What Happened to Bo Brooks Restaurant After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Current status
As of September 2026, Bo Brooks Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wmar2news.com, January 21, 2023.
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What the source shows: WMAR2News reported that owner Chris Hannan closed Bo Brooks, put its contents up for auction, and that the waterfront property is now run by Oasis Marina; a Yelp listing updated 2026-06 still marks it permanently closed.
- Season / episode Season 11, Episode 8
- Address 2780 Lighthouse Point East, Baltimore, MD 21231
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" episode "On the Waterfront" spotlighted Bo Brooks' steamed blue crabs and crab cakes at its Canton waterfront location on Lighthouse Point. The Hannan family opened the original Bo Brooks on Belair Road in 1965 before relocating the crab house to Boston Street and later to its Canton pier. WMAR2News reported on 2023-01-21 that the restaurant had closed, with owner Chris Hannan describing declining crab-house traffic and rising prices, and its contents put up for auction. The same report noted the Hannan family also runs the Red Star in Fells Point, McGarvey's in Annapolis, and an MBB catering business in Annapolis. The waterfront site is now run by Oasis Marina, according to WMAR2News. A Yelp business listing updated 2026-06 continues to mark Bo Brooks as permanently closed.
Bo Brooks Restaurant, a seafood spot in Baltimore's Canton neighborhood, was featured for its Seafood Club Sandwich, one of the restaurant's signature dishes. The restaurant's own Facebook post described the dish as 'our Seafood Club Sandwich' in connection with a Best Thing I Ever Ate segment, and TheBestThingIEverAte.com lists Bo Brooks among the restaurants tied to the All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate 'Sensational Sandwiches' episode. The sandwich pairs the restaurant's seafood focus with a classic club-sandwich build, reflecting Bo Brooks' long-standing identity as a Baltimore crab-and-seafood house.
Food Paradise's 'Local Legends' episode featured Bo Brooks, the Baltimore institution known for Maryland blue crabs and other seafood staples like crab cakes and steamed shrimp. The business traces to the mid-1960s, when it first opened on Belair Road in northeast Baltimore, before relocating over the following decades to the city's Canton waterfront, most recently operating as Bo Brooks Crabhouse & Tiki Bar at Lighthouse Point on the Baltimore harbor. A Yelp listing for that Lighthouse Point location, updated June 2026, now marks the restaurant permanently closed. The original Belair Road building associated with this episode's segment is no longer connected to the operating business, which by 2026 had already relocated and then closed under the same name and ownership lineage. This appearance is logged against the restaurant's existing database record rather than as a new listing, since it is the same continuously operating business.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- On the Waterfront
- What was featured
- Bo Brooks' Maryland blue crab and crab cake specialties on the waterfront
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Bo Brooks Restaurant
- Season / episode
- Season All-Star, Episode 1
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Sensational Sandwiches
- What was featured
- Bo Brooks Restaurant's Seafood Club Sandwich
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Bo Brooks Restaurant
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Local Legends
- What was featured
- Bo Brooks crab house's Maryland blue crab and seafood specialties
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Bo Brooks Restaurant
Frequently asked questions
Is Bo Brooks Restaurant still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Bo Brooks Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wmar2news.com, January 21, 2023.
What happened to Bo Brooks Restaurant after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
"Best Thing I Ever Ate" episode "On the Waterfront" spotlighted Bo Brooks' steamed blue crabs and crab cakes at its Canton waterfront location on Lighthouse Point. As of September 2026, Bo Brooks Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wmar2news.com, January 21, 2023.
Is Bo Brooks Restaurant permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Bo Brooks Restaurant has closed — confirmed via wmar2news.com, January 21, 2023. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Bo Brooks Restaurant located?
2780 Lighthouse Point East, Baltimore, MD 21231. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Bo Brooks Restaurant?
Season 11, Episode 8 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “On the Waterfront”.
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- Address
- 2780 Lighthouse Point East, Baltimore, MD 21231
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- bobrooks.com
- State hub
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Sources
- wmar2news.com — https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/iconic-baltimore-crab-restaurant-bo-brooks-closes
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/bo-brooks-restaurant-baltimore
- Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/BoBrooksCanton/videos/food-network-the-best-thing-i-ever-ate-season-11-episode-8/331863981313368/
- thebestthingieverate.com — https://www.thebestthingieverate.com/Bo-Brooks-Restaurant-Baltimore-MD
- bobrooks.com — https://www.bobrooks.com/
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