Is Bernie and The Boys Bistro Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update
You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2 Drumheller, Alberta
Current status
As of October 2026, Bernie and The Boys Bistro is open — confirmed via Google, August 3, 2026.
What the source shows: A Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-20 for Bernie & The Boys at 305 4 St W, Drumheller, AB marks it operational, with Google reviews dated as recently as 2026-08-03. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 22
- Aired
- Address 305 4 St W, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0
- Website bernieandtheboys.com
- Show map
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
The Season 2 episode that aired 2013-05-03, a viewer-recommended episode, included Bernie and The Boys Bistro in Drumheller, Alberta. Daily Hive reported on 2022-06-01 that the bistro's mammoth burger, built on a large bun with a 24-ounce patty and served with fries, had been featured on Food Network's You Gotta Eat Here, that the fastest recorded finish was 9 minutes 34 seconds, and that the menu offered more than 85 milkshake flavors. TheRockies.Life (undated) described the burger as three pounds with an eight-inch homemade bun priced at $38.50.
The restaurant's own website lists 305 4th Street West, mentions a 2019 Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence and the You Gotta Eat Here appearance, and describes 100 percent natural Alberta beef burgers and more than 75 handcrafted milkshakes. A Travel Alberta listing lists the bistro as year-round, and its page metadata shows a revision timestamp of 2026-08-10.
A Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-20 shows Bernie & The Boys at 305 4 Street West in Drumheller, Alberta, as an operating family restaurant, with Google reviews dated 2026-08-03, 2026-07-29, 2026-07-26, 2026-07-08 and 2026-05-31. The listing gives the website bernieandtheboys.com and the same street address that the restaurant's own website lists.
The episode
Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : Restaurants recommended by viewers are featured, beginning with Cheese Curds in Dartmouth, N.S., where John checks out their gourmet "CC Porker" burger. Also: the Wallflower Modern Diner in Vancouver; Bernie and the Boys Bistro in Drumheller, Alta.
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 34 of 78 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 21Barque
Open - Closed
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Ep 21That Italian Place
Closed - Open
- Closed
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Ep 23Boogie's Burgers
Open - Closed
- Relocated
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Sources we checked
- dailyhive.com https://dailyhive.com/calgary/bernie-the-boys-bistro-drumheller?auto=true
- therockies.life https://therockies.life/feast-like-a-caveman-bernies-mammoth-burger-is-a-drumheller-must-try/
- bernieandtheboys.com https://www.bernieandtheboys.com/
- travelalberta.com https://travelalberta.com/listings/bernie-and-the-boys-bistro-12503
- Google Maps https://maps.google.com/?cid=15586696459811542819
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Record ygeh-142 · checked by Cal Marchetti.