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Is Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish Still Open? Update (South Pasadena, FL)

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As of September 2026, Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

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Secondary source
tedpetersfish.com

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What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated 2026-07 shows ongoing customer reviews and carries no closed marking, indicating the restaurant is still operating.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Smoky' episode (S5E3) featured Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish, a smoked fish restaurant on Pasadena Avenue South in South Pasadena, Florida, a fitting subject for an episode built around smoked food. According to Wikipedia, revised 2026-07-11, the business is described as a historic smoked fish and hamburger restaurant in South Pasadena. That description places both the restaurant's smoked-fish specialty and its hamburger menu together as the two anchors of the business's identity, consistent with the reputation the restaurant is known for locally. This television appearance adds to the restaurant's history of press and broadcast attention as a longstanding, regionally known name in smoked-fish cooking. This entry logs the 'Smoky' episode appearance only; the restaurant's current operating status, address, and ownership details are tracked under its existing database record, ddd-0050, rather than duplicated here.

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network), this appearance in the "Fun in the Sun" episode, which aired 2017-07-28, revisited Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish in South Pasadena, Florida. According to Wikipedia, founder Ted Peters opened the smoked fish and hamburger stand on Madeira Beach in 1947 and moved it to South Pasadena in 1949, and the restaurant still serves its meals on stools and picnic tables in a casual, open-air setting near the water. The menu includes wood-smoked mullet, hamburgers, German potato salad, and Manhattan clam chowder, per the same source, which also notes the restaurant's appearance on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives first featured the restaurant in January 2009, according to Flavortownusa's episode guide.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish in the "Viewer's Choice" episode, which aired 2007-10-29, highlighting the restaurant's wood-smoked mullet. Ted Peters is a casual seafood restaurant in South Pasadena, Florida, seated at stools and picnic tables, that traces its founding to the late 1940s under founder Ted Peters, who relocated the business from Madeira Beach to its current South Pasadena address in 1949, according to the restaurant's Wikipedia entry. A Yelp business listing for the restaurant, updated 2026-07, showed continuing customer reviews and no permanent-closure marking, and that Wikipedia entry carries no closure notice either. The restaurant's own directions page, tedpetersfish.com, lists 1350 Pasadena Avenue South as its address. No news coverage of a closure, sale, or relocation was found in this review.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 5, Episode 3
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Smoky
What was featured
Historic smoked fish and hamburger restaurant, 'Smoky' episode
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish
Season / episode
Season 27, Episode 4
Original air date
Episode title
Fun in the Sun
What was featured
wood-smoked mullet and hamburgers at a historic seafood stand
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish
Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 5
Original air date
Episode title
Viewer's Choice
What was featured
Wood-smoked mullet and hamburgers at a casual seafood spot
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish

Frequently asked questions

Is Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What happened to Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The 'Smoky' episode (S5E3) featured Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish, a smoked fish restaurant on Pasadena Avenue South in South Pasadena, Florida, a fitting subject for an episode built around smoked food. As of September 2026, Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

Where is Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish located?

1350 Pasadena Avenue South, South Pasadena, FL 33707. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish?

Season 5, Episode 3 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Smoky”.

Is Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish still using the Best Thing I Ever Ate menu or branding?

That description places both the restaurant's smoked-fish specialty and its hamburger menu together as the two anchors of the business's identity, consistent with the reputation the restaurant is known for locally. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Visit info

Address
1350 Pasadena Avenue South, South Pasadena, FL 33707
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
tedpetersfish.com

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Sources

  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Peters_Famous_Smoked_Fish
  • flavortownusa.com — https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/109/ted-peters-famous-smoked-fish
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/ted-peters-famous-smoked-fish-south-pasadena
  • tedpetersfish.com — https://tedpetersfish.com/directions/

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