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What Happened to Bubi's Awesome Eats After You Gotta Eat Here!?

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Windsor, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Bubi's Awesome Eats has closed — confirmed via am800cklw.com, October 7, 2024.

What the source shows: AM800 CKLW reported on 2024-10-07 that the burger restaurant at 620 University Avenue West served its last burger on 2024-10-04, and a Google Maps listing viewed 2026-10-19 also marks it permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

On 2012-08-31 You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada) aired S1E9, which included Bubi's Awesome Eats in Windsor, Ontario; TVmaze's episode summary names no specific dish. AM800 CKLW reported on 2024-10-07 that the gourmet burger restaurant at 620 University Avenue West, which opened in 1984 according to the business's own social media message, served its last burger on Friday, 2024-10-04, after about 40 years. AM800 said the closing was announced in a social media post from the business that thanked staff and customers across four generations, and it noted that the restaurant had appeared on the Food Network.

AM800 gave no reason for the closing. AM800 placed the restaurant just west of downtown Windsor, and Google Maps lists its postal code as N9A 5R5. A Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 also marks the business as permanently closed.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 9
Aired
Title: D & S Southern BBQ, Deja-Bu, Bubi's Awesome Eats · What was featured: Windsor burger restaurant; episode listing names no specific dish

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host takes on the Determinator Hamburger Challenge at D&S Southern Comfort B.B.Q. in Carlsbad Springs, Ont. He'll have one hour to finish the 5.5-pound meal, which includes three 8-ounce patties sandwiched between grilled-cheeses, a pound of coleslaw and a pound of French fries. Also visited: Déjà BU! in Caraquet, N.B.; Bubi's Awesome Eats in Windsor, Ont.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
  2. am800cklw.com https://www.am800cklw.com/news/bubis-awesome-eats-abruptly-closes-after-40-years.html
  3. windsor.ctvnews.ca https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/after-four-decades-of-business-bubi-s-serves-its-last-meal-1.7063983
  4. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bubi%27s+Awesome+Eats+620+University+Ave+W+Windsor+ON+N9A+5R5
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