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Is Bear Street Tavern Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Banff, AB)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Banff, Alberta

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Bear Street Tavern is listed open on banffbound.com, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A March 2026 Banffbound bar guide describes the tavern as a current local favorite with a heated patio, and a December 2025 guide from the same site recommends specific dishes. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Bear Street Tavern in Banff, Alberta, appeared in the Season 3 episode 'Bear Street Tavern, Sul Irmaos, Le Chic Shack,' which TVmaze lists with an airdate of 2014-05-09. TVmaze's summary says the segment featured macaroni and cheese with pork belly. The tavern's website, read on 2026-10-19, gives the address 211 Bear Street, describes signature pizzas, sandwiches and cast-iron specialties, and shows a Restaurant Guru best-pizza badge from 2019 and an OpenTable badge labeled 2024. Banffbound's guide to Banff bars, dated 2026-03-28, said the tavern has over 50 craft beers on tap, hearty pub fare, several big screens for hockey games, and a heated patio with views of Cascade Mountain. Banffbound's restaurant guide, dated 2025-12-08, listed it among casual favourites and recommended the duck confit pizza and the pulled pork with house barbecue sauce.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 9
Aired
Title: Bear Street Tavern, Sul Irmaos, Le Chic Shack · What was featured: Macaroni and cheese with pork belly at a Banff tavern

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : Among the dishes John tries in his travels: macaroni and cheese with pork belly; a sandwich called the "pulled pork and beanasaurus"; and an upgrade on the classic poutine in Quebec City.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. banffbound.com https://banffbound.com/blog/banff-bars
  2. banffbound.com https://banffbound.com/blog/best-banff-restaurants-2026
  3. bearstreettavern.ca http://www.bearstreettavern.ca/
  4. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/15676/episodes
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Record ygeh-175 · checked by Cal Marchetti.