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Is Ye Olde Pepper Companie Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Salem, MA)

Man v. Food, Season 10 Salem, Massachusetts

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Ye Olde Pepper Companie is listed open on Tripadvisor, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Tripadvisor listing for the shop is titled as updated August 2026 with 171 reviews; the company's own website separately lists the same 122 Derby Street address and current Salem shop hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Next in the Salem episode, aired November 8, 2022, Casey Webb helped make and sample Ye Olde Pepper Companie's Peppermint Gibraltars, described in the episode as the first candy ever commercially sold in the United States, made by boiling cream of tartar, sugar and water, cooling the mixture, adding peppermint oil, then folding, hand-pulling, stretching and cutting the candy into pieces, according to Wikipedia's episode summary. Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie traces its founding to 1806, when Mary Spencer began selling homemade Salem Gibraltar candies on the city's streets, per History of Massachusetts Blog. Its Salem flagship store operates at 122 Derby Street, per the company's own website, which lists Salem shop hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. A Tripadvisor listing for the shop is titled as updated August 2026 and shows 171 reviews.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 10

Episode 10
Aired
What was featured: Peppermint Gibraltars America's first commercial candy
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

Also in Season 10 Man v. Food

Season 10: 25 of 29 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_v._Food_(season_10)
  2. historyofmassachusetts.org https://historyofmassachusetts.org/ye-olde-pepper-companie/
  3. oldepeppercandy.com https://www.oldepeppercandy.com/visit-us
  4. Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60954-d1930056-Reviews-Ye_Olde_Pepper_Companie-Salem_Massachusetts.html
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