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Is Vine Street Cafe Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Shelter Island, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Vine Street Cafe is listed open on OpenTable, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: OpenTable lists Vine Street Cafe as currently accepting reservations for Thursday-through-Sunday dinner service, and the restaurant's own website has an active online-ordering menu page. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode featured Vine Street Cafe's seasonal, farm-to-table dinner menu, built around locally sourced ingredients, according to Goop's guide to Shelter Island dining. Vine Street Cafe is a restaurant on South Ferry Road in Shelter Island, New York, whose menu changes with the season, according to the same guide. OpenTable's listing for the restaurant showed active reservation booking for Thursday-through-Sunday dinner service during a 2026-09-08 check. The restaurant's own website, vinestreetcafe.com, carried an online-ordering menu page and a reservations link during the same check, according to the site. Multiple current dining guides, including AAA's TripCanvas and the Shelter Island Ferry site, continue to list Vine Street Cafe as an operating restaurant, according to those sites. Reservations remain recommended year-round, according to the restaurant's website.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2

Episode 2
Air date not confirmed
Title: Hometown Favorites · What was featured: Vine Street Cafe's seasonal farm-to-table dinner menu

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/vine-street-cafe
  2. vinestreetcafe.com https://www.vinestreetcafe.com/
  3. goop.com https://goop.com/place/new-york/the-hamptons/shelter-island-restaurants/vine-street-cafe/
  4. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/vine-street-cafe-shelter-island
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