What Happened to The Crazy Tuna Bar & Grille After Food Paradise?
Food Paradise, Season 17 Essex, Maryland Closed October 2024
Current status
As of October 2026, The Crazy Tuna Bar & Grille has closed — confirmed via thebanner.com, October 2024.
What the source shows: The Banner and WMAR2News reported the restaurant closed permanently in October 2024, and Google Places lists the business as permanently closed; the site's old domain now hosts unrelated third-party content. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 17, Episode 1
- Address 203 Nanticoke Rd, Essex, MD 21221
- Website thecrazytunabar.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The show featured The Crazy Tuna Bar & Grille's seafood menu and its waterfront dock bar in Essex, Maryland, where live music was a regular draw for customers seated along the water. The bar and grill occupied a spot on Nanticoke Road for more than a decade, building a reputation as a neighborhood gathering spot for boaters and locals in the Essex/Middle River area outside Baltimore. According to The Banner, the owners announced the closure just days before the restaurant closed permanently on October 19, 2024, citing a mix of business reasons rather than a single cause.
WMAR2News reported that the restaurant had also drawn noise complaints from neighbors and a Baltimore County liquor board penalty limiting alcohol service and live music in the months beforehand. A Google Places listing checked in September 2026 shows the location marked permanently closed, and the business's former web domain, thecrazytunabar.com, no longer connects to the restaurant, instead hosting unrelated third-party content.
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Sources we checked
- thebanner.com https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/the-crazy-tuna-bar-grill-essex-5ODAUK2PY5F4BIAD37XRUTK2FA/
- wmar2news.com https://www.wmar2news.com/local/the-crazy-tuna-bar-grill-closing-in-essex
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Record fp-1358 · checked by Cal Marchetti.