Is The Lobster Shanty Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 10 Salem, Massachusetts
Current status
As of October 2026, The Lobster Shanty is listed open on order.toasttab.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's live Toast ordering page, checked 2026-09-07, showed a real-time status of Closed for Labor Day tied to that actual date alongside a current full menu; the restaurant's own website separately describes an ongoing April-through-January seasonal schedule. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 10, Episode 5
- Aired
- Address 25 Front Street, Salem, MA 01970
- Website lobstershantysalem.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 10, Episode 5 Aired
On the "Wings, Dogs and Claws" episode, which aired 2010-09-27, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured The Lobster Shanty's seafood at its longtime home on Salem's Artist's Row. The restaurant, at 25 Front Street, has operated in Salem, Massachusetts, under the same name across this appearance. According to lobstershantysalem.com, checked 2026-09-08, the restaurant's site remains active with a current menu link, a "Shanty Rewards" program, and page text noting the business is open.
Man v. Food, Season 10, Episode 10 Aired
Closing the Salem episode, aired November 8, 2022, Casey Webb faced The Lobster Shanty's previously undefeated Hypernova Scotia Challenge: a three-pound poutine of French fries, cheese curds, bacon, beer-based New England clam chowder, butter-poached lobster and fried scallops, with a 30-minute limit, according to Wikipedia's episode summary. Webb finished with eight minutes and 44 seconds to spare, becoming the challenge's first winner and receiving a bib and a lobster-claw-topped cocktail as his prize, per the same summary. The Lobster Shanty is a casual seafood spot at 25 Front Street in Salem's Derby Square, operating since 1979 per a Creative Collective Essex County listing for the business. The restaurant's own Toast ordering platform, checked 2026-09-07, showed a live, calendar-synced status of Closed for Labor Day alongside its current full menu and prices, an online-ordering setup tied to that day's actual holiday.
The episodes
Also in Season 10
Season 10: 25 of 34 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 4Al's Breakfast
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Ep 4Metro Diner
Open - Closed
- Open
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Ep 5The Brick
Open - Open
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Ep 6Café Rakka
Open - Closed
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Sources we checked
- lobstershantysalem.com https://lobstershantysalem.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_v._Food_(season_10)
- creativecollectivema.com https://creativecollectivema.com/eat-drink-stay-search/listing/the-lobster-shanty/
- Toast https://order.toasttab.com/online/lobster-shanty-25-front-st
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Record mvf-591 · checked by Cal Marchetti.