What Happened to Black Skirt After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Toronto, ON)
You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2 Toronto, Ontario
Current status
As of October 2026, Black Skirt has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.
What the source shows: A Google Maps listing retrieved 2026-10-19 for Black Skirt at 974 College Street, Toronto, is marked permanently closed, and no fresher source showing it open was found. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 16
- Aired
- Address 974 College St, Toronto, ON M6H 1A5
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
Black Skirt was one of three restaurants in 'Black Skirt; L'Avenue; El Camino's,' the You Gotta Eat Here! episode that TVmaze lists with an air date of 2013-04-12. TVmaze's episode summary says host John Catucci orders spaghetti at the Black Skirt in Toronto, then moves on to brunch at L'Avenue in Montreal and Latin cuisine at El Camino's in Vancouver. A Google Maps listing places the restaurant at 974 College Street in Toronto, postal code M6H 1A5. That listing, retrieved on 2026-10-19, marks the business permanently closed and gives no closing date. No news report or owner announcement about the closure turned up in this research, so the date and circumstances are undocumented, and no later business at the address was confirmed.
The episode
Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John orders spaghetti at the Black Skirt in Toronto; has brunch at L'Avenue in Montreal; and explores the Latin cuisine offered at El Camino's in Vancouver.
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 34 of 78 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 15Hilltop Diner
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Ep 15The Crepe House
Closed -
Ep 15Via Tevere Pizzeria
Open -
Ep 16El Camino's
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Ep 16L'Avenue
Open - Renamed
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Ep 17The Bungalow
Open -
Ep 17The Rumpus Room
Closed
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New owners
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Sources we checked
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Black+Skirt+974+College+St+Toronto+ON
- api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you+gotta+eat+here&embed=episodes
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Record ygeh-123 · checked by Cal Marchetti.