Is The Crack Shack Still Open? Food Paradise Update (San Diego, CA)
Food Paradise, Season 13 San Diego, California
Current status
As of October 2026, The Crack Shack is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's business listing for The Crack Shack's Little Italy location is titled 'Updated September 2026' with customer reviews posted through that month, and the company's own website lists the Kettner Boulevard address as a current location as of the 2026-09-07 check. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 13, Episode 7
- Address 2266 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101
- Website crackshack.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise, Season 13, Episode 7
On an episode themed 'Lots of Cluck,' The Crack Shack appeared among the restaurants profiled, located at 2266 Kettner Blvd in San Diego. The restaurant's own website promotes a loyalty app, gift cards, and online catering orders, and its name and branding center on fried chicken, consistent with the episode's chicken theme.
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Man v. Food host Casey Webb stopped at The Crack Shack's Little Italy location in San Diego, a fried-chicken restaurant known for sandwiches built on house-made biscuits alongside a menu of fried chicken plates, wings, and sides. The Little Italy restaurant, at 2266 Kettner Blvd, has operated since 2015 as the flagship of a small Southern California fried-chicken group that later added a Pacific Beach location, according to Fox 5 San Diego. As of a September 2026 check, Yelp's business listing for the Little Italy location is titled 'Updated September 2026' with customer reviews posted through that month, and the company's own website continues to list the Kettner Boulevard address among its current locations.
The episodes
Also in Season 13
Season 13: 76 of 98 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 6Speedy Romeo
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Ep 6Spinasse
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Ep 7Dos Santos
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Ep 7Home Grown, GA
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Ep 7Reno
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Ep 7Yardbird
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Sources we checked
- crackshack.com https://crackshack.com/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-crack-shack-san-diego-2
- crackshack.com https://crackshack.com/location/san-diego/
- fox5sandiego.com https://fox5sandiego.com/news/business/the-crack-shack-pacific-beach-san-diego/
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Record mvf-338 · checked by Cal Marchetti.