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What Happened to Boxwood Café After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Calgary, AB)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2 Calgary, Alberta

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Boxwood Café has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.

What the source shows: Google's Places data lists the Boxwood address as permanently closed on 2026-10-19, and a Calgary forum reply dated 2016-12-01 says the cafe had closed by late summer or early fall that year. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

In the Season 2 episode that aired 2013-04-26, host John Catucci visited Boxwood Café in Calgary, where, according to TheTVDB's episode overview, the meals were cooked on a rotisserie. TheTVDB paired the stop with Belgian Fries in Vancouver and Smitty's Oyster House in Gibsons. Google's Places data places the business at 340 13 Ave SW and lists it simply as Boxwood. The restaurant's website domain, boxwoodcafe.ca, showed a generic registrar placeholder page when checked in October 2026, with a server header dated 2026-01-15 and no menu or hours.

A reply on a Calgary thread at SkyscraperPage dated 2016-12-01 answered a question about whether Boxwood had closed with a yes, saying it happened at the end of summer or early fall. Google's Places data listed the business as permanently closed when checked on 2026-10-19. No opening year, owner name, or later business at the address turned up in the sources read.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2

Episode 19
Aired
Title: Boxwood Café; Belgian Fries; Smitty's Oyster Bar · What was featured: Meals cooked on a rotisserie at a Calgary cafe

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : A rotisserie café in Calgary; Belgian fries in Vancouver; and seafood in British Columbia.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Boxwood+Cafe+340+13+Ave+SW+Calgary+AB
  2. skyscraperpage.com https://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7687171
  3. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4853409
  4. boxwoodcafe.ca http://www.boxwoodcafe.ca/
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Record ygeh-132 · checked by Cal Marchetti.