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Is Ches's Famous Fish & Chips Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Ches's Famous Fish & Chips is listed open on chessfishandchips.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The company's own website, viewed in October 2026, offers online ordering for pickup and delivery, and the provincial tourism listing shows a year-round season for the Freshwater Road shop. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Ches's Famous Fish & Chips in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was in S1E12 of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada), aired 2012-08-31; TVmaze's episode summary lists the fish and chips. According to the company's website, chessfishandchips.ca, viewed in October 2026, the family-run business was started in 1951 by Ches Barbour and his wife Betty as a small shop in St. John's, lists its headquarters at 9 Freshwater Road, and takes online orders for pickup or delivery. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism's listing for the Freshwater Road location, viewed in October 2026, shows a year-round season, mentions local cod and hand-peeled potatoes, and names other Ches's locations in St. John's, Mount Pearl, Bay Roberts and on Topsail Road and Highland Drive. A Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 shows the business as operational.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Urban Deli, Ches's Fish and Chips, Reggie's Hot Grill · What was featured: Fish and chips at a long-running St. John's shop

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : Comfort foods are sampled at Urban Deli in St. John, N.B.; Ches's Fish Famous Fish & Chips in St. John's, N.L.; and Reggie's Hot Grill in Peterborough, Ont.

Also in Season 1 You Gotta Eat Here!

Season 1: 37 of 78 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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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. chessfishandchips.ca http://www.chessfishandchips.ca/
  3. newfoundlandlabrador.com https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/plan-and-book/food-and-beverage/36374091
  4. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Ches%27s+Famous+Fish+%26+Chips+9+Freshwater+Rd+St.+John%27s+NL+A1C+2N1
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Record ygeh-035 · checked by Cal Marchetti.