thebluecrabnola.com), checked 2026-09-08, the business lists Sunday hours of 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., a listed phone number, and a no-reservations policy. Google Places, checked the same day, lists Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar as operational at 7900 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, matching the address for the business as located. No reporting on a closure, sale, or name change for the restaurant turned up in the sources checked, and its site and phone listing continue to describe an active seafood restaurant on the lakefront.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 14

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: Dockside Dining · What was featured: seafood dining on Lake Pontchartrain's shoreline
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. thebluecrabnola.com http://www.thebluecrabnola.com/
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Record fp-1144 · checked by Cal Marchetti.